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Global cities have the challenge of transforming their development processes towards a more sustainable trend on a human scale, where culture and collective relations will be an essential part of this transformation. The Aburrá Valley is no stranger to the global context and therefore seeks as a common purpose in the short, medium and long term to reduce air pollution, promote the right to universal accessibility, reduce road incidents, generate the integration of systems collective and massive public transport, improve public space, promote non-motorized mobility on foot and by bicycle, articulate the relationship between the different actors for a better quality of life for present and future generations.
In the context of this plan, sustainable mobility implies adopting a set of policies, physical, regulatory and operational means that promote modes of transport with the lowest environmental, economic and social cost, ensuring that through them an improvement in mobility is achieved. quality of life of the present and future inhabitants of the metropolitan territory, without affecting the environment or the economy. Incorporate the bicycle into mobility systems, promoting its use through traffic regulation measures, construction and/or adaptation of infrastructure, and creation of complementary services and equipment that facilitate its use in comfortable and attractive conditions.
As it is a form of exercise, it improves physical and mental health. However, factors such as vulnerability, accidents, terrain difficulties (such as slopes) and the distances to be traveled are limiting for its use. The cycling infrastructure involves technical components, services and facilities for the development of this activity.