In Florence the more you pedal the more you earn, if you use the bike up to 30 euros a month

Everything credited to the account.The Municipality puts in 1.2 million:20 cents per kilometer and monthly premiums.Project open to 2,000 members

FLORENCE – The more you pedal, the more good you do for the environment.And more earnings. The green incentive for the use of bikes a Florence it also becomes economical: up to 30 euros per month depending on the kilometers travelled, with the credit arriving directly on the current account.This sort of revolution, which from Monday to Friday will reward the commuting from home to work, home to school or university, but also generic ones, will start on 3 June, World Bike Day, "with the aim of reducing the use of polluting vehicles and promoting the health of the air and citizens", explains the Municipality.Which is why it is one of the pilot projects developed with citizens as part of 'Florence for the climate', puts it on track 1.2 million for one year, until 2 June 2025.The initiative, aimed at residents and domiciled adults of Florence and its metropolitan belt (Bagno a Ripoli, Calenzano, Campi Bisenzio, Lastra a Signa, Scandicci, Sesto Fiorentino, Signa), in this first phase, however, there will be a limited number of places:it will be open to 2,000 citizens, the first to register in chronological order starting from 10am on May 13th (even if the Environment Councilor, Andrea Giorgio, does not exclude the expansion of the audience in the future).

2,000 WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH REGISTRATION OPEN FROM 13 MAY

To participate you need a bicycle, ordinary or with pedal assistance (that is not from the bike sharing fleet) e a current account;you must then download the Pin Bike app, register and enter your question.The first 2,000 will be able to collect the free device that keeps track of the kilometers to be installed on the bike.This is a patented and anti-fraud system for the certification and monitoring of urban routes (the kit consists of Bluetooth hardware which will certify the actual use of the bicycle, as well as a handlebar smartphone holder and signal lights) .

THEFinally, you need to "pedal as much as you can". And, to give substance to the matter, the criteria through which we can earn something have already been established.Promoting those who make the effort to abandon a polluting means of transport for the bike. In this case, 20 cents will be recognized for each kilometer actually travelled by bike and certified by the Pin Bike system for home-work and home-school/university journeys; 5 cents for each kilometer traveled on general routes within the Municipality (up to a maximum of 2 euros per day).For those who, however, already use the bike on professional or school trips, the cents per kilometer drop to 15, while they remain unchanged, 5 per kilometre, on every other route (in this case up to 1.20 euros per day).All of this, both in the first and second cases, for a maximum monthly amount that cannot exceed 30 euros.

EVERY MONTH THE RANKING WITH THE MOST VIRTUOSE WITH 200 MONEY PRIZES

In addition to this, a monthly reward system has also been studied.Every 30 days, with the points earned thanks to virtuous actions - such as kilometers cycled or participation in events and questionnaires - a competition will be held visible on the Pin Bike app. Complete with a ranking of the top 200:2 prizes of 100 euros to the winners;then 8 prizes of 50 euros;40 from 30;150 from 20.In this case the prizes can be cumulated up to a maximum of 200 euros each.

“It is a turning point for cycling mobility in the city and a project of which I am really proud because it introduces the idea that those who use the bike not only do themselves a favor, because they save money, time and are good for their health, but he does the whole city a favor and that's why he will be rewarded”, underlines Giorgio at the presentation of the initiative with representatives of Legambiente, Lama per Firenze per il clima, Firenze ciclabile and Bycs.It is, adds the Education councilor and mayoral candidate of the Democratic Party, Sara Funaro, "a very beautiful project.We will send a letter to all schools because, as a Municipality, we want to install the racks in internal or external spaces, if they need them, to make it even easier for children to use two wheels.We also want to continue with the work of discussion and awareness-raising on environmental issues that we have been carrying out with schools for years".