Participating towns and cities

SpainA Coruña, Spain

Website:
www.coruna.es
Population:
244.850 inhabitants
Department:
Dirección de Área de Infraestructuras y Movilidad
Contact:
Marta Rey Fojo
Ayuntamiento de A Coruña
Concejalía de Urbanismo, Vivienda, Infraestructuras y Movilidad
Dirección de Área de Infraestructuras y Movilidad
c/ Caballeros, nº 21 (Edificio de la Estación de Autobuses)
15009 - A Coruña
(++34) 981 184 263

Participation 2015

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
The organization offers a number of activities of associations related to sustainable mobility and public services making use of political sensitization.

Symbolically it recovers a space of three lanes normally occupied by car traffic for conducting various activities and conferences:
- Employment generation at sustainable mobility
- Human perception with regard to pedestrian movement through the city.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

A Coruña 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
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
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)
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Create park and ride stations
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas