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Presented the European Mobility Week 2010
New alternatives for urban mobility and, above all, new models of cities that allow gain in health and welfare of citizens and the improvement of the environment were the main proposals made by the Minister Elena Espinosa, Trinidad Jimenez, and the Mayor of Vigo and President of the Spanish Network of Cities for Climate, Abel Caballero, during the presentation of the European Mobility Week 2010, which will take place between 16 and 22 September under the theme "Mobility, Health and Safety: move with intelligence and live better. "
In the presentation ceremony, held in Madrid, also attended the geriatrician, José Antonio Serra, who defended the benefits of physical activity for health. Had an impact on these benefits Abel Caballero, referring to sustainable mobility plans that start the councils and initiatives that, in his view, will make a revolution in the coming years, as the urban pedestrian to allow citizens to move walk and avoid the private car.
Together with this proposal, Knight defended the public transportation, which said it should be added advantages for money, comfort ... - on private vehicle to promote their use, also supported the establishment of alternative modes of travel, as the car electric, for whose implementation is required the collaboration of the three administrations, and defended, in the medium term, the redesign of cities and their development towards polycentric structure, with services in each area to avoid the need for long journeys. In his view, the twenty-first century city, with more environmental consciousness rooted in the social fabric has little to do with the model city of the twentieth century, where distances did not seem to matter. Now we need to implement new urban plans because, as stressed, "or change our cities and climate change kills us."
During the inaugural opening of the Week, the Minister for Health and Social Policy, Trinidad Jimenez, opted to create a new culture of mobility, to reduce health problems related to air pollution, such as respiratory or heart diseases, and related to physical inactivity, such as overweight and obesity. Trinidad Jimenez also advanced a proposal designed to supplement the Ministry with reports about the health consequences all the legislative initiatives proposed by the Government.
For his part the Minister Elena Espinosa said that all initiatives within the program this year mean an endorsement of all the municipalities, who are first time actors to develop policies that promote sustainable mobility in our cities, in collaboration with the rest of civil society, represented by institutions, organizations and businesses.
The European Mobility Week is an awareness campaign aimed at sensitizing the population about the use of more sustainable modes of transport such as public transport, cycling and walking trips through various activities, while encouraging European cities to promote these modes of transport and investment in infrastructure.
Since its inception in 2002, the impact of the European Mobility Week has continued to spread. In 2009, officially recorded a total of 2181 participating cities, involving more than 237 million Europeans. In Spain, the participation has also been increasing every year, reaching a record high in 2009, both Local Authorities and other social sectors: 390 cities, 39 social organizations, 18 companies and 21 institutions. The 390 cities have implemented a total of 3806 permanent measures, with an average of almost 10 permanent measures for the participating municipalities, of which Spain has been a pioneer within the European Union for being the first country that demanded as a condition of participation in European Week of Mobility.
