Adrian Leone GanadoAdrian Leone Ganado

Paragon Europe, the local entity representing Malta in the Bike2Work project, has organised a pilot test for the second edition of the campaign.

An EU co-funded project, Bike2Work is led by the European Cyclists’ Federation. It is aimed at encouraging a modal shift from motorised commuting to cycling, addressing both employers and employees.

The June pilot test was a great success, as demonstrated by the comments and photos sent by participants. This pilot test in fact saw close to 100 newly registered participants coming from all sectors in Malta such as Transport Malta, EASO, MSV Life, Malta International Airport and the University of Malta. The Irish Ambassador, Padraig Mac Coscair, also registered and participated in this initiative. Paragon Europe would like more people to participate during the campaign in September.

People who have shifted to cycling have very positive comments to share. Among these, we can find György Domján, who says: “I ride around 320km every week to work and I love it!” and Adrian Leone Ganado, who said the last time he went to work by car was more than two months ago. “I have no intention to stop cycling to work and I predict that by the end of this year I would have used the bike more often than the car. By cycling to work I have more than halved my cost of petrol (and naturally also halved the total distance travelled by car and therefore halved my emissions),” he said.

György DomjánGyörgy Domján

There are numerous benefits which arise from shifting to cycling when commuting to work: the reduction of pollution and CO2, numerous health benefits, less waste of time, cost-effectiveness and avoidance of traffic. Malta is an ideal country to shift from motorised commuting to cycling since the distances are very short. Nevertheless, Malta still has one of the highest rates of car users.

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