Advocate for a city with various means of transport, clean air and in its low carbon emissions: in other words, it is not set around the car, is the slogan of cycling groups, environmental organizations, municipalities and diplomats.
Thus, proponents of this idea take to the streets to demonstrate, by example, that it is feasible to leave the car at home and travel by train, bike or foot.
In that sense, from Sunday until next Tuesday activities will be conducted under the World Car Free Day to be held on September 22.
The first one is today, Sunday, when a “cleteada” due out at 9 to be made. M. Spain Park (downtown San Jose), San Pedro will tour and will culminate in Curridabat.
The activity is organized by the municipalities of these cantons together with ARCA, ChepeCletas, Kick Bike, fireflies, Action 2015 and ARA groups.
Roberto Guzman, head of ChepeCletas, asks participants to take bikes in good condition, helmet, and reflective clothing, solar and moisturizing lotion.
For those who do not have bicycled group The Fireflies (www.biciamigable.com) rental units. To do this, you can call the following numbers: 2280-6516 and 8703-0799.
As the route is 25 kilometers, it is recommended that children who participate are older than 10 years.
“It seeks to raise awareness about the urgent need to transform our model of urban mobility, based on the intensive use of private cars; and is characterized by high levels of traffic congestion, air pollution, noise, emissions, urban stress, high rates of cardiac disease and sedentary lifestyle, “said Jorge Mora, of fireflies.
In this sense, the groups of cyclists in safety vest have a number of petitions to the authorities.
The first is to promote the use of bicycles as a means of transport as required by the Traffic Law Article 118.
Also they asked developing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure that enables secure and inclusive movement in our cities (wide sidewalks, pedestrian boulevards, bike paths, bike lanes, etc.).
The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) will seek to fulfill its obligation to cooperate with municipalities in enabling routes for bicycle traffic on Sundays and holidays, and thus prevent road deaths.
Also comply with the obligation to promote the placement of bicycle racks in all public buildings.
As for the traffic police, they asked to comply with the duty to regulate and punish reckless and drunk drivers; make operating especially on Sundays and holidays in the high traffic areas of cyclists and pedestrians.
Today, Carthage will be visited by the ambassadors of the European Union, who will travel by train to the old metropolis, then move cycle or walk to the campus of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica.
There they will participate in a panel discussion entitled Citizenship, local governments and urban mobility, which is open to the public and free.
For its part, the University of Costa Rica invites students, teachers and administrative employees in safety jacket to use bicycles, skates or scooters, or walking. This action will remind people died in road.
There will also be a series of conferences on mobility.