SUNDAY EVERYTHING READY FOR THE 36TH EDITION OF BICINCITTA’
Bicincitta and the environment
Alternative mobility, urban culture and environmental education:these are the key principles of Bicincittà. The aim is to offer citizens a different day, dedicated to sporthealthy living and sustainable mobility – supports Orazio FALCONE – the President of UISP Foggia MAnfredonia
But what is it then City cycling? – continues the President – It is an event aimed at families with the aim of involving the entire family unit, from children to the elderly, offering the possibility of living a different day by reclaiming urban spaces invaded daily by cars and the chaos of the city.
The balance and coexistence between man and the urban context are fundamental to start a process of change in the name of sustainability, which starts from the awareness of the qualities and potential of the territory in which we live: a “ccity on a human scale” it is our goal.
Through Bicincittà, therefore, we want to revive human relationship skills by activating all its ways of expression: the body, its physiology, the energy it releases, so that it once again becomes an expression of the quality of life in our cities.
But why exactly sport? Sport is a means of communication, inclusion and change, both individual and social. By practicing sports, the individual is led to observe the city in which he lives with one different perspectivecapturing a completely new vision of potential bodies and the possible changes that could be made in one’s daily context: redesigning urban spaces, thinking of streets, sidewalks, cycle paths as large sports facilities for everyone through the most varied types of sports, from cycling to skateboarding. Precisely for these reasons, sport represents a privileged channel through which to act and communicate sustainability.
The invitation, therefore, will be to leave the car at home and take the bike to breathe cleaner air, allowing you to enjoy the beauty of your city, encouraging the creation of cycle paths and raising public awareness of the possibility of using alternative means to the car because every day it can become “cleaner”.
We are waiting for you on Sunday 26 May at 09.30 from Largo Diomede for a simple route suitable for everyone. you can collect the Kit (shirt and cap) at the UISP headquarters in Via Maddalena, 99 in Manfredonia.
