Activities within the week
Manchester organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2006, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
Providing an exhibition detailing various emission levels from a variety of vehicles. Inviting the public to measure their own carbon eco-footprint via an interactive big screen. Two groups of schoolchildren will create eco feet and then demonstrate a walking bus.
Permanent measures
Manchester implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.
Further info
Improvements to bus lane efficiency via enforcement on illegal use.
Car-free day
Manchester 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:
At the heart of central Manchester: St Mary's Gate, Cross Street and Corporation Street closed between 11am and 3pm