Activities within the week
Faenza organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2013, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
- Activation parking plan in center city ("Piano Sosta") and shuttle service connecting center city and outside.
-Public bicycles for center city
- Stop private cars in center city every sunday during winter season (ecological sunday).
- Development of the initiative "Piedibus" (students walkin to school)
- Activation of evening walks "Passo dopo Passo"
- Development of tourist routes in bicycle
- New permanent bike routes along the river
-new proposals for car sharing
Permanent measures
Faenza 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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Pedestrianisation
Extension or creation of new greenways
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)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Mobility management
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas
communication plan on sustainable mobility
Car-free day
Faenza carries out a Car-Free Day 2013 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 innermost part of the historic center is permanently closed
The whole historic center is closed during the ecological sundays
Faenza, Italy