A network of tourist cycleways 1500 km covering the whole country, from north to south, to be implemented with the aim of promoting both sustainable mobility that the respect and protection of ‘environment. This is revealed by the three memorandums of understanding involving the design and construction of infrastructure, provided by the Stability 2016, on which will be allowed only non-motorized transport. To sign this protocol were the Minister of Transport, Graziano Delrio, and that of Culture and Tourism, Dario Franceschini, in addition to representatives of the regions involved.
By bicycle without fear
“50 million euro for the design and implementation of a national system of tourist and cyclostations cycleways and interventions for the safety of cycling town “, says the website of the Cultural heritage among the measures provided for by the law of 2016. Stability Concretely, we are talking about four paths along which cyclists will travel to Italy without fear of dangerous collisions with some vehicle, an eventuality unfortunately not uncommon and often can produce consequences tragic.
‘Autostrade per ride’ long 1500 km
Specifically, the first of the four routes will be called Ven-To connect Venice with Torino, will be 680 km long and partly run along the banks of the Po. then there will be the so-called “Cycle Route of the Sun”, which with its 300 km initially will connect Verona to Florence, even though there is already the idea of extending it to Rome. Instead it will be 500 km long cycle route the Apulian Aqueduct, which will connect Caposele (Avellino) with Santa Maria di Leuca (Lecce). Finally, around Rome it will be created the so-called “Ring Road of Bicycles”, which just like the GRA for cars will circumnavigate our capital pushing on the pedals. In total, we are talking precisely of 1500 km of bike paths which hopefully will be ready by 2018.
Important for the environment and for health
“for the first time it recognizes the value of cycleways to tourist infrastructure in the context of sustainable mobility policies and interconnected,” said Delrio, who explained how this face part of a broader initiative for cycling “that It includes a national cycle network starting from the back of Eurovelo, onto which regional networks, intermodal and cyclostations, actions for urban cycling and safety. ” Beyond the importance of such projects from the infrastructural and environmental point of view, one can not help but point out the importance from the point of view of the welfare of the citizens. The importance of physical exercise for health can never be put in enough light, and perhaps the availability of these new cycleways will push many Italians to pull off that bike is now gathering dust in the garage. # Cycling
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