Participating towns and cities

PortugalCoimbra, Portugal

Website:
http://www.cm-coimbra.pt/
Population:
143.396 inhabitants
Department:
Espaço Público, Mobilidade e Trânsito
Contact:
Luís Santos Costa
Praça 8 de maio
3000-300 Coimbra
(++351) 239857500

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Coimbra organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2012, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Road show de meios de transporte alternativos. Disseminação do programa CIVITAS. Conferências sobre mobilidade, planeamento e meios de transporte.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Coimbra 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)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
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)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
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
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers

Car-free day Car-free day

Coimbra carries out a Car-Free Day 2012 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:
Zona da Alta Universitária. Ponte de Santa Clara.