UB bicycle parade to call for building more bicycle lanes
Ulaanbaatar hosted a “car-free” day on past Saturday.
UB bicycle parade to call for building more bicycle lanes. Ulaanbaatar hosted a “car-free” day on past Saturday. The roads were clear of cars and other motor-vehicles and became the running track for the International UB Marathon and a parade of cyclists. The parade was first initiated by the Mongolian Youth Union in 2013. The campaign, turning four this year, has resulted in some positive outcomes such as the increased number of people who own and ride bicycles in the city and presence of bicycle tracks. Participants of the parade must form each year a signature words, which were, for the previous years, the abbreviation of the word “cycling Ulaanbaatar” and, also, the words “child” and “track”. This year the cyclists created the word “to add” by standing in shape of this word, calling for opening of new bike lanes in Ulaanbaatar. Each year, around 1,500 cyclists take part in the parade.
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