Today, Slovenia’s biggest cycling race Tour of Slovenia starts at the port town of Koper which features around 15 teams coming from the countries Slovenia, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland as well as Spain.

This 17^th annual race is composed of four stages which will be making a detour at the southern Austrian province of Carinthia along with an ascent to Krvavec, a famous ski resort located at the northern part of Ljubljana containing slopes measuring 1450-1971 meters above sea level.

The initial stage will bring the cyclists to a 173-kilometre ride from Koper to Medvode situated north-west of Slovenia’s capital city, Ljubljana. The second stage this Friday will start from Ljubljana to Villach, Austria. The third stage will compose the 171-kilometre mountain stage between the lakeside resort of Bled and Krvavec this coming Saturday. Aside from the extremely tough ascent of Krvavec, this stage will as well include four other climbs. The champion is expected to be decided after this stage. Lastly, the fourth stage will take place between Brezice and Novo Mesto, 175 kilometers longs. This may alter the standings in mountains classification or competition for the jerseys however will not possibly have any effect on the final result for this year’s tour.

The aim of the future urban infrastructure is a transformation in the car dependent lifestyle. Just recently the capital city of Slovenia, Ljubljana has launched their new sustainable mobility transport policy. In this new spatial plan, the State is foresees a comprehensive traffic management system that comprises of needed roads, separate lanes, as well as new public transport routes to access the city. Plus, they’ll add new cycle lanes and pedestrian zones that will lure more investors plus liven up the city more.

The city believes that public life within the city is related to the spaces available for moving as well as static motor traffic plus walking seems to be the only natural way of movement across the city. This is the reason behind the new approach of solving the problems with traffic and revitalization of public spaces. The city also believes that through broadening the roads as well as the road network of motor traffic heightens up and lures traffic into the city which results to people being not able to drive across the city.

This traffic measures also promotes healthy lifestyle since people will now be considering walking and cycling as not just a form of exercise, but a means of transportation as well. This will be taught to children in their kindergarten and primary years in school.