Transportation: Amaechi Approves Bicycle Riding In FCT

The minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has approved the use of bicycle as a means of transportation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja.

The Minister told newsmen at the end of the National Council on Transportation on Monday in Sokoto.

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According to him, the introduction of bicycles as a means of transportation would reduce congestion on the road and also improve the health of the riders.

He said, “National Council on Transportation is a policy making Council, if nothing else; we approved that we should do a pilot project on bicycle riding in FCT.

“This is because Abuja is the only city that has facility for bicycle riding.

“For other states who want to do it, we must provide facility before they can proceed with it; we want to separate them from the roads because some motorists are impatient.

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“So, we decided that we do it in Abuja because if you check, nearly all the roads in Abuja, there are lanes for bicycle.

“Any other state that wants to go ahead can do that but they must provide lanes for bicycle so that we do not have numerous accidents,” he said.

He said that using bicycles as a means of transportation was not new, adding that countries including China, UK and others already use it.

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