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Getting around the Forum
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Getting around the Forum
Forum Barcelona 2004 is developing a special transport strategy with
its own vehicles in order to help participants and public get to the
Forum zone, and for moving around the Forum site itself. This initiative
includes three different kinds of transportation: hybrid cars, trains
running on biodiesel and, for the more sporty types, the ForumBike.
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Car
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Toyota Prius is the official car of Forum Barcelona
2004. A fleet of these cars—a hybrid vehicle
with an electric motor as well as a petrol engine,
and a specially adapted body design—will serve
the event throughout the Forum period.
The agreement with the car manufacturer is based
on the fact that the principles and values that
underpin the Forum coincided with the aims and philosophy
of Toyota: reducing distances, eliminating barriers
and bringing cultures closer together. Day after
day, Toyota demonstrates its commitment to the values
it shares with the Forum, especially with the environment.
Since October 15, the direction of the Forum has
had 10 Toyota Prius at its disposal, and at the
beginning of November another five Toyota cars,
in three different models, were delivered, all with
diesel engines: two RAV4s, one Land Cruiser and
two Previa.
However,
the majority of the fleet will arrive between January
and April of next year: 16 Toyota Prius in January
and an additional 30 Toyota Prius at the beginning
of April, plus 14 Toyota Previa (7-seater hatchbacks
with diesel engines).
Train
The Forum will have 4 trains, each one with 3 carriages,
carrying up to 60 passengers each. These trains
will provide a permanent service on two different
routes within the Forum site: one from the Plaza
of Gatherings to the Port Captain’s Office,
and the other from the Plaza of Gatherings to the
Auditorium Park.
The purpose of these trains is not to offer a “guided
tour” of the site, but to provide a more comfortable
means of transport between the Forum entrance and
the more distant areas, and the trains are especially
intended—and adapted for—those groups
of people who will need them most, such as people
with limited mobility, seniors, young children or
people with some disability.
The expectation is that the trains will transport
up to 10,000 people each day.
The trains will have a motor running on biodiesel
and all of the maintenance and servicing of the
trains will be carried out using environmentally
friendly processes and materials.
ForumBike
The Forum will make a fleet of around 400 bicycles
available to people visiting the event. There will
be 5 different rental points around Barcelona: Sants
railway station, the Forum, Plaça Catalunya,
the Columbus monument, and a fifth point that will
be at Plaça Espanya or at one of the city’s
beaches.
One of the advantages of this transport option is
that visitors will be able to come to the Forum
by bicycle and leave in the evening by public transport
without having to return the bike to the rental
point.
The aim of the Forum organization is to provide
Barcelona with a consolidated transport system that
will allow people to get from place to place around
the city in an environmentally sustainable way.
It is also intended to connect all of the rental
points via bicycle lanes, in order to make the system
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