CASE. The importance of educating young people in Sète to practice good cycling behavior

Pour les parents, comme pour la mairie, l’objectif est d’apprendre aux enfants la bonne manière de circuler à vélo. Ville de Sète

l'essentiel Croiser des cyclistes est devenu ordinaire à Sète, mais des enfants, pas tout à fait encore.

"This is an important indicator of the cycling quality of a city. We can say that there is a real improvement when parents can go with their children to school by bike", estimates the La Roue association free of Thau through the words of Daniel Rigaud.

The "Know how to ride a bike"program

However, "there are few at the Ferdinand-Buisson school, and in general in Sète. Of the 300 students in the establishment, less than ten come by pedaling", notes Florent Viguié, who accompanies his 8-year-old daughter by bike, even though there are no safe facilities along their route.

To make more children aware of road safety, the municipality is running several programs. "It is essential to teach good practices from a very young age", recently declared Hervé Marquès, elected to sports .

For example, the municipal police and the sports department teach them during several sessions to students from all the city's schools from kindergarten to CM2.

At the same time, Hervé Marquès mentioned, at the last municipal council, the creation of a cycling learning space, for 6-11 year olds, of 1,600 m² near the Biascamano complex, as part of the national program "Know how to ride a bike". "It’is a good thing. Afterwards, these children will be more sensitive to bicycles, even when they are adults, reacts Florent Viguié.

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