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This document discusses issues facing cyclists in Bucharest, Romania, including a lack of proper cycling infrastructure. It notes that past cycling lanes were built on sidewalks, which was unsuccessful. The mayor refuses to build lanes in the road and only supports lanes on sidewalks. In 2013, over 4,000 cyclists protested to demand better infrastructure. However, the mayor has ignored cyclists and experts in favor of prioritizing automotive traffic. As a result, Bucharest currently has no safe cycling routes to support its thousands of bikers.
Movement and professional work bucharest 1
- 1. Movement and professionalwork Bucharest, Romania
- 2. Bucharest cyclists haveproblems with... Traffic Foto: Bast
- 3. Bucharest cyclists haveproblems with... Street dogs Foto: Bast
- 4. Bucharest cyclists haveproblems with... Pollution Foto: Bast
- 5. Bucharest cyclists haveproblems with... Infrastructure Foto: Bast
- 6. Bucharest cyclists haveproblems with... The Mayor
- 7. The cycle paths completedin 2008 and 2011 were established only on sidewalks and turned out to be very expensive and unsuccessful experiments.
- 8. Until October 2012, the Police Traffic Division had already declared illegal so many paths that their length exceeded 100 km out of the 117 km manged by the Bucharest Streets Administration.
- 9. On March 11,2013, the Mayor announced that he refused to lay down the cycle lanes on roads and that he supported cycle lanes exclusively on the sidewalks.
- 10. The Community ofBucharest’s Cyclists: We don’t WANT cycle lanes on the sidewalk !
- 11. March 23rd 2013– Protest march: We don’t WANT cycle lanes on the sidewalk !
- 12. There were only 4,200 people. But it was the largest bike protest in Romania Foto: Loading Studio
- 13. But the Mayordecided to ignore cyclists and experts. He wants more traffic.
- 14. April 12, 2013:The Mayor announced value of the the investments for the road infrastructure of his dreams: 13 billion Euros !
- 15. With the currentcity income, the infrastructure planed by the Mayor would be ready in 40 years. Bucharest will be buried in debts in order to get buried in concrete.
- 16. In 1900, theMayor’s plans would have been visionary! But we live in 2013…
- 17. “If you plancities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.”
- 19. Citizens’ Campaign requesting public information about illegal cycle lanes. The Mayor refuses to provide this public information. Foto: Bike Lover
- 20. Translation: “Mr. Mayor told me that if I collected 10,000 likes on facebook, he would give cycle lanes"
- 21. Translation: ”We don’tlike cycle lanes on the sidewalk !”
- 22. “I can’t waitto see their faces Translation: after I make cycle lanes over here!” Foto: Virusbike
- 23. Currently Bucharest has no viable route with cycling lanes for the city's thousands of bikers. PROTEST IN PROGRESS