Participating towns and cities

ItalyCesena, Italy

Website:
http://www.comune.cesena.fc.it/home
Population:
96.885 inhabitants
Department:
Uff educazioni alla sostenibilità e servizi per la mobilità
Contact:
Lucia Garaffoni
Piazza del Popolo 10 - 47521 Cesena (FC)
(++39) 0547 35 6399

Participation 2015

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Cesena organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2015, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
SUNDAY 30 August 2015
h. 9.00 a.m
AN ANTICIPATION OF THE EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK WITH THE “GIVE YOURSELF A RACE” EVENT!

It is the second edition of this playful –motor manifestation . Three routes are expected:11-22 km running race on hilly road ;11 km of fast walking and nordic walking on hilly road with medium difficulty; 3.8 km of walking on a level ground path and along the river “Savio”,open to all children and adults.

THURSDAY 17 and TUESDAY 22 September 2015
h. 20.30 p.m
A RETURN TO THE URBAN WALKING WITH "CESENA-CAMMINA"
to rediscover the urban routes on foot! The are planned 11 urban routes under the supervision of the volunteer guides of the CAI Cesena.
The cartography of the urban routes will be hand out by the Tourist Office of Cesena.

SUNDAY 20 September 2015 - “In Town without my car”
from h. 8:30 am
ALZHEIMER'S MARATHON (www.maratonaalzheimer.it)
A number of different walks start from Cesena to other municipalities of the hill towards the sea in Cesenatico city. The goal of the initiative is to promote physical activity as an effective response against the disease, to improve the quality of life and the air we BREATHE! The idea started taking a look among Alzheimer's patients and marathoners, trying to put together some common aspects: the sick who are "wandering " walking aimlessly looking for a place from which to draw well-being, and the marathon runners find their well-being consciously through the race .
The issue, therefore, is the health of citizens and the importance of engaging in first person every day to improve the quality of life in our cities.


FRIDAY 25 September 2015
Morning: h. 8.00 a.m
READY, START ... PIEDIBUS!
Official opening of the project Piedibus for the school year 2015/2016. All the children of the city come together to school on foot with their families along safe routes marked with special signs. Free laboratories for all families on alternative mobility and road safety.


SATURDAY 26 September 2015
from h. 9.00 am to 11.00 am
URBAN CYCLISTS: A BIKE RIDE WITH TOWNING AND TROLLEYS
A special event that unites the citizens who have created specific accessories for their bicycles, or bought trucks and make it a daily use.
The idea is a perfect synthesis between sustainable mobility choices and the need to rethink the use of personal transport.

SATURDAY 26 and SUNDAY 27 September 2015
From h. 9 am to 8 pm
“Cesena in FITNESS”

The third edition of a special manifestation dedicated to wellness, sport and nutrition: an entirely weekend full of free sports activities and conferences for a healthy life. More than two hundred activities will be proposed by the participating centers where the public can actively take part in. It’s a social project dedicated to the entire population of the territory , from children to adults , to people over 65 .

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Cesena 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
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
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Create systems for buses and walking trains
Further info
The Municipality of Cesena, in continuity with the policies of sustainable mobility, has implemented the following projects in 2015 in order to rationalize urban transport and redirect the choices of the citizens of alternative means of transport such as cycling, bus and walking.

- CAR PARK EXCHANGERS: designing three car park (the first two opened in 2009 and third in 2012 enabled) connected to the historic center of the city with natural gas buses, to reduce commuter traffic that require a long layover to work within the city center.

BIKE SHARING: strengthening and expansion of the network cycling and the bike-sharing "Io Mi Muovo”. This project allows the rapid and automatic hire a bicycle through the signing of an annual subscription. The same subscription can be used in all 13 cities in the region that currently have joined the project.

PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY in Schools (project Piedibus): activated in 2009 with the aim of promoting pedestrian mobility of children in the paths "to and from school" involving schools, families and districts of the city (in 2014, 569 children involved).
www.comune.cesena.fc.it/cesenambiente/mobilitasostenibile-piedibus

PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY FOR CITIZENS (Project of the Three Squares): a new project which is being implemented expect the upgrading of the three main squares in the historic center of Cesena: Almerici , Buffalini and Fabbri .
The objective is to increase the value of these public spaces through the pedestranisation of a new urban space for citizens that limits the entry of cars in the town center .

CYCLE MOBILITY in Schools (Project BICIBUS): activated at the beginning of 2015, after the success achieved with the project Piedibus, with the aim of promoting cycle mobility of teenagers in the paths “to and from school”, cycling in groups of thirty, with teachers and parents. The objective is to activate 6-7 new cycling lines for students of high schools.