People cycling to work were offered a Cyclists’ Breakfast at 38 sites countrywide on 8 May 2014.

At the central event of the traditional programme of the ‘Cycle to Work!’ (CTW) campaign jointly organised by the Ministry of National Development and the Hungarian Cyclists’ Club, Deputy State Secretary for Green Economy, Climate Policy and Key Public Services Ferenc Hizó said the Ministry of National Development regarded the development of bicycle transport as an important task. In addition to its other measures supporting the protection of climate, the Ministry is to continue to help the implementation of CTW.

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The spreading of cycling may contribute to enhancing energy efficiency and reducing dependence on mineral oil and the emission of greenhouse gases, Ferenc Hizó pointed out. The former is also supported by last year’s data of the CTW campaign according to which participants spared the atmosphere 206 tons of CO2 emission during the campaign period, he added.

Chairman of the Hungarian Cyclists’ Club János László expressed pleasure at the fact that, in the two weeks since the beginning of the campaign, almost 7.000 participants have registered on the homepage of the CTW campaign.

As a result of the cooperation of the cyclist community, the CTW Cyclists’ Breakfast has become one of the most popular events of the campaign: at the national level, the number of sites where breakfast is served to cyclists has risen to almost forty by now (see map at: http://bit.ly/1kUfvn6). In addition to volunteers from the Cyclists’ Club, the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV), several local organisations of the National Institute for Environment, several municipal and local authorities as well as other institutions and companies have also participated in bringing about the CTW Cyclists’ Breakfast this year. 

This year again, organisers also have novelties and games to offer to participants, including a new mobile phone application. Every player who registers eight cycling occasions in their transport diaries on the website bringazzamunkaba.hu by 30 May will be presented a gift, János László revealed.

(Ministry of National Development)