Activities within the week
Eskilstuna organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2009, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
Most of the programme is about the city and the climate change.
Permanent measures
Eskilstuna 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)
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Mobility management
see permanent measures above
Car-free day
Eskilstuna 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:
Closed streets in the centre of Eskilstuna: Drottninggatan, Nygatan, Smedjegatan, Rademachergatan and Kriebsensgatan
Eskilstuna, Sweden