Promoting cycling -- both conventional and electric-assist -- isn't some 'greenie' issue. It's an economic, money and common sense issue. There's less costly infrastructure to maintain, which means taxes can be lower; and the added benefit is, the citizenry will be healthier, and that helps cut rising medical costs.
Smart cities as London -with a one billion pound investement in coming years for bike tracks- recognize these advantages and respond appropriately, leading their citizens into a future e-Club.
A study at the University of Barcelona in Spain says "You can eat a nicely balanced diet with fruits and vegetables and olive oil and lower heart disease by 30 percent. And you can actually enjoy life.” In a separate study of the University of Florence, it follows that the Mediterranean diet reduces by 13% the incidence of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and 6% that of cancer.
Follow the Mediterranean Diet 'TravelClub Style': fill your days with veggies, nuts, olive oil, chocolate, wine and healthy exercise (continues...)
♣ TravelClub reúne a interesados y compradores de bicis eléctricas, ofreciendo todos los beneficios y experiencias agradables que ello conlleva. Únete!
♥ TravelClub brings interested and existing electric bike owners together, offering all the benefits and pleasant experiences that this entails. Join!
♦ TravelClub réunit aux intéressés et clients existants de vélos électriques, offrant tous les avantages et expériences agréables que cela donne. Rejoins!
"Berlin is the greatest cultural extravaganza that one could imagine. -- Berlin es la mayor extravagancia cultural que uno puede imaginar."
David Bowie
"You are cruel, cruel, I've given you everything -- Eres cruel, cruel, te lo he dado todo." Maria Callas (MEDEA 1961 en La Scala)
"La 'Grande Place de Bruxelles' is the most beautiful theater in the world -- La 'Grande Place de Bruxelles' es el teatro más bello del mundo." Jean Cocteau
Amsterdam is a not a city of sin, it is a city of freedom -- Amsterdam no es una ciudad de pecado: es una ciudad de libertad."
John Green
"Rome is like a book of fables, on each page you can find a prodigy -- Roma es como un libro de fábulas, en cada página encuentras un prodigio." Hans Andersen
"In Munich, notebooks and costumes have come to a total symbiosis -- En Munich, los portatiles y los trajes típicos han llegado a una simbiosis total." Roman Herzog
"The ancient splendor and beauty left an indelible impression in my imagination -- El antiguo esplendor y la belleza dejó una impresión imborrable." Richard Wagner
"If the world were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital -- Si el mundo fuera un solo estado, Estambul sería su capital."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Athens is the eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence -- Atenas, el ojo de Grecia, madre de las artes y la elocuencia."
John Milton
"El aire suave como la de Sevilla, y tan fragante que estaba delicioso para respirar -- The air soft and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it." Christopher Columbus
"Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant -- El que no venga a París regularmente nunca será realmente elegante."Honoré de Balzac
"For the traveler arriving by sea, Lisbon stands as a beautiful dream vision -- Para el que llega por mar, Lisboa se erige como una bella visión del sueño." Fernando Pessoa
"I love you, creation of Peter, your severe look, full of harmony -- Te amo, creación de Pedro, amo tu aspecto severo y lleno de armonía." Alexander Pushkin
"Venice is like eating at once an entire box of liqueur chocolates -- Venecia es como comerse de golpe una caja entera de bombones de licor."
Truman Capote
"When someone is tired of London, he is tired of life -- Cuando un hombre esta cansado de Londres está cansado de la vida."
Samuel Johnson
"La arquitectura es la ordenación de la luz, la escultura es el juego de la luz -- Architecture is arrangement of light, sculpture is play of light." Antoni Gaudí
"Never overwhelming spectacle so touched excited eyes -- Nunca espectáculo sobrecogedor conmovió a ojos tan ilusionados. "
Jules Verne
"All seems to be colored with a soft violet hue, like diluted wine -- Todo parece estar coloreado con un tono violeta suave, como el vino diluido." Henry James
"When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart -- Cuando yo muero, Dublín estará escrito en mi corazón."
James Joyce
"The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the other with asphalt -- Las calles de Viena están pavimentadas con cultura, las de otras con asfalto." Karl Kraus
"What better place to speak of Europe's future than a building which so gloriously recalls the greatness that Europe had already achieved over 600 years ago." Margaret Thatcher
"I love Madrid. I am happy to be here -- Me encanta Madrid. Estoy feliz de estar aquí." Zinedine Zidane
"If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow -- But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris." Gyorgy Ligeti
"Los habitantes de una ciudad que baña el Mediterráneo sentimos la belleza con más intensidad -- Inhabitants of a Mediterranean city feel beauty with more intensity."
"The murmur and quiet movement was the biggest thing in town -- El murmullo y el movimiento tranquilo era lo más grande de la ciudad." Hans Andersen