Activities within the week
Bologna organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
Given the theme of this year, "Our streets our choice", during the week
end of the European Mobility Week, 3 Social Streets of Bologna will be involved in a weekend of enlarged pedestrianization, where the streets are empty of traffic and filled with activities relating to sustainable mobility .
Permanent measures
Bologna 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
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Use of clean vehicles
Further info
- New pedestrian way in via Volturno
- new “30km zone" in Saragozza and Saliceto district
- Opening of a stretch of the Bicycle ring road (the project for a cycling ring along the avenues surrounding the old city centre of Bologna)
- Opening of a new railwaystop of the MRS (metropolitan railway system) n San Vitale district
Car-free day
Bologna 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:
During the week end the T-area is open only to pedestrians and bicycles.
An exhibition to promote alternative mobility will be organized in Piazza Maggiore, with a corner dedicated to electric mobility, accompanied by numerous events and road shows with the involvement of citizens and the participation of local governament
Bologna, Italy