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€4m scheme to promote bicycle as means of transport
March 2, 2021
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Tuesday unveiled a €4m, 17-point plan of action aiming to encourage cycling as an alternative form of transport.
He told a press conference that the programme was in line with EU initiatives to combat carbon emissions.
The ministry wanted to make the bicycle part of peoples’ daily routines as a safe and reliable means of transport, as well as for exercise and recreation. Cycling promotes quality of life, improves health, reduces emissions and urban noise, saves energy and contributes to decongesting traffic, he told the press conference.