Participating towns and cities

United KingdomInverness, United Kingdom

Website:
www.highland.gov.uk
Population:
60.000 inhabitants
Department:
Chief Executive's Service
Contact:
Stephen Carr
Highland Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road
IV3 5NX Inverness
(++44) 1463702543
Inverness already registered 4x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2013 2009 2008 2007

Participation 2008

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Inverness organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2008, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Encourage car share, cycling and walking

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Inverness 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)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks 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)
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Create park and ride stations
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Adoption of school travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials

Car-free day Car-free day

Inverness carries out a Car-Free Day 2008 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:
school and business car parks