Activities within the week
Funchal organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2012, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
The activities planned for this year´s edition will range from an exhibition entitled "Moving in the Right Direction", whose focus is the CIVITAS MIMOSA Project, an European Project aimed towards sustainble mobility; Additionally, the Municipality will carry on an orienteering campaign to promote pedestrian mobility. Leaflets and pamphlets will also be given out to citizens.
Permanent measures
Funchal 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
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Establishment of mobility protocols
Further info
The permanent measure to be implemented this year refers to a deployment of a traffic light system in an avenue located in the city centre. Also, the official sign of mobility protocols between the Municipality and Regional entities directly related to traffic and mobility will also take place during Mobility Week. Finally, the Mobile system, an application that provides traffic data to citizens will also be launched during the Mobility Week.
Funchal, Portugal