Participating towns and cities

HungaryBudapest, Hungary

Website:
http://budapest.hu
Population:
1.700.000 inhabitants
Department:
Department of Climate and Environmental Affairs
Contact:
Áron Halász
Budapest Főváros Főpolgármesteri Hivatal
1052 Budapest, Városház utca 9-11. Budapest

Participation 2008

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Budapest implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
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)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Construction works of stations and more than 7 km tunnel of new underground line (Metro 4).
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Create park and ride stations
Increase of parking fees in the downtown and in the historic centre of Budapest

Car-free day Car-free day

Budapest 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:
Andrassy Street, a main road of Budapest will be shut down to traffic