Participating towns and cities

PortugalCoruche, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-coruche.pt
Population:
8.000 inhabitants
Department:
Ambiente e Energia
Contact:
Rosa Lopes
Praça da Liberdade
2100-121 Coruche
(++351) 243610200

Participation 2008

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
- Serviço gratuito de bicicletas para os munícipes na SEM;
- Exposições temáticas;
- Demonstação de veículos ecológicos;
- Roteiros de bicicleta e passeios pedestres;
- Visitas guiadas ao novo sistema de saneamento da vila de Coruche;
- Actividades lúdicas;
- Peças de teatro;
- Encerramento de trânsito no centro histórico da vila de Coruche no dia 2 de Set.;
- Educação e promoção ambiental com a comunidade escolar no dia 22 de Set.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Coruche 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)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Create systems for buses and walking trains
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Coruche 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:
No dia 22 de Setembro uma zona do centro histórico da vila de Coruche será encerrado ao trânsito rodoviário.