April 6- Mega Cycle Rally

!!! साइकल मैत्री सहर, हामी सबैको रहर !!!

“Come Join us and Raise your voice for better Cycling infrastructures.”

Mega Cycle Rally ‘For Cycle Lanes’

Date: 06 April, 2012 (Friday)
Time: 09:00 am
Start Point: KhulaManch


Rally Promotional Video


Why Mega Cycle Rally?
“Demanding cycle inclusive urban planning and development”

To ensure safety of cycle users and their rights for safer mobility, we are organizing a mass cycle rally to draw attention and pressurize concerned governmental authorities to build dedicated cycle lanes throughout city. This is also being organized in the meantime government is widening the existing road networks and opening new ones supposedly to reduce traffic congestion.

Why Cycle Lanes?
“Quality bicycle infrastructure is evidence of democracy: it shows that a citizen on a bicycle is equally important as one in an expensive car”- Enrique Penalosa (Former Mayor of Bogota)

Thousands of people commute daily in cycle in Kathmandu Valley. However, lack of dedicated cycle lanes and other basic infrastructures, the streets are very unsafe for cycle users, and thus discouraging people opting cycle for their daily mobility. The urban transport planning and development is vehicle centric rather than people centric. To be noted, the non-motorised transport users (pedestrians and cycle users) are the largest group to be killed in road accidents.

What in the rally?
• Biggest Cycle Rally
• A petition letter will be handed to concerned and related agencies demanding for cycle lanes in Kathmandu
• The rally will collect funds to hand Prime Minister a cycle and urge for cycle promotion.


Route for Cycle Rally: Khulla Mancha (Ratnapark)- Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (Ramshah Path)- Kathmandu Valley Town Development Committee (Anamnagar)- Department of Roads (Babarmahal)- Kathmandu Metropolitan City (Sundhara)- Khulla Mancha

Please be there, if you are keen cyclists, if you cycle to work/schools, if you cycle for fun …if you want healthy and livable city for you and your children!

Please be there! Bring your friends and families!! Join hundreds other cycle users!!! Lets show them that there is real need and demand for cycle lanes…

An Initiative of:
Kathmandu Cycle City 2020,
Clean Air Network Nepal,
Clean Energy Nepal, 
Nepal Cycling Association,
Come on Youth Stand Up, 
Nepalese Youth for Climate Action, 
World Cyclists Foundation, 
Rotaract Club of Kathmandu,
Association of Youth Organization of Nepal,
Nepal Unites,
Nepal Red Cross Society, Red Cross Action Team- Kathmandu District Chapter .…….
………. 

All cycle lovers and cycle users who have envision this place a cycle friendly city.

For further information, please contact:

Shail Shrestha: 9803276895
Prashanta Khanal: 4464981, 9841401236
Sramdip Purkoti: 9803385687
Samriddhi Dhakal: 9841808527

Please Register your name in the link provided: www.bit.ly/rally2012