| Cycling infrastructure in the EU can get billions of euros to its development |
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| Monday, 21 January 2013 12:41 |
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In December 2012 the European Parliament Committee on Tourism and Transportation voted to establish new guidelines for the development of transport infrastructure of the EU. For the first time in the manuals for the Trans-European transport network (Trans-European Transport Network) The need of bicycle infrastructure and project EuroVelo, which involves the construction of an extensive network of bicycle lanes and safe (including tunnels and bridges) for all countries of the European Union.
"This opens the door to billions of euros, which will be used as an investment in the development of cycling and related infrastructure in Europe", - said the European Cyclists' Federation. Federation held a year, working hard to make its proposals have been made and incorporated in the final documents. In the period from 2007 to 2013. the development of bicycle infrastructure in the EU allocated around 0.7% of the funds allocated for transportation projects. European Cyclists' Federation claims that the next period from 2014 to 2020. already provides 10% of the allocation of resources - in terms of money of about 6 billion euros. Federation notes, however, that will have to work hard, putting pressure on the relevant EU-wide agencies and departments, and that this money is actually allocated and used for other purposes. This decision of the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism will be discussed with representatives of the EU Member States, and would later be put to a general vote of the parliament in 2013. European Cyclists' Federation recalls that in Europe every day more than 35 million people ride bicycles. regular cycling is more than 100 million Europeans. Source: https://groups.google.com/group/tajcnet?hl=ru |