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La Pedalada Ecològica Popular : Barcelona to Sitges

“For safer roads for both motor vehicles for bicycles”

Public Ecological Cycle Ride – Main Features:

• Over 2,000 cyclists participate
• Sunday morning
• Started at Camp Nou, Barcelona Football Club
• 41 kilometers journey
• Serves to vindicate the road safety of cyclists on the road
• Partly on closed Coastal road
• Ends at Levantina urbanization in Sitges

Coast road alongside Garraf, with scenic sea views from Barcelona to Sitges, closed to traffic during the ride.

Medical personel, Red Cross, Ambulance, Catalan police, volunteers supports riders (cyclists)

Councillor for Sports in Vinyet Louis’ve read the events manifesto, with the slogan “Sharing is safer with respect.”

The manifesto said that “we have to make roads safer for both motor vehicles and for bicycles. The rider can not be regarded as an enemy by the other vehicles, it is becoming increasingly common for car drivers are cyclists at once. “

Therefore, the aim requires that there is “more road training schools, plus the presence of bicycle traffic regulations & more preventive signs relating to road cyclists.”