MBxB and Mobility publish a triptych to sensitize cyclists and drivers and promote training courses, especially for children
The renovation of Mediterráneo Avenue contemplates the construction of a new central bike lane
The Councilor for Mobility, José Ramón González de Zárate, together with the president of the Association of Neighbors Els Tolls, Juan Antonio Lizancos; The businessman Sergio Ruiz; And the blogger Antonio Expósito, director of Benidorm on Bike, have presented this morning the Mesa Benidorm Pro Bicicleta, MBxB, "a forum", said the mayor, where to make known to the citizenship "above all children" Advantages of the world of cycling and "how to drive with a bicycle".
MBxB, recalled De Zárate, represents a group of people from education, sport, the neighborhood and business movement of Benidorm that "believe in sustainability and the environment" and that this means of transport must be enhanced, Especially among children, so that its use is more extensive in the more immediate future of Benidorm.
On the occasion of the presentation of the Bureau, the collective and the City Council have published an explanatory leaflet and promulgated a manifesto in favor of cycling on June 12, commemorating the 200th anniversary of its invention. The triptych explains the differences between cycle lane, street cycle and bike sidewalk and how drivers, cyclists and pedestrians should behave in each case "because," recalls De Zárate, "people do not know" that in a street where priority is for the Cyclist "the driver must travel 10 meters away". The mayor stressed that "in Benidorm we are fulfilling", the routes are being marked "horizontally and vertically" to announce the presence of people cycling.
Pedagogy of the driving
Juan Antonio Lizancos believes that there is a widespread ignorance of what the General Regulation of Circulation dictates. "When a cyclist climbs the sidewalk," he pointed out, "there are people who are upset that they climb on the sidewalk. If the cyclist does not go by the red lane, but goes for a generic one, because it bothers gentlemen who go with their cars. If the cyclist sees a pedestrian in his lane, it also bugs him, "which shows" a communication problem "because each one claims those spaces" as their own and that no one touches them. " Given this dilemma, the MBxB proposals are based on pedagogy.
The Bureau proposes the distribution of the triptychs in the schools and Lizancos has announced that they will give courses in after school hours the next course in the centers Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Aitana, Els Tolls and Puig Campana, where children, "preferably 4th and 5th grade "learn to ride and cycle. In addition, there will be activities for adults and children in the Infantile Traffic Park that depends on the Department of Mobility.
Bike lane on Mediterráneo Avenue
After its incorporation, MBxB has been integrated into the Mobility Council, where it has made its first draft proposal, assumed by Movilidad, a new bike path on Avenida del Mediterráneo. In this regard, José Ramón González de Zárate has said that it will begin to asphalt "from the Avenue of Europe to Ametlla de Mar" and here will create the new road for cyclists. "We will not remove parking, we will not remove traffic lanes and at the same time we will put two bike lanes, one in each direction," announced the councilman. The new lane will stick to the median in both directions.
In addition to the new lane on Avenida del Mediterráneo, Zárate has recalled that at this time the Diputación de Alicante is carrying out the work of the tourist route, "exactly from the crossing of Orozco to what is Trinquet." At this point, the municipal technicians are carrying out the studies so that "at the end of the year we can hook" with Avenida Bernat De Sarrià. The Councilor for Mobility also announced that "before the end of this month" will open 4 km, those of Foietes Park. "We got this year," stressed De Zárate, "in more than 70 km of protected bike lanes in Benidorm. Few cities, and I speak about provincial capitals, have this number of bikes lanes. "
Signature of the manifesto
After the presentation of the MBxB, the mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez, has shown his support for his proposals by signing, together with the mayor of Mobility, his manifesto that has been printed on a canvas placed next to the main door of the City Hall. Subsequently have done the same own neighborhood representatives, entrepreneurs, athletes and cyclists in general.
