Participating towns and cities

SwedenVarberg, Sweden

Website:
www.varberg.se
Population:
68.216 inhabitants
Department:
Trafikavdelning
Contact:
Charlotte Ljung
Varbergs kommun, Norra Vallgatan 14, 432 80 Varberg Varberg
(++46) 340-880 00

Participation 2016

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Information and inspiration about biking in a square during 17th of september. Providing information about ongoing and future bike-campains. Exhibition about the space cars, buses, bikes and pedestrians occupy in the streets. Free bus-trips during the day.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Varberg 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)
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks 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
Reduction of outside parking zones
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns

Car-free day Car-free day

Varberg 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.