Connecting people to the city and the city among people was the inspiration that led the Municipality of Cascais to proceed with an investment in a mobility plan, which is distinguished by its intermodal aspect, integrating network various types of transport. The project, presented Wednesday at the Estoril Congress Centre will hit the streets of the city of Cascais already in September this year and will be successively extended to the county. In December 2017 the municipality hopes to have the project up and running fully, counting available on that date, 1,200 bicycles, normal and power, 150 parking spaces and two thousand parking stands for bicycles.
for the application of this new mobility plan were created new routes for public transport, which will connect the parking areas for cars and bikes and the bus terminals and train. The idea is to “create more sustainable mobility with efficiency gains for users and the environment,” said the authority. The “Mobi Cascais”, developed by the Center for Engineering and Research of the Automotive Industry (CEIIA), will make its debut in Cascais and Estoril, which will be made available 217 bicycles, 102 carriers and 13 parking spaces.
Before a room full, the vice president of Cascais chamber, Miguel Pinto Luz, took over the project demonstration of responsibility and took – literally – on handlebars. At the sound of the generic of a Spanish series that marked the 80s, Blue Summer , the mayor exemplified how it worked the rental system for bicycles and, after unlocking with a card – “because we have to think of alternatives for those who do not have a smartphone “, explained – Miguel Pinto Luz rose to one of the electric bicycles that will be put into circulation and toured a makeshift bike path, skirting the audience present inside the Estoril Congress Centre.
One of the plan’s highlights is its strong technological component. The bikes used by the mobility program, have Portuguese technology and are built in the country. Among its functions, the bikes will, for example, collect and transmit data on the state of the pavements through sensors placed in accelerometers. Furthermore, they have a location system. The system also provides an application to your phone that lets you see the number of bicycles and parking available and to make your reservation.
Who dispense these bikes can use the same network, since the docks parking are universal. “Integration is absolutely critical,” said the vice president. Miguel Pinto Light also believes that “it is not legitimate” that the municipalities do not communicate. “The systems must be integrated. Should I be able to use a bicycle Cascais and then to use the system in Lisbon, as a kind of Roaming of bicycles, “he argued.
” It is good that Portugal, which has a travel quota made by bicycle less than 1% can begin to converge to the European average, which is 7%, “said the Secretary of State for the Environment, José Mendes, present at the presentation. “Mobility projects competing municipalities. What the Government seeks to do is to provide financing facilities for the purpose, as with the Strategic Plans of Urban Development (Pedus), supported by Portugal 2020, “he adds.” The plan [Cascais] seems very innovative, even internationally, “he said.
Who also spared no praise for the initiative was José Manuel Caetano, founder and president of the Portuguese Federation of Cycling and Bicycle Users. José Manuel Caetano was “prepared to hit the House”, but the new mobility program, which increases by 50 kilometers the route of bike trails (20 kilometers to 70 kilometers) dissuaded him. The founder of the Portuguese Federation of Cycling proved to be positively surprised such a way that ensured that the federation would distinguish the municipality of Cascais with a prize.
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