2023-12-05 09:15:00
Healthy living: 6 out of 10 Rosario residents exercise thanks to Calle Recreativa
The municipal Sports and Tourism Observatory detected that 57.5% of users find in these spaces the stimulus to incorporate physical activity into their routines.
A survey by the Sports and Tourism Observatory of the Municipality of Rosario showed that 6 out of 10 Rosario residents do physical activity thanks to Calle Recreativa. 57.5% of users find in this project the encouragement needed to incorporate physical exercise into your routines regularly. Furthermore, this last year the number of people who come grew by 20%.
The work carried out during the 13th anniversary of Calle Recreativa indicated that 52.1% of those who attend have been doing so for more than three years, while 80% have been visiting the space for more than a year. Meanwhile, 45% of the total visit it every Sunday, and 77% at least once a month. 65.6% do it on foot or runningwhile 28.6% travel by bicycle.
In this sense, The busiest areas include Oroño Boulevard, from 27 de Febrero to Mendoza, and Oroño from Mendoza to Costa Avenue.concentrating approximately half of the total visits between the two (49,3%), although a sustained growth in citizen participation in the southern zone has been observed since 2022.
Furthermore, the report determined that the most chosen activities are gymnastics classessummoning 34,8% of total users who carried out some activity, followed by Let’s Play in the Street, Mini Cycling School and yoga.
This year it reached 600 days of recreational street. Rosario was the first city in the country to implement a temporary recreational circuit in October 2010, which at its beginnings was 13 kilometers long; In 2012, two extensions were made, reaching 28 kilometers.
In 2021 the current extension of 35 kilometers free of cars, motorcycles and urban transport for walking, running, skating, riding a bike or rollers. The streets that make up it are: Avenida de la Costa (from Rioja to Avellaneda Boulevard), Oroño Boulevard (from Avenida de la Costa to 27 de Febrero); February 27 (from Oroño to San Martín); San Martín Avenue (from 27 de Febrero to Rosario Avenue).
Calle Recreativa is a massive alternative for coexistence, meetings, recreation, healthy living, physical activity and active mobility for all citizens. It provides an orderly public space, used by all ages. The circuit works every Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.except specific dates such as December 25, January 1, May 1, or the days on which elections are held.
Activities
This year, the Calle Recreativa project added a new place so that Rosario residents can enjoy a space for meeting, training and physical activity in the Juan Manuel Fangio Autodrome. It is a circuit that aims to promote recreation, sports and healthy living, and at the same time means a reconfiguration of the place and the surrounding area so that citizens take ownership of the place.
The Recreational Track It is enabled when there are no motorsports competitions, on Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It has four specific sectors: a central space where activities and classes of different disciplines are carried out, a recreational track, another for training and a cross-country track. It also offers a Green Point with the sale of vegetables and agroecological seedlings run by the gardeners of the El Bosque garden park, and a gastronomic space run by the Rosario Chamber of Food Trucks.
Meanwhile, in the Science Square (2500 Oroño Boulevard) newcom (a team sport similar to volleyball) is played and a Zumba class is taught, taught by specialized instructors. It is a refunctionalized place that is part of the legacy of the South American Youth Games, since its facilities were enhanced for the international sports event; It consists of a bathroom area, changing rooms and a 3×3 court.
Besides, Let’s play in the street It takes place in three places: from 9 to 12 at the Esplanade of the City Museum (Oroño 2361), and from 10 to 12 in Ayolas and San Martín and at the Casa del Tango (Illia Avenue 1750). It is a space for families where different games and recreational activities are provided, free or directed by physical education teachers and residents.
The Cycling School It is in the City Museum. It is a proposal carried out together with the Mobility Entity and the company Movi Rosario. This is a free training and education space for people over 12 years old, who use or want to start using the bike as a mode of mobility. Shifts: from 9 to 10.30 and from 10.30 to 12.
There is also the Mini Cycling School, which is located from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the esplanade of the City of Girls and Boys (Vélez Sarsfield and Carballo Avenue) and from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Oroño Boulevard and Dante Alighieri. The objective is for children to learn to move with confidence and responsibility in the city. Topics related to circulation, traffic rules, safety elements and useful tips for safe driving are addressed.
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