Participating towns and cities

United KingdomColchester, United Kingdom

Population:
156.000 inhabitants
Department:
Colchester2020 Travel Plan Club
Contact:
Emily Harrup
C/O Colchester Borough Council, PO Box 885, Town Hall
CO1 1ZE Colchester
(++44) 01206 506476
Colchester already registered 3x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2006 2005 2004

Participation 2006

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Colchester organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2006, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Promotion of alternatives to single - occupancy car travel thereby reduring transport's contribution to pollution and climate change principally through:
- events on ITWMC day (see below)
- the LSP's Travel Plan Club in the form of individual pledges to use alternatives on journeys to work
- Colchester-wide publicity using local media, including local radio and their promotions with business and schools.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

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

Car-free day Car-free day

Colchester carries out a Car-Free Day 2006 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:
Hickory Avenue, Greenstead, will be cloased for 8am - 6pm, from Hawthorn Avenue to Gorse Walk.