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Wednesday April 14. Opening events
18h00_Welcome and accreditation
19h00_Presentation. Lleida’s strengths as a potential cycle
tourism destination. By: Àngel Vidal, Director of the Patronat de Turisme de la Diputació de Lleida. This
presentation will be given by Paco Tortosa, PhD in Geography, Pep Ulldemolins, cycle tourism expert and Josep Capellà, president of the company DCB – Tourism and Local Development
This association’s inception has to
do with the aim of bringing together a group of companies from different
bicycle-related fields in order to boost the use of this means of transport.
Jovial encounter of the above
mentioned international movement. Cycle Chic represents the bicycle culture linked to urban
cycling and fashion. It began in cities such as Berlin, Copenhagen, Los Angeles
and Barcelona, among others.
Simultaneous interpretation in 4 languages:
Catalan, Spanish, English and French.
Speeches by Mr. Àngel Ros, Mayor of Lleida, Mr. Jaume
Gilabert, President
of Diputació de Lleida and Manel Nadal, Mobility Secretary, Department de Política Territorial i Obres
Públiques of the Generalitat
de Catalunya
In the last few years, so-called
Eco-neighbourhoods have cropped up all over Europe. These are sustainable and
environmentally-responsible urban areas. We will learn about these experiences
from a mobility and bicycle use perspective. A new
way of doing urban planning. By: Jörg Thiemann-Linden, representative of DIFU (Deutsches
Institut für Urbanistik), German federal urbanism agency.
European
Eco-neighbourhoods.
GWL-terrein’s case (Amsterdam). By: Corine Marseille, from GWL-terrein.
Experiences in the
construction of cycle infrastructures. Morlans tunnels, by his Excellency Odón
Elorza, Mayor of
Donostia-San Sebastián.
Palamós –
Palafrugell Cycle and Walking Route, by Esteve Tomàs, Director of the Programa de Mobilitat i Grans Infraestructures, Department de Política
Territorial i Obres Públiques of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
1. Schemes and measures
for traffic calming: bike
lanes, 30 km/h areas, shared streets, parks, etc. Speaker/chair: Àngel López, Director of the Mobility
Department, Barcelona City Council.
2. Signage: light signals, horizontal painting, traffic lights, infrastructures management, crossings, bike stations, street furniture... Speaker/chair: Philippe Goirand, Deputy Mayor of Pistes Cyclables of Toukouse City Council and Secretary of the Transports and Trips of Grand Toulouse (France)
1. Soils, road surfaces,
cycle routes, natural paths, shared roads, etc. Speaker/chair: Carmen Aycart, Director of Programa Vías
Verdes and Javier
Martín, engineer
from Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles.
2. Tunnels, bridges,
underground passage ways...
Speaker/chair: Pedro Calvo, President of EMT and councillor in charge of security and services,
Madrid City Council.
North Sea Eurovelo, by: Jens Erik Larsen, member of the Eurovelo Council.
Cycle Routes and green
lanes in Quebec, by Jean-François
Pronovost, Director
General of Vélo- Québec.
This association gathers
municipalities, consortiums and communities from all over Spain with the aim of
creating synergies for the development of bicycle-friendly policies, especially
in urban areas.
Friday April 16
09h00_Greetings from Traffic Director General, Pere Navarro,
Director of Servei Català de Trànsit, Josep Pérez Moya and Director of Servicio Vasco de Tráfico, Amparo López.
Chair: Ramón Ledesma, Deputy Director of the DGT section
in charge of regulation and resources.
A new perspective on
bicycle-friendly legislation: weaknesses, strengths and contradictions.
10h30_The bicycle users and the criminal law, by Agustín Hidalgo, Public Prosecutor. Fiscalia de Sala de Seguretat Vial.
Speaker: Ferran Domínguez, legal representative of the
bicycle support intergroup in the Parliament of Catalonia.
Closing of the Lleida 2010 Bicycle Congress.
Saturday April 17
Departure point: La Llotja
