Bergamo. Once the velostation of the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital has opened, the opening of the old station in via Bianzana, which has long been abandoned and is located along the TEB line towards Val Seriana: the building in via Bianzana, in fact, will become soon a voluntary-run cycle workshop, in the style of the Ciclostazione dei Colli in Ponteranica, a space in which to carry out bicycle maintenance and spread the culture of recycling.
Furthermore, there will be space for bike rental especially for groups and organized activities (for example for the benefit of schools), but also info-point on cycling in the area and for its promotion and for promotional and educational activities on the use of bicycles and for FIAB (Italian Federation of Friends of the Bicycle) activities. Furthermore, the station is located in a strategic point with regards to cycling in Bergamo, along the two-wheel route that runs from the station and the center of Bergamo to Gorle and Torre Boldone.
The structure is equipped with basic self-repair tools available to users even when the cycle workshop is closed. Not only that: innovative benches designed for charging e-bikes were also installed.
The station was initially declared “for sale” by the Municipality of Bergamo, due to the fact that there was no public function to be installed in the spaces of the small old station, which is located a few steps from the Chorus Life area on via Corridoni. The Administration then received and accepted the proposal of the FIAB Pedalopolis Association of Bergamo to renovate it and bring it to new life, then submitting the proposal to an expression of public interest.
The construction of the structure is currently underway and, at least initially, it will be open at the weekend.
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