Participating towns and cities

ItalyAlghero, Italy

Website:
www.comune.alghero.ss.it
Population:
43.304 inhabitants
Department:
Comune di Alghero
Contact:
Massimo Canu
Via Sant'Anna 40
07041 SS Alghero
(++39) 0799978884
Alghero already registered 6x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

Participation 2010

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Alghero organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2010, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
The local authority will promote a series of actions on sustainable mobility in schools:
- the Piedibus (walking to school)
- the School Way
- the moments of confrontation with the organization of Forum "governace policies for sustainable mobility. Comparing experiences"
- the Ecological cycling
- promoting the use of public transport.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Alghero 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)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
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
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Reduction of outside parking zones
Create park and ride stations
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Elaboration of new residential areas
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Create systems for buses and walking trains
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Alghero 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:
In some areas of the city of Alghero have identified the Limited Traffic Zone (ZTL).