Budapest Cyclists Pedal For Better Roads On 23 April
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
The Hungarian "I Bike Budapest" pro-cycling movement started its awareness-raising ride on Saturday afternoon. The parade started at 3pm from Fővám Square, by the Danube on the city’s eastern side, and made a big circle round the city following a route by the embankment, touching Heroes’ square in the north-east and back to the city centre before crossing over a bridge to the western side and ending up on Margaret island.
The four-hour ride was secured by police and many roads were shut down to motorists during the ride.
The organising bicycle confederation Magyar Kerékpárosklub said earlier that the event aims to create a “friendly atmosphere” for cycling in the city as well as calling attention to cycling as an environmentally sound and potentially fast means of transport in the city.
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