Participation 2011
The participant is committed to:
Organising a week of activities, taking into account the focal theme.
Actions relative to the theme:
Conference - Cycling to the future
Bus-day - family day of activities
Walk and bike day
Day with alternative transportation (electric vehicles, like bikes and scooters etc.)
Carrying out a Car-Free Day event by closing one or more streets to traffic, and opening it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. This should preferably happen on 22 September to mark your town or city as part of World Car-Free Day.
Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Formentioned street, plus a possibility of closing the biggest shopping street for cars.
Implementing one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.
Permanent measures implemented this year:
New or improved bicycle facilities
- Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
- Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
- Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Iceland list, 2011