Green Options » Reggio Emilia http://greenoptions.com/tag/reggio-emilia Posts tagged 'Reggio Emilia' Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:44:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Italy’s Two-Wheeled Cities Speed Up Your Life Quality http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/12/italys-two-wheeled-cities-speed-up-your-life-quality/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/12/italys-two-wheeled-cities-speed-up-your-life-quality/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:44:30 +0000 Eva Pratesi http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/12/italys-two-wheeled-cities-speed-up-your-life-quality/

Note: this article is part of this week’s EcoWorldly cycling series: Cycling and its importance in countries around the world.

Coming from a medieval city in the heart of Tuscany, I’ve never felt the necessity to drive my car every day preferring to use my legs walking or cycling. Despite that I’m not a fan of bicycling but there is a region, in the north of Italy, where inhabitants are addicted: Emilia Romagna. This place can truly claim to be a paradise for cyclists, and many Italians declare that it offers the best ‘mixed’ routes in the whole Europe. It was really surprising for me to discover how important is bicycling in its main cities, Ferrara and Reggio Emilia.

But what visibly marks a city out as a cycling city?

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