Participating towns and cities

SpainFigueres, Spain

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Population:
47.000 inhabitants
Department:
Environtment
Contact:
Xavier Turró Ventura
Avinguda Salvador Dalí, 107
17600 FIGUERES. SPAIN Figueres
(++34) 617711045

Participation 2012

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Figueres 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
bike displacement of the municipal employees (civil servants)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Create park and ride stations
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Promoting clean vehicles among citizens
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans

Car-free day Car-free day

Figueres 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.