Participating towns and cities

SwedenEskilstuna, Sweden

Website:
https://www.eskilstuna.se/
Population:
107.949 inhabitants
Contact:
Sandra Lithman
Alva myrdals gata 5, 631 86 Eskilstuna
63186
(++46) 739500056

Participation 2006

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Eskilstuna 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
Permanent measures
1. An electronic real time system for buses.
2. Free parking for green cars.
3. New bus services for a particular industrial area.
4. ATMOS climate change exhibition 2006-2007.
5. A two years climate change information project.
6. Collection of organic material from the households to make biogas.
7. A municipal purchase of 20-40 green cars 2006.
8. A local oil commission for reducing the use of fossil fuels.

Car-free day Car-free day

Eskilstuna 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:
Closed streets
Drottninggatan, Nygatan, Smedjegatan, Rademachergatan and Kriebsensgatan.