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lunes, 23 de agosto de 2010

PLAN FOR NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION


It was not until 1990 when politics in favor of NON-MOTORIZED TRANPORTATION were established in Perú, specifically at the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, who created a Management team dedicated to development of FUNDAMENTAL PLAN FOR NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION of 300 kilometers of CYCLEPATHS until the year 2015."


In 1994, the World Bank extends to the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima a loan agreement of US$ 3 million 100 thousand for the implementation of a pilot project that included:

a) Study of a pilot proyect,
b) Construction of 50 km. of CYCLEPATHS,
c) Promotion campaig and a
d) Credit for the purchase of bicycles economic.

By the year 2001, after finishing the execution of the loan agreement, the new Mayor of Lima, did not agree with a policy for Non-Motorized Transportation. He cancelled the Management team and all of the work invested in the previous ten years became a waste.

But in January 2003 the new elected Mayor, Dr. Luis Castaneda Lossio, who believes that in a poor country like Peru, with one of the highest indexes of pollution in the region, an automotor park vehicle that exceded the demand of almost 8 million inhabitants, with 16 millions foot trip and with one of the most expensive gasoline prices in the world, decided restructured once again and thus, the Managment team of Non-Motorized Transportation was finally accomplished on January the 20, 2003.

Master Plan was approved on April 27, 2007.

Objectives:

• The integration of a master plan prioritizing the integration of a BIKE NET WORK.

• 350 kilometers of CYCLEPATHS by the year 2015.

Is to increase considerably by the year 2014 the use of bicycles as a means of sustainable transport in the context of improving urban transport in the city

Strategic Objectives

I. Promote a cultural change
II. Expand the bike network and incorporate local and district government in the implementation of infrastructure for non-motorized transportation.

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