Participating towns and cities

ItalyCosenza, Italy

Population:
70.000 inhabitants
Department:
Mobilità
Contact:
Bernardino Pandolfo
Piazza dei Bruzi
Cosenza
(++39) 0984813351
Cosenza already registered 5x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2017 2015 2014 2013 2002

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Actions to be realized during the mobility week will be related to presentation to the metropolitan citizens of the new initiatives on sustainable mobility carried by the municipal administration. Seventy elders do not pay the urban bus.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Cosenza 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)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Create systems for buses and walking trains

Car-free day Car-free day

Cosenza 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:
Council has approved the parking plane with five restricted zones for more of fifteen kilometers.