Activities within the week
Leganés organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2013, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
- Implementing one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.
-Organising the «In Town Without My Car!» setting aside several areas that are reserved solely for pedestrians and cyclists. «In Town Without My Car!» be held on 22 September.
Permanent measures
Leganés 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
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Elaboration of new residential areas
Accessibilities
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places
Car-free day
Leganés 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:
On 22 of September we celebrate "In Town Without My Car"and we reserve several areas solely for pedestrians and cyclist and restricted to the private car. The bycicle march start at the New Square Shopping Centre anf finish in Maestro Street (next to the Exhibition Ground).
Global tour: (5,1 Km).
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Leganés, Spain