Participating towns and cities

PortugalAmadora, Portugal

Website:
https://www.amadoramove.pt
Population:
171.719 inhabitants
Department:
DOM/DTMU
Contact:
Cecília Reis
Trv. Vasco da Gama, nº 7 2700-833 Amadora
(++351) 966795208

Participation 2008

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
As acções relacionadas com o tema são as seguintes:

- Transportes Públicos;
- Pedonalização;
- Segurança Rodoviária;
- Gestão da Circulação/Mobilidade;

Permanent measures Permanent measures

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

Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings 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)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Mobility management
Redefinição da mobilidade

Car-free day Car-free day

Amadora 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:
Restrição da circulação automóvel nos arruamentos de acesso ao interface rodo-ferroviário, situado junto à Estação da Amadora, nomeadamente a Av. Cardoso Lopes, Rua Major Cândido Pinheiro, Av. Gago Coutinho e Av. Santos Matos. A circulação apenas será permitida a transportes públicos, veículos ecológicos, bicicletas, viaturas de emergência e veículos afectos a condutores de mobilidade reduzida. A acção decorrerá nos dias 20 e 21 de Setembro entre as 09.00H e as 19.00H.