Participating towns and cities

SwitzerlandCanton de Vaud, Switzerland

Population:
778.250 inhabitants
Department:
Direction générale de la mobilité et des routes
Contact:
Romaine Florey
Place de la Riponne 10
1014 Lausanne Canton de Vaud
(++41) (0)21 316 72 61

Participation 2016

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Canton de Vaud organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
54 communes and all the local and regional public transport companies are taking part in the awareness campaign. I addition, nearly 100 activities are organised all over the State of Vaud. Campaign and details of program: www.vaudmobilie.ch

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Canton de Vaud 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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns

Car-free day Car-free day

Canton de Vaud 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:
Cap sur l'Ouest
On Sunday the 25th, the 8 communes of western Lausanne are closing 23km of streets and opening them to sustainable mobility modes.