Bike2Work - "Smart choice for commuters"

June 10, 2016 - PRLog -- Paragon Europe, the local entity representing Malta in the Bike2Work project, has organised a pilot test for the second edition of the campaign. Bike2Work is led by the European Cyclists' Federation and it is an EU co-funded project. This project is aimed at encouraging a modal shift from motorised commuting to cycling, addressing both employers and employees!

There are numerous benefits which arise from shifting to cycling when commuting to work: the reduction of pollution and CO2, numerous health benefits, less waste of time, cost-effectiveness and avoidance of traffic! Malta is an ideal country to shift from motorised commuting to cycling since the distances are very short; nevertheless, Malta still has one of the highest rates of car-users.

People who have shifted to cycling have very positive comments to share; among these, we can find György Domján who says, "I ride around 320 km every week to work, and I love it!" and Adrian Leone Ganado who commented that "the last time that I went to work by car was more than a month ago. I have no intention to stop cycling to work and I predict that by the end of this year I will have used the bike more often than the car when considering the last 3 years from January 2014. By cycling to work I have more than halved my cost of petrol (and naturally also halved the total distance travelled by car and therefore halved my emissions)."

The 9^th June pilot test was a great success, as demonstrated by the comments and photos which were sent by participants. This pilot test in fact saw close to 100 newly registered participants coming from all sorts of sectors in Malta such as Transport Malta, EASO, Malta International Airport and the University of Malta. Even the Irish Ambassador, Padraig Mac Coscair, registered and participated in this initiative! Paragon Europe would like to more people to participate during the campaign in September - will you be taking this challenge?

For more information:

http://www.bike2workmalta.eu
http://www.paragoneurope.eu

Project partners:

Austrian Mobility Research / Forschungsgesellschaft Mobilitaet Gemeinnützige (FGM-AMOR), Austria; German Cyclists' Club (ADFC), Germany; UK Cycling Charity (CTC), UK; Danish Cyclists' Federation (DCF), Denmark; Udruga Sindikat Biciklista / Cyclists' Union (SinBic), Croatia; Nantes Métropole Communauté Urbaine (NMCU), France; Europa Inform Consulting; Federazione Italiana.