Activities within the week
Dorchester organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2007, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
Pedestrianised main street in Dorchester on 22/9
Car-free day
Dorchester carries out a Car-Free Day 2007 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:
The southern third of South Street in the town centre will be closed to all traffic from 9am to 5pm on 22 September. A children's roundabout will be set up in this part of the street to demonstrate how much safer and pleasanter this part of the town's main shopping street would be if "pedestrianisation" were to be made permanent. The Dorchester Transport and Environment Plan includes "pedestrianisation" of Lower South Street but no date has been set for its implementation. We hope this exercise will serve to hasten permanent pedestrianisation.