2023-07-18 02:05:10
The coordinator of cycling organizations ConBici has launched a campaign to demand that certain municipal governments “reconsider” and not “dismantle sustainable mobility infrastructures”, in relation to the plans of some of them to eliminate bike lanes or reduce the commitment to public transport.
“It is incomprehensible that new municipal governments express their intention to eliminate part of the cycling infrastructure, ignoring the recommendations of international organizations”
with the title of With the bike, not a step back!the campaign has been carried out since Monday, July 17, on social networks and through a petition on Change.org “given the worrying drift and setbacks regarding sustainable mobility that is taking place in numerous Spanish towns”, among they Valladolid, Logroño, Castellón or Palma, among others.
With the bike, not a step back!
“It is incomprehensible that new municipal governments express their intention to eliminate part of the cycling infrastructure, ignoring the recommendations of international organizations,” the organization stressed in a statement.
Specifically, ConBici has expressed its “absolute rejection” of the Announced removal of bike lanes or any of the current cycling infrastructures, which, he has warned, “puts at risk the right and freedom to circulate safely”.
They also seek “the elimination of infrastructure reserved for public transport, reducing its commercial speed and, therefore, its attractiveness as a viable alternative to private vehicles”
It has also condemned the “elimination of infrastructure reserved for public transport, reducing its commercial speed and, therefore, its attractiveness as a viable alternative to private vehicles.” Likewise, he has shown his “refusal to spend public money on dismantling collective services and infrastructures and the consequent returns of funds to the European Union.”
All this, has criticized, supposes “take steps back in the fight against the climate emergency“, for which reason he has appealed to these municipal governments to maintain these sustainable infrastructures and increase them. “There is much to do, at this crucial moment, and we cannot allow ourselves setbacks,” he has sentenced.
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