From bus to bike: it’s green and it’s clean

NICOSIA could have a more European touch over the next two weeks as people are encouraged to forget their cars and ride around town on bikes instead.

A service will provide bus travellers with bicycles from Solomou Square, which they will be able to borrow just by showing their bus ticket.

The Ecological Movement and the Nicosia City Bus Company who are organising the event to take place from today until May 7, are urging people to use bicycles for their Easter shopping or for just getting around the city without harming the environment.

No need to stress out in the traffic jam, or look for a parking place in vain, say the greens.

The campaign was launched yesterday by Nicosia mayor Lellos Demetriades and town-planning and Nicosia Bus Company representatives. The first group of cyclists — including the mayor — then went for a ride around town, a ‘spokes’man said.

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