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This legislative working group to promote bicycles is chaired by 68-year-old Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, an avid long-distance road cyclist. The draft proposal says the Minister of Bicycles should be a cyclist, and members of the working group are pushing Tanigaki to take the proposed post.
The draft proposal calls on the government to promote cycling as an effective means of transportation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The new ministry, if accepted, would review and simplify existing traffic laws as they related to bicycling, and would be tasked with developing bicycle infrastructure such as cycle tracks and bicycle parking.
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http://www.cyclelicio.us/2013/japan-ministry-of-bicycle-promotion
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