Activities within the week
Bjelovar organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2007, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
Central theme "Streets for the people" gives us a lot of opportunity to organise a variety of events related to the theme. That is why we will concentrate on organising actions that will take place on city streets like: OpenAir Brunch, guided school walks with special markers, Bicycle Fleemarket, How to mend Your bike, Outdoor aerobics for elderly people, critical mass and lots of other events that will have educational and entertainment meaning- lectures, concerts, exhibitions...
Permanent measures
Bjelovar 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
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Removal of architectonic barriers
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Mobility management
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places
Further info
This year City of Bjelovar will implement several measures that will improve bicycle- pedestrian areas. Those are: turning pedestrian zone into bicycle-pedestrian zone, constructing several kilometars of bicycle-pedestrian paths in the city and also to surburban area, bulding the polygon for bicycle school, special markers for children that will make them more visible while walking or biking to school, removal of architonic barriers in city centre and introducing more bicycle parkings in city centre.
Car-free day
Bjelovar 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:
City of Bjelovar now has very limited zone restricted to the private car- it is one street in the city centre that has only been pedestrian zone for several decades. It is a place where people can enjoy and relax under the chesnut trees while taking an afternoon walk. It is also a zone restricted to bicycles and that makes this zone not so popular among bicycle users. That is why local authorities will turn this zone into bicycle- pedestrian zone and that way enable more people to use this area.