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The Councillor for Environment and Urban Quality and vice president of the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change in Murcia, Adela Martinez-Cacho, was responsible for introducing and explaining the project yesterday Friendly Roads in the municipality, within the Third Congress of the Bike held in Lleida.

In his presentation, explained how mobility in Murcia offering various data such as the approximately 910,000 journeys made within one business day (of which 62% are mechanized and the rest on foot or bicycle) or about 112,000 entries and daily trips to the city, of which 38% are destined for the downtown area.

As the draft Gentle Way, the mayor explained that they wanted "put the existing lanes to create a network linking the city with scattered nuclei in addition to promoting sustainable transport and reduce car use. At the same Once routes have been chosen with great landscape and environmental value. "

The criteria followed to select the routes have been "maximum safety, since they have chosen paths less traveled, the functionality, with rails with a length of between one and nine miles, the visibility, with light areas, the pavement condition , with fully paved lanes and services, through areas populated with merchants. "

Martínez-Cache Lérida listed on the five routes that already exist: Sewer-Murcia (9 miles), El Palmar-Aljucer (5.7 miles), La Alberca-Aljucer (2.3 miles), La Nora, Murcia (6, 5 km) and Monteagudo, Murcia (4.6 miles).

He explained that in all these ways we have proceeded to limit the speed to 30 miles per hour and warn of the existence of cyclists, to identify areas and pedestrian friendly roads and indicating the distance to population centers, as well as installing interpretive panels attractions. "

The council also stressed that this project has kind of track had a significant participation because it comes from the working groups of the Bicycle Master Plan that have been built by municipal technicians, bicycle associations, environmental associations and professional bodies.

He also announced that in addition to having created brochures and guided tours are organized with specialized to promote the use of these roads kind "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena