Participating towns and cities

ItalyAndria, Italy

Website:
www.comune.andria.bt.it
Population:
100.518 inhabitants
Department:
Ambiente
Contact:
Michele Lopetuso
Via Potenza 12 Andria (BT) 76123
(++39) 0883290111
Andria already registered 5x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2018 2017 2015 2014 2013

Participation 2013

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Andria organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2013, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Main activities
• Flash mob to demonstrate citizens that it is possible and easy to move by bike with any attire.
• “Piedibus” - Initiatives to encourage kids to walk to the school, in order to foster socialization and to raise awareness of a sustainable lifestyle.
• Exhibition of a urban regeneration project conceived by a young local architecture graduate, in order to convert an uncomfortable and problematic old channel into a cycle lane, included in European network edited by Arc. Maurizio diaferia.
• Promotion of some urban bus lines – connecting city centre to periphery by the implementation of music-theatrical performances and presentation of books on board. This action foresees the extension of bus routes.
• Road closure city centre area

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Andria 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
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Reduction of outside parking zones
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Mobility management
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders

Car-free day Car-free day

Andria 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:
City centre area