We are FCC - Nº10

FCC Construcción has shown a fundamental interest in the deve- lopment of new bicycle lane mo- dels, giving rise precisely to the motivation for this R&D&I project, approved and financed by the Centre for Industrial Technolo- gical Development (CDTI) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities as part of the CIEN 2018 Strategic Program- me. The consortium of compa- nies BICISENDAS is led by FCC Construcción, with the participa- tion of large companies such as FCC Ámbito, IMPLASER, Idneo, Kompuestos, Tradia and TEX Obras y Servicios. This project is supported by the Sant Boi de Llobregat City Coun- cil (which includes its availability to carry out a demonstrator sec- tion) and the Cycling Association “European Cycling Federation”, which helps to better understand the overall impact that the results obtained by the project can have. BICESENDAS consortium Numerics A L’Enginnyeria), LEITAT and Luderra. The bicycle in Spain is already used more than the motorbike and 4.65% of working trips are already made on it. However, several points are still detected in surveys to improve the conditions of the bicycle user in urban environments. With new policies and restrictions on the use of private vehicles in favour of improvements in air quality in cities, there has been an increase in the use of alternative means of transport to the motor vehicle, and the bicycle is beginning to play an increasingly im- portant role in our cities. A few years ago, only a dozen muni- cipalities had a bicycle loan system. Today, more than a hundred peo- ple have introduced this loan-based mode of transport. In most of the world’s cities the use of bicycles as a means of urban transport is being promoted. The known benefits of using the bicy- cle for mobility in cities are many: it reduces environmental and noise po- llution; it increases local commerce, increases the value of the property close to the bicycle lane; it impro- ves the health of the user by having a more active life and even increa- ses the profits derived from tourism, among others. To further encourage the use of bi- cycles, both private and bike sharing systems, this project proposes the development of new bicycle lanes that integrate new technologies from multiple sectors to help increase com- fort, safety, the environment and com- munications in the environment of the bicycle lane, and thus contribute to promoting sustainable transport. I N N O V A T I O N 43 I N N O V A T I O N