Participating towns and cities

ItalyCesena, Italy

Website:
http://www.comune.cesena.fc.it/home
Population:
96.885 inhabitants
Department:
Uff educazioni alla sostenibilità e servizi per la mobilità
Contact:
Lucia Garaffoni
Piazza del Popolo 10 - 47521 Cesena (FC)
(++39) 0547 35 6399

Participation 2011

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
The Municipality of Cesena is active in the implementation of alternative mobility through the adhesion to the European Mobility week 2011 and all the different measures on sustainable mobility implemented in this year.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Cesena 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)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders

Car-free day Car-free day

Cesena 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:
The Municipality of Cesena is working for a free of car city centre, without compromising commercial activities and retailers or city centre residents. The main squares of the city are now free of car traffic such as all the area sourrounding these squares and the historical part of the city (the Malatestian Library, the Malatestian Castle, the Masini Fountain, the Bonci theatre are reacheable only by sustainable means of transport).