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EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK
22-61EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK’s call-to-action in 2019 is: ‘Walk with us!’ This brings
this year’s theme of ‘Safe Walking and Cycling’ into focus and clearly highlights a
BMETPES 22-61mode of transport that is too often underestimated: walking.
Together, walking and cycling are the active modes. Crucial for the future of our
towns and cities across Europe. 50 years ago, you only walked or cycled if you
could not afford a car. Now, Europe’s cities can no longer afford our over reliance
on the car. We cannot afford it.
The 2019 EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK campaign encourages people to choose
active modes or combine walking and cycling with public transport. In addition
to flexibility, walking and cycling have many other benefits, such as: social and
economic accessibility, reliability, no emissions and a positive impact on health.
Most of all, perhaps, cities where active mobility predominates are transformed.
To secure all these advantages, walking and cycling must be safe and look safe to
the public. Local authorities should provide road infrastructure to make pedestrians
and cyclists ‘vulnerable road users’ no longer, to enable them to move safely and
feel safe in our cities.
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