Participating towns and cities

PortugalViana do Castelo, Portugal

Population:
39.000 inhabitants
Department:
Departamento de Obras e Serviços Municipais
Contact:
Manuel Soares da Costa
Passeio das Mordomas da Romaria
4904-877 Viana do Castelo
(++351) 258 809377

Participation 2009

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Viana do Castelo organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2009, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
1.Workshop “Air quality assess and monitor noise levels” at the Environment Interpretation Center for the children of the city schools to assess the quality of the air and the noise levels.
2.Evening talks about public transports and healthy sustainable mobility in a healthy city as the example of Viana do Castelo Healthy City at the Environment Interpretation Center.
3.Free travelling in the electrical buses around the Viana do Castelo´s historic centre.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Viana do Castelo 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)
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
The development of accessible transport services for all
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Create systems for buses and walking trains
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places