Participating towns and cities

ItalySermide, Italy

Population:
6.450 inhabitants
Department:
Technical Department
Contact:
Riccardo Lomellini
Piazza Plebiscito, 1
46028 Sermide (MN)
(++39) 0386967027
Sermide already registered 1x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2012

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Planning and improving a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) is a hard task for smaller municipalities, even in consideration of the difficulties in organizing an efficient public transport system at provincial (LAU-1) level.
Given these considerations, our activities are particularly devoted to raising public awareness about the value of the Po embankment (which connect the community seat with the two main other villages of the territory) as a vector for the improvement of sustainable mobility. Furthermore, the Po embankment is already included in Eurovelo Network (route n°8) and some other regional initiatives. Anyway, the embankment has not been completely closed to the vehicles transit in the past.
Thus, in conclusion, our actions will be particularly devoted to:
1. raising public awareness on the value of Po river's environment and cultural landscape, as well on sustainable and pleasant mobility (in particular as regard to the embankment road), also thanks to the events of the "Vivere il Po" ("Living Po river") initiative (which will be held from Sept. 14th to Sept. 18th), such as:
- art exhibitions in emblematic places on the Po river;
- documentary projections on the river environment and landscape;
- bike and kayak parallel trips;
- workshop on the network of cycling paths on the embankments;
- workshops on cultural landscapes, in order to favour a consciousness fruition of the territory, in line with the principles of European Landscape Convention (Florence, Oct. 20th 2000);
2. closing the embankment road to vehicle transit from Sept. 14th to Sept. 22nd, in view of a complete closure in 2013;
3. closing to vehicle transit the main places of the town on Sept. 22nd, for the initiative “In town without my car”.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Sermide 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)
Forthcoming improvement of the bicycle network
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Speed limit and control near the schools and kindergardens in the villages of the territory by one month.
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Create systems for buses and walking trains
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas
Walking train of children will be implemented next year.

Car-free day Car-free day

Sermide 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:
Zones restricted to private cars are:
- all the Po river embankment (more than 8 km), excepted for a short part (300 m), from September 14th to September 22nd;
- some places and streets (to be defined) of the town centre on September 22nd.
Information on the initiatives will be sent to all the competent authorities on infrastructures, including highway’s societies.