Participating towns and cities

Portugal Porto (Oporto) , Portugal

Website:
Population:
237.584 inhabitants
Department:
Câmara Municipal do Porto
Contact:
Raquel Carvalho
Praça General Humberto Delgado
4049-001 Porto
(++351) 222097000 Ext. 2542
Porto (Oporto) already registered 13x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2021 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002

Participation 2010

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Porto (Oporto) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2010, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
16th: Traffic school for children between 8 and 18 years old; Climbing and Slide; Conference on Road Safety; Driving risk simulators (alcohol and rollover).

17th: Traffic school for children between 8 and 18 years old; Climbing and Slide; Driving risk simulators (alcohol and rollover); Night Bike Tour.

18th: Transit impediments; Traffic school for children between 8 and 18 years old; Climbing, Slide and Rappel; Mobility Party with several companies that will have a stand in the city center to show their services and products related with Sustainable Mobility;

19th: Healthy Mobility Fair with several institutions that will make several free health screenings; Walk Tour.

20th: Traffic school for children between 8 and 18 years old; Climbing and Slide.

21th: Traffic school for children between 8 and 18 years old; Climbing and Slide; Mobility Shop and Carpooling service inauguration; Mobility shop website launch; Inauguration of two giant LCD screens that let you see real-time information about destinations and waiting times for public transport;

22th: Traffic school for children between 8 and 18 years old; Climbing and Slide; Solar car race.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Porto (Oporto) 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
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
The development of accessible transport services for all
Accessibilities
Launch of accessibility plans
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns

Car-free day Car-free day

Porto (Oporto) 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:
Main Avenue in the City Center (18th)