Participating towns and cities

PortugalBragança, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-bragança.pt
Population:
24.000 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão de LOgistica e Mobilidade
Contact:
João Paulo Almeida Rodrigues
Forte São João de Deus, 5300-263 Bragança
(++351) 932550350

Participation 2011

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Bragança organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2011, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
1 - Execução de Muppies sobre Mobilidade Alternativa
2 - Percurso Pedestre Urbano e de Cicloturismo
3 - Separar para uma Mobilidade Alternativa

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Bragança 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
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)

Car-free day Car-free day

Bragança carries out a Car-Free Day 2011 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 zonas a interditar serão: Rua 5 de Outubro, parte da Rua Alexandre Herculano, Rua da República, Praça da Sé, Rua Almirante Reis, Jardim António José de Almeida, Praça Camões e Zona dos Batocos, Rua Oróbio de Castro, Rua Dr. Raul Teixeira, Largo Lucien Guerche, Rua das Moreirinhas, Rua dos Gatos, Rua dos Fornos, Rua Combatentes da Grande Guerra, Largo de São Vicente, Rua Abílio Beça, Rua 1 de Dezembro, Rua Marquês de Pombal, Rua Trindade Coelho, Rua Serpa Pinto, Rua de São João, Rua José Beça, corredor verde do rio Fervença desde a rotunda Flor da Ponte à escadaria de acesso à capela de Nossa Srª da Piedade.