Participating towns and cities

HungaryGyőr, Hungary

Website:
www.gyor.hu
Population:
130.000 inhabitants
Department:
Környezetvédelmi Osztály
Contact:
Herman Etelka
Honvéd liget 1.
9021 Győr
(++36) 96 500-441

Participation 2008

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
We are organiseing many programms promoting "less private car use and use other alternative method e.g.:bike or carpooling or carsharing, public transport etc.
Very important target groups are the people, whom are working in the business parks more the 10 000 people and people and children, whom are moveing from the suburbs and from the neighobour villages to the center on a daily basis.
We are organising one car free day wit a bicycle procession and we make some new car free streets.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Győr 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)
Bicycle Rent service
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)
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
Nigh Busses
Accessibilities
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
Low floar busses
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Intorduction of car-pooling and car-sharing.
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Adoption of school travel plans
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Launch of seamless transport modes to facilitate access to business areas or other social areas
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Győr 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:
We have one long shopping street, called Baross str. crossed by car traffic right now, but we would like to stop the cross traffic here.