Participating towns and cities

SpainPonferrada, Spain

Population:
68.530 inhabitants
Department:
Environment and Transport
Contact:
Francisco Mario Jordán
Plaza Del Ayuntamiento, 1
24401 Ponferrada
(++34) 987 446 707

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Ponferrada organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
El uso de transportes limpios y eficientes, redunda en un beneficio colectivo para la sociedad. Este año las actividades que se realizarán durante la semana Europea de la Movilidad, al igual que años anteriores, están enfocadas hacia modos de transporte menos conttaminantes con el entorno. El uso de la bicicleta es fundamental si queremos una ciudad con menos circulación de coches y un medio ambiente libre de contaminación.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Ponferrada implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Create systems for buses and walking trains

Car-free day Car-free day

Ponferrada carries out a Car-Free Day 2014 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Principalmente, el corte afectará al centro de la ciudad (Plaza de Julio Lazúrtegui), siendo el corte el sábado día 13 de septiembre con motivo de la celebración de la tradicional marcha ciclista sin malos humos.