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Ciclovias are city streets that have been freed from motorized traffic to allow, during a few hours a day, usually on Sundays and holidays, the free and safe circulation of thousands of people on bicycle, skate or foot.

How is it?

They generate recreational spaces where physical, cultural and educational activities are developed to promote community building and foment healthy lifestyles, while enabling the recuperation of public spaces at the human scale.

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City governments and policy makers can find in the Ciclovia concept an effective and economical program to promote public health, local economic development and social cohesion in their communities.




News form the CRA

Changes at Biciacción: Mario Muñoz transfers to the government of Ecuador

 

QUITO, ECUADOR - Mario Muñoz, President of the CRA co-founder organization, Biciacción, has accepted an invitation from the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works to join the team that will be executing the National Plan of Ciclovias. Below is a message by Mario Muñoz to CRA members and collaborators.

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MÉXICO, D.F. -- Por primera vez y de manera unánime, fue aprobada el 14 de noviembre por todas las fracciones parlementarias de la Cámara de Diputados de la República mexicana, una reforma al Artículo 47 del Prespuesto de Egresos de la Federación (PEF) para el Ejercicio Fiscal 2012, en la que es estipula llevar a cabo obras de infraestructura para la bicicleta y el peatón dentro de Fondo Metropolitano.

A pesar de no haber establecido una asignación directa de presupuesto para la Bicicleta, como el 5% del prespuesto de transporte que recomendieron el Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo (ITDP) y la Bicired nacional, esta reforma incluye por primera vez en el PEF, el rubro de "Movilidad no motorizada".

 

Esto indica que a partir de 2012 los gobiernos y la sociedad civil podrán proponer el desarrollo de obras dedicadas a la movilidad no motorizada en México.

 

Las cerca de 90 organizaciones impulsoras de la campaña 5% para la bicicleta celebraron esta aprobación como un primer e importante paso para transformar el modelo de movilidad de las grandes urbes mexicanas, que durante décadas ha privilegiado la inversión pública en infraestructura para el automóvil privado, lo cual ha generado consecuencias graves en la salud, la competitividad, la calidad de vida y el desarrollo sustentable de nuestras ciudades.

 

Para mayor información sobre la reforma, descarga el comunicado completo aquí.


Bicired & ITDP México


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    Let us step back from our passion for bikes as a means of social transformation and environmental salvation, just for a bit, and look at the tremendous impact that transportation has on our lives. Late 20th century transportation, dominated by fossil fuel powered vehicles, was a marvel of speed and power. But not efficiency or equity. Because oil was cheap and plentiful, we built transportation systems that ignored economics. Now that oil is becoming scarcer and more expensive to mine--and the world’s population has expanded to 7 billion persons--we have to begin accounting for the true costs of transportation based on petroleum.

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  • On the eve of the much expected Open Streets season in North America, where dozens of initiatives will be celebrated this summer, and after a particularly encouraging beginning of the year in Latin America where Ciclovias have gained significant political territory, it might seem silly to ask, will Open Streets last?

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