translated from Spanish: Undersecretary of Transport and Cyclist Accidents: “We ask actors for responsibility, everyone has to play their part”

The Undersecretary of Transport, José Luis Domínguez and the Undersecretary of Regional Development, Juan Masferrer, announced this day the increase in the budget for the financing of cycleways, after two cyclists died last week raising to 88 the number of deaths in 2020 of people using this means of transport. Masferrer recalled that, in July of this year, the mobility plan, consisting of more than 100 projects and of which 96 are implemented or in the implementation stage, was financed with $2.5 billion. Of these, said the deputy leader.The Undersecretary for Regional Development said that an additional $2.5 billion will be injected for the financing of new initiatives, of which 24 projects are cycles. For the Budget Act, Masferrer said, it was requested to double funding for municipal programs that include the construction of cycle cycles. The Undersecretary of Transport, José Luis Domínguez, in the meantime, addressed the increase in traffic accidents and called for responsibility in public space. “We ask the actors to take responsibility, everyone has to play their role,” he said. Dominguez also said that physical space is limited and that the work that is done is, on the one hand, the execution of works such as cycleways, and on the other hand, the regulations. In this line, he highlighted the enactment of the Law on Road Coexistence and the reduction of speed in urban areas. The Undersecretary of Transport also highlighted the role of the Operational Unit of Traffic Control and the National Traffic Safety Commission (Conaset), in the collection of accident information, which he indicated is used to formulate prevention measures.

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