Activities within the week
Lentate Sul Seveso organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016, taking into account the annual theme.
All week
During the week the Municipality is going to start a training and sensibilization campaign about safe and sustainable mobility address to the children of local schools and their families, promoting walking instead of cars. On the 20th of September the Municipality are meeting local families to talk about the effects of walking for health, environment and local economy and we are opening a 3 months training course for schools to explain the importance of walking and cycling and how to do that safely. About 230 children will be envolved with their families and teachers during the activities. At the end a little book about the behaviors to walk safely in going to be printed and distributed to all 4 schools and in public spaces.
Permanent measures
Lentate Sul Seveso 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)
Pedestrianisation
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
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Further info
Following a study and analysis of road safety and main risks for pedestrians and drivers, we are going to regenerate pedestrian crossings, install modern traffic lights, create new bike lanes and low speed traffic areas. All these action are to let pedestrians walk safely and so to involve walking instead of driving where possible.
Lentate Sul Seveso, Italy