Participating towns and cities

FinlandPorvoo, Finland

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Population:
50.361 inhabitants
Contact:
Antti Rahiala
Rihkamatori B
06100 Porvoo
(++358) 401931426

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Me have a happening (about 3 h), where we share presents and material about our repaired streets and pedestrian crossings with better accessibility. We will have a tent on the city center near the bus station

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Porvoo 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)
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)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials