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Gijón

Participation 2018

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Gijón organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2018, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Presentación Semana Europea de la Movilidad (14 de septiembre)
17 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA)
*Día de la movilidad eléctrica: inauguración de nuevos postes de recarga eléctrica para automóviles y charla de presentación ("Movilidad eléctrica: movilidad del presente y del futuro" ).
18 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA)
*Entrega del sello asturiano de movilidad segura a las empresas EMTUSA y EMULSA.
*Coloquio: La transformación de la movilidad en Gijón del 2011 al 2018.
19 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA).
*Presentación de los Caminos Escolares Seguros.
20 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA)
*Consejo de Administración de la Empresa Mixta de Trafico de Gijón. (posterior rueda de prensa sobre estacionamientos y ORA)
*Pleno del foro de la Movilidad.
21 September
*Día de la movilidad ciclista.
*Presentacion del proyecto piloto TUCYCLE
22 September
*Día sin coche
+Corte al tráfico de vehículos de la calle Los Moros desde calle Jovellanos.
+Corte al tráfico de la avenida Rufo García Rendueles, en dirección al centro, desde el Puente del Piles hasta la calle Eladio Carreño.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Gijón 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 network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Charging points for electric vehicles
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Create systems for buses and walking trains

Car-free day Car-free day

Gijón carries out a Car-Free Day 2018 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.