Participating towns and cities

SpainMálaga, Spain

Website:
www.malaga.eu
Population:
570.006 inhabitants
Department:
Mobility
Contact:
María Trinidad Hernández Méndez
Concejal Muñoz Cerván nº 3 Módulo 5 Tabacalera
29003 Málaga
(++34) 951 926 027

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
The three main sustainable means of transport including their interconnections (public transport, bicycle, walking) are the basis of most of the planned activities. These means of transport contribute to the economic growth, the social cohesion and the protection of the environment, ensuring, this way, a better quality of life for citizens.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Málaga 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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns

Car-free day Car-free day

Málaga 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:
XII Edition Bicycle Day 21 September.
Avenida de Andalucía.
Paseo del Parque.
Paseo Marítimo Antonio Machado and other streets.
The area(s) will be closed to motorized traffic during the event.
II Urban Race ‘El Torcal-La Paz. Ciudad de Málaga’ 14 September.