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Another Mayor/PM rides to work
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Translated by me from the italian Ciclisti site:
The new secretary of the Democratic Party showed up yesterday at the meeting of the party, called out of the office in the city of Giglio, cycling. A singlespeed with old steel frame, very trendy, painted blue. On other occasions Renzi showed up by bicycle. It is fashionable. But what he did, actually , Renzi in Florence for the bike? In his electoral program is aimed at enhancing the bicycle as a real possibility of alternative mobility. There will be, it was stated, bike sharing and bike racks: nothing on the first, little for the other, say the Florentines. "In line" the bike lanes? Little stuff, some adjustment to the road more than anything else as a result of the World Cup last September. Yet in Florence the already 30 thousand who are riding DYI are increasing. Could grow even more if they were not afraid of the chaos or get hurt just outside of the Traffic Limited Zone. The bike paths are 60 km in length, much less actually real and usable. The Renzi-cyclists Pact included a reordering of signs: the usual nothing. Still in the Pact, Renzi had committed to spend on the bike 5 euro per inhabitant per year, would be a lot if you get more than two million in two and a half years. The mayor had agreed to strengthen the bike office: it has disbanded it. Another essential promise was to strengthen the links between suburbs and the centre: nothing about that either.
IMHO Just another politician that likes getting photographed on the bike but prefers to roam around in SMART.
Posted 11 years ago #
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