Activities within the week
Arezzo organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2011, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
The Municipality of Arezzo, in line with the strategic objectives of the PUM (Urban Mobility Plan), is implementing a series of actions and adopting measures aimed to creating a new urban mobility system integrated and sustainable, including through promoting the use of transport modes alternative to private cars and integrated with it, as well as more respectful of the environment and health. The criteria are intermodality (and thus the possibility for citizens to get around town using in a complementary way both private and public mode transport), and the protection of the environment and health (and consequently the quality of the city and of life of people living there).
Permanent measures
Arezzo 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
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Create park and ride stations
Mobility management
Elaboration of educational materials
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Further info
During this year the Municipality of Arezzo has implemented permanent measures especially about cycling and pedestrian mobility.
In order to promote the use of bicycles in the city, has expanded the bicycle network creating new lanes linking the already existing paths; has activated a bike-sharing system (named "ARbike") installing in 8 different locations of the city 8 stations where pick up and delivery public bicycles (both traditional and assisted pedaling); has installed new bicycle racks, distributed in various areas of the city depending on demand; has opened a municipal office (named "Sportello della Bicicletta") to improve the existing bicycle network and to receive suggestions and comments from citizens.
In order to improve pedestrian accessibility and livability of the city's historic center, has increased areas dedicated exclusively to pedestrians, creating new pedestrian areas (piazza Sant’Agostino) and enlarging pavements along the boulevard in the city center ("Assi Ottocenteschi").
In addition, in order to reduce traffic and to restrict access to private cars in the city center, has created new semi-central parkings (parking "Mecenate" already opened and parking "San Donato Hospital" under construction) integrated with the bike-sharing system and with the buses of local public transport.
Car-free day
Arezzo 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:
Sunday 18th of September, from 16:00 to 20:00, will be completely closed to traffic the lower part of the old town ("Assi Ottocenteschi") to allow the carrying out of planned initiatives and to give citizens the opportunity to move freely in the city center by foot or bike, without the presence of cars.
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