LOCAL RIDING PROGRAMReunion

Efficient actions to encourage riding in Reunion Island

Mountain bike in Reunion Island

It is possible to ride through the tamarinds forest, fields of sugar cane, river beds, sand paths, volcanic rocks, ...There are about 1000 km of tracks in Reunion Island, mountain biking and 7 spots. Mister BIDET has developed mountain biking tracks for different levels. You should get informed before going for a ride.Mountain biking places in Reunion Island

Saint Denis northern coast volcano Maïdo, L’Entre Deux La Plaine des Palmistes (St. Philip Bélouve forest) Saint Rose Cirque de Salazie

The Local Cycling Program: actions to encourage riding

•The Local Cycling Program plays a great part to get biking at the upper place as far as means of transportation are concerned and turns Reunion Island into a cyclists island.

First, the Local Program looks for real facts:Commute to school or to work places take place into the town itself (there is no need to get outside the town);

•School trips or dropping kids off at school represent a new generation of cyclists to train today.

•The use of bicycles for recreation and promenade: a challenge to educate new cyclists.

•Looking for coherence across the island, with a strong involvement of partners.

The partners of local actions are :

The steering committee of PRV is provided by the Region: • it adjusts the actions planning to be taken annually and submit to the Committee Steering PRV (COPIL);

• it carries out monitoring and evaluation of actions and submits the results to COPIL; • it prepares bodies in order to share know-how; •it sets up the COPIL sessions.

A Steering Committee was set up to enable the different actors involved in biking the possibility to participate in the process: • it discusses proposals for the actions to initiate and to coordinate; • it provides means to monitor and evaluate actions; • it coordinates the events "for all" to promote cycling; • it submits proposals to initiate new actions to include in the multiannual program.

Associated partners for cycling

IEB, General Council, The Reunion Island Tourism, National Park Reunion The EPCI, The Commons.

Real actions in favor of cycling

COORDINATE ACTIONS FOR BIKING ACROSS THE ISLAND

CREATE SAFE TRACKS, AND CONTINUOUS LEGIBLE

DEVELOP MULTIPLE COORDINATED SERVICES

PROMOTE CYCLING

Blue Ribbon: a national distinction of FFCT to reward initiatives Bike

As far as safety the major goal is concerned, the French Federation of Cycling (FFCT) established in 1993 the Safety Blue Ribbon.

This award recognizes and honors members of individual or collective structures of the Federation working as a model in favour of the safety of cyclists. The development of SRIT was carried out in several steps: • Development of a diagnosis of supply and demand in transportation means• Setting up efficient decisions from SRIT • Developing actions planning.

The SRIT comes in seven targets: • Develop a range of commutation • Prioritize the road network and optimize it in connection with transportation means• Encourage car pooling • support alternative use• Display freight, logistics and harbour transport• Enhancing the competitiveness of the current airport offers • Improve tourism offer.