Press Release: European Commission promotes cycling as healthy way to travel

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Series Details IP/09/746 (12.05.09)
Publication Date 12/05/2009
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The European Commission is promoting cycling as a healthy and safe way to travel in cities at the 15th Velo-City conference, organised by the Brussels Region and which opened on 12 May in the presence of Vice-President Antonio Tajani, responsible for transport. The world's largest conference related to cycling takes place in Brussels, at Tour & Taxis until Friday 15 May and brings together one thousand participants from across the world to discuss the future of cycling in cities. Vice-President Kallas, Commissioner for administrative affairs, will attend the closing ceremony on Friday for the signing of the Brussels Charter by various European cities committing themselves to promote the use of bicycles through concrete objectives.

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European Commission: MEMO/09/231: The European Commission at Vélo-City http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/231&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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