Participating towns and cities

ItalyFormigine, Italy

Website:
www.comune.formigine.mo.it
Population:
34.000 inhabitants
Department:
Cabinet of the Mayor - Europe Office
Contact:
Stella Pinelli
Via Unità d'Italia, 26
41043 Formigine
(++39) 059416149
Formigine already registered 4x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2017 2016 2015 2014

Participation 2016

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Formigine organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
September 2016, 17th - 18th:
– CAR-FREE DAYS, historical centre
- PRESENTATION OF ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE for sustainable and zero emission urban mobility, historical centre

September 2016, the 18th:
EPIC DOG WALK: 6 paws walking with refreshment offered by farmhouse "La Volta delle Rondini", at Villa Gandini

September 2016, the 24th:
BIKE PRIDE: Workshop about bicycle maintenance and strengthening, historical centre

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Formigine implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Permanent access restriction to city centres

Car-free day Car-free day

Formigine carries out a Car-Free Day 2016 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:
CAR-FREE ZONE: closure of town centre streets to traffic, with permitted circulation only to pedestrians and cyclists
Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
September the 17th and 18th and the other Sundays of September 2016 the whole town centre of Formigine will be car free for the event "Settembre Formiginese", the biggest event of the year in Formigine lasting one month that includes different kind of event: shows, conferences, market, exhibitions, etc.
The town centre will be open only to pedestrians and bicycles.