In Pesaro, the "bicipolitana" is a subway system with lines dedicated to bicycles.

PESARO BIKE COURSE

It takes its name from the subway, and the colors of its lines: yellow, red, green, and orange. In Pesaro, the choice of local administrators in favor of the bicycle it was very radical: a real subway, called Bicipolitana, where however all the lines are reserved for the use of bicyclesAn initiative which, according to what emerges from the first report on the cycling economy in Italy carried out by Legambiente with VeloLove and Grab+, has made the Marche city the queen of most bike-friendly municipalities in our country, together with Bolzano,

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PESARO CYCLE PATH

This special metro system is equipped with protected lanes, where the maximum speed limit for cars is 30 kilometers per hour, absolute priority is given to all motor vehicles, and there are connections between the different lines. These are a network that has now reached 86 kilometers of route, capable of reaching all strategic points of the city. The administration aims to reach 100 km in a few years, convinced that the Bicipolitana represents not only a major health and environmental infrastructure, but also an economic one. Cycling, in fact, explained the mayor of Pesaro, Matteo ricci atAdnkronos, “moves atourist economyMany people choose our location over others because it offers such infrastructure for enjoying the city and their leisure time. And also because many bars and businesses, especially food and wine-related ones, are springing up along these stretches. Finally, also because more goods are sold. bicycles".

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The Pesaro experiment is very interesting, perhaps the most innovative in Italy in terms of new sustainable mobility. And also in Venice, to reach Mestre and vice versa, eight cycle routes have been made safe, connected to each other, with a large parking lot with 830 spaces at the station entrance. The hope is that initiatives like this will become more frequent.

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