The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced an investment of 40 million euros to promote the use of bicycles in citiesHalf will be allocated to the public bicycle service in cities and the other half to electrically assisted bicycles intended for individuals and delivery companies.
That’s how he progressed at a press conference of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobilityunder the command of Oscar Puente, coinciding with the presentation of an advertising campaign for promote public transport.
“We are going to integrate cycling into public transport subsidies. And we are going to dedicate 20 million euros to the extension of public bicycle systems already in place in different cities,” the president announced.
Concretely, “10 million will be dedicated to lowering the prices of existing systems, such as BiciMad in Madrid or Bicing in Barcelona.” And on the other hand, they are intended “10 million to bring this alternative to other cities in the country who still don’t have it,” Sanchez said. Also will subsidize the purchase of electric bicycles for daily mobility.
Accusation of “anti-climatic obscurantism”
“I would like to ask mayors not to be carried away by the anticlimactic obscurantism of certain political parties which They are dismantling cycle paths and pedestrian zoneseven when the aid from Europe has already arrived and has been paid precisely by the ‘Next Generation’ funds,” he defended.
Sánchez stressed that the government has invested almost 2 billion euros in transport in the last two years, subsidizing tickets and launching the Verano Joven program, as well as the free Cercanías and Media Distancia trains, measures that he considers “They helped citizens make ends meet better.”
“The metro, the bus, the train, but also bicycles are part of everyday life “For millions of Spaniards, and on the part of the Public Administrations, what we must do is improve the quality and access to these media,” the president defended.
“I know you’re smart. My people travel by public transport. You eliminate traffic jams and it’s cheap. You save 600 euros a year. And you remove the damage from our planet. Traveling by bus is not about going down into the mud. “It takes half the time of your own car,” the song says in the spot.
