Participating towns and cities

ItalyCastelbuono, Italy

Population:
10.000 inhabitants
Contact:
Discovery Madonie
VIA FONTE DI CAMAR 73
Castelbuono
(++39) 3201464563
Castelbuono already registered 2x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2016 2014

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Castelbuono organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Expansion of the pedestrian area in Castelbuono closing the transit to all vehicles from day 16 to day 22 September 2014 Corso Umberto I, Piazza Margherita, Via Sant'Anna Piazza Castello and from 10.00 to 3.00;

Initiatives Promoting Sustainable Mobility
Availability to the public during the week of September 16 to 22 to have electric bikes

The City of Castelbuono to try to promote safe and sustainable mobility between home and school, aims to promote an experimental service PEDIBUS, an accompanying activities to pick up children on a safe route from school and primary schools from the terminal up to the Institutes , with the goal of get in use both children and adults to enjoy the city on foot.
We will involve teachers, parents, volunteers, associations of our country, which will provide part of their free time, and who will take delivery of the children in the group and accompany them in school locations
The children who will benefit from the Pedibus in the morning you will find at the last stop (Piazza Margherita and Piazza Matteotti) at the appointed time and for the return trip will focus on the exit of their classes at the collection point which will be located within the school (Via Mazzini and Via Saint Lucia nursery, Saint Paul elementary School and Via Mazzini)

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Castelbuono 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
Expansion of the pedestrian area in Castelbuono closing the transit to all vehicles from day 16 to day 22 September 2014 of old town
Public transport services
pedibus: an accompanying activities to pick up children on a safe route from school and primary schools from the terminal up to the Institutes
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Launch of accessibility plans
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Create systems for buses and walking trains

Car-free day Car-free day

Castelbuono carries out a Car-Free Day 2014 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:
Corso Umberto I, Piazza Margherita, Via Sant'Anna, Piazza Castello.
Main roads. inside the historic center of Castelbuono