Participating towns and cities

PortugalViseu, Portugal

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Population:
99.274 inhabitants
Department:
Departamento de Ambiente Obras e Sustentabilidade - Divisão de E
Contact:
Paula Gomes
Praça da Republica 3500-514 Viseu
(++351) 232427427

Participation 2008

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Viseu 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)
Extension or creation of new greenways
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility

Car-free day Car-free day

Viseu 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:
Zona sem tráfego automóvel com cerca de 55ha integrando todo o centro histórico da cidade bem como os demais importantes espaços comerciais e de serviços dessa zona e espaços urbanos envolventes.
O dia sem carros irá ser realizado no dia 21 de Setembro