Cycling for commuting purpose shows relevant health benefits. However, this behaviour is not common among Spanish adolescents because of the lack of safety perception and the low tradition to commute by cycling in Spain. The main aim of this project is to promote cycling like a mode of commuting. For achieving this aim, workshops to teach cycling in the city for adolescents (developed throughout school settings) and adults are implemented. These workshops are an adaptation of the British bikeability program, which includes three different sessions. A first theoretical session, in which the bicycle is presented as a mode of commuting displaying the advantages and analysing the disadvantages. A second session focused on cycling and driving skills which are developed in a circuit out from traffic, where students practice the different skills that they will need in the next session. And a third and final session where students have to solve different preset situations under traffic conditions.
This project started with the campaign “Granada Ciclo Cívica” funding by the City Council of Granada in 2015. Currently, the funding is obtained by schools, localities and other interested institutions.
04/04/2018
Interview to Palma Chillón in the programme “Autonomía Ciclista”, Radio Almaina; 22 march 2018.
We talk to Palma Chillón, teacher at University of Granada, that in the last years have focused her research line on active commurting to school.
She will tell us the benefits of the daily active commuting, the variables and factors that more influence the mode of how the scholars from primary and secondary education commute from their homes to the schools, as well as the results obtained in the initiatives targeting an increase in the number of scholars commuting actively.
You can listen to the Podcast in this link: https://ia801500.us.archive.org/15/items/contacto_radioalmaina_AC62/AC62.mp3
