Activities within the week
Osijek organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2009, taking into account the annual theme.
1. Press conference by the Mayor that presents the events that will take place in Osijek during the mobility week
2. Cleaning unauthorized garbage disposals in the city and planting new trees on those places.
3. The city will organise biking of the citizens throughout the city lead by Vice Mayors of the city.
4. Several streets in the city will be closed for traffic (the main streets) and during that time the children will be coloring the streets with chalks.
Permanent measures
Osijek 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)
Pedestrianisation
Extension or creation of new greenways
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)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Reduction of outside parking zones
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Car-free day
Osijek carries out a Car-Free Day 2009 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:
Only private parking lots built with residents buildings and company's buildings.
Osijek, Croatia