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Cycling in Córdoba. Its future policy and political

Uncertain Future (photo R. Morrison)

is a shame to spend this time and see how this city \u200b\u200bis hesitant to take decisive action in favor of bicycles as transportation. So far prevailed, admittedly, the many words and too little concrete.

was almost 15 years ago, was in December of '96, when this council, or rather the then Councillor for the Greens (and split from UI) Pepe Larios, presented a draft to the European Union for the construction of the first bike lanes in Córdoba .

Policy Things that money were given to our town for this (program POMAL FEDER funds) were managed in the end by the Popular Party, who govern this city between 1997 and 2003. In particular he was a councilmember did July Berbel after having been responsible for a much larger area was the responsibility as municipal finance, "was relegated "to the ever less important area of \u200b\u200bEnvironment.

And it was he who, strangely, will bring forward two very important actions for cycling in Cordoba: the full approval of the Bicycle Master Plan Cordoba (with the opposition United Left) and the construction of complex Lane North-South axis bike (from the San Rafael bridge to Avenida de America).

Later, with the return of United Left municipal government, the bike languished again in Cordoba. The truth, it must be said, is that this was mainly due to the blockade that the former "town hall" Rosa Aguilar established on sustainable mobility policies.

R. Aguilar. Trassiera Rally in September. , 2003

all know of his taste for big infrastructure, and his passion for motorcycles (I had no qualms about being photographed with motorists Fascist paraphernalia and tattoos) and races cars (and his famous photo with helmet in a car rally racing in the Sierra Morena).

Who has seen and who sees it is now Minister of Environment.

Anyway, Córdoba, having been one of the first cities in Spain to consider the promotion of cycling as a means of transport is running in the caboose of the shift towards sustainable urban mobility. Have so far proved insufficient good intentions that the current Environment Councilman Cobos Curro is developing in recent times in its favor, in particular, since she could do something after the pink faded to Seville. "

Some facts for comparison:

• While Zaragoza is currently a network for urban bike hire has 100 stations and 1,000 bicycles 29,000 citizens used (soon will be extended by another 30 stations that will serve 10,000 subscribers in more than the 20,000 expected), in Córdoba we paltry sum of 36 bikes and 4 docking stations. Is approximately a ratio 30 times lower when the population is whether the half.

• While Seville was built in just a couple of years a comprehensive network of bike lanes citywide, here 15 years and we have only achieved the network that we unraveled, with a maximum extension recent times is taking place thanks to the bike lanes constructed promoting new urban spaces (by the obligation set by the General Urban Plan), which would only have to add a bike lane loose like the ave. Linnaeus (Botanical Garden and Zoo) and the intervention was to protect, at first completely useless bike lane ave. Agrupación Córdoba (former Military Hospital)

• While in San Sebastian are already working on a Mobility Plan that is marked, among other objectives to achieve by 2016 the proportion of trips by bicycle than 35%, what are the objectives that we here in Cordoba? What do we want for our city?

I think it is essential to enter the city of new people with clear ideas about what policies are most appropriate to develop as soon as possible to achieve a model of sustainable urban mobility.

The bike needs people who believe in it. Better still if they move there.