Participating towns and cities

SpainMadrid, Spain

Website:
madrid.es
Population:
3.000.000 inhabitants
Department:
Comunicación
Contact:
Lorena
Calle Montalbán
28014 Madrid
(++34) 914804098

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
First year of «In Town Without My Car!» event in a very representative street and
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, in consultation with the Mobility Board, gathering the main local stakeholders.
Remodel an area, next to Retiro Park, to extend pedestrian space and introduce bike lane.
70 km new bike lanes, most of them coexistence ones in the e-bike sharing zone.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Madrid 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
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
60 km of new 30 km/h streets
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
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
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Madrid 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:
Calle Mayor, one of the most representative streets in the city, along the city center, from Real Palace, linking Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol. Traffic will be restricted from 8:00 to 14:30 on Sunday, September 21st.

Traditional traffic restriction in Fuencarral St. on Sundays will be extended to Eloy Gonzalo St., doubling its surface, from 8:00 to 14:30 on September 21st.