{"id":145,"date":"2013-09-03T19:18:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T19:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2013-09-03T19:18:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T19:18:20","slug":"german-chancellor-calls-bicycles-part-of-mobility-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"German Chancellor calls bicycles part of mobility solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing an invite-only audience of media and industry leaders, Merkel spoke of the bicycle as a mobility solution on par with automobiles. \u201cI believe it is just as important as the international auto trade fair that I am going to open in a few days,\u201d Merkel said of Eurobike. \u201c The bicycle combines what is pleasurable and useful. It is friendly to the environment and promotes health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">She said it is worthwhile for the country to create an atmosphere conducive to bicycle growth, including the necessary conditions for bicycles. Her government earmarked 70 million euros to build bicycle trails and set goals as part of a 2020 bicycle transportation plan. \u201cIt is not an either-or choice,\u201d she said of bikes and other forms of transportation. \u201cIt is an integration of bicycles with all modes of travel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bicycleretailer.com\/international\/2013\/08\/29\/german-chancellor-calls-bicycles-part-mobility-solution#.UiY0A2RAQdo\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bicycleretailer.com\/international\/2013\/08\/29\/german-chancellor-calls-bicycles-part-mobility-solution#.UiY0A2RAQdo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing an invite-only audience of media and industry leaders, Merkel spoke of the bicycle as a mobility solution on par with automobiles. \u201cI believe it is just as important as the international auto trade fair that I am going to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=145\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">German Chancellor calls bicycles part of mobility solution<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,6],"tags":[36,14],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-goodnews","category-spcnews","tag-germany","tag-urban-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}