Additional investments in the development of cycling in Bratislava

The Recovery and Resilience Plan provides significant help for improving cycling in the capital city, which is becoming increasingly popular as well as being an important alternative for moving around the city. Several cycling paths have already been built or reconstructed using funds from the Recovery Plan. These include the almost 1.5-kilometre combined cycling path on Vrakunská cesta, the more than one-kilometre-long cycling path on Račianska ulica and the more than 700-metre cycle path on Ulica 29. augusta, which, together with the city-built cycling path on Dunajská ulica, carries cycling traffic within the city centre and links to existing cycling radials.

The capital city is currently implementing other cycling projects that were successful in the announced call and that will also be financed from the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic. Specifically, these projects are:

• The Podkarpatská radial cycling route with a total length of 0.725 km, which connects Rača with the city centre. This is a popular radial that leads cyclists through vineyards directly to the Little Carpathians for trips to such places as Biely Kríž and city trails.
• The Podháj – Lamač cycling route covering a length of 2.40 km. It connects the housing estate part of Lamač and its administrative and school centre with the main cycling route heading towards the city centre. At the same time, it also transports cyclists between the forest park and the main routes to the city centre.
• The Hany Meličkovej – Molecova cycling route with a length of 1.50 km, which connects the Dlhé diely housing estate with the centre of Karlova Ves and then further to the city centre. It also improves residents’ access to the tram and thus creates better transport services for the area.
• The R12 Lamačská radial cycling route – ul. Zidiny, Ostružinový chodník, with a length of 1.39 km and which is located on a direct line connecting the Lamač city district with the city centre; it also creates a connection to the Železná studnička recreational area.

Said Minister of Transport Jozef Ráž:

“At the ministry, we are looking forward to each new section of the cycling paths, because it gives thousands of more people the opportunity to travel to work or school by bicycle. Safe infrastructure is a basic prerequisite for people to leave their cars at home and change the way they move around the city. I’m glad that people in Bratislava are aware of this, and I believe that these four new projects will also contribute to a better and healthier life in the capital."

Concluded the mayor of the capital city, Matúš Vallo:

“Our aim is to ensure that as many residents as possible can move around the city as safely, comfortably and efficiently as possible, including by bicycle. I thank the Ministry of Transport for the fact that thanks to their support, we can fulfil this intention. The data confirm that this is necessary. As many as about 20,000 residents today use bicycles to regularly move around the city, e.g., to work or to shop. Another 40,000 ride bicycles less often and for recreation or sports. And these numbers are continuously growing. That is exactly why we are building safe and high-quality cycle routes."