Participating towns and cities

HungarySzeged, Hungary

Website:
www.szegedvaros.hu
Population:
169.678 inhabitants
Department:
Fejleszetési Iroda
Contact:
Laura Gorzó
Széchenyi tér 10-11.
6720 Szeged
(++36) 62 564220

Participation 2010

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Szeged 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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
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)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Create park and ride stations
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Create systems for buses and walking trains

Car-free day Car-free day

Szeged carries out a Car-Free Day 2010 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:
As the effect of 'Town Rehabilitation Project' two streets are to be restricted to the private cars this year in the downtown of Szeged. One of them is already ready for pedestrians (April, 2010), the other one is under reconstruction.