Participating towns and cities

Portugal Águeda (Agueda) , Portugal

Population:
46.131 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão de Sustentabilidade, Turismo e Ação Climática
Contact:
Célia Laranjeira
Câmara Municipal de Águeda
Praça do Município
3754-500 Águeda
(++351) 234 610 070

Participation 2017

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Águeda (Agueda) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2017, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Several awareness session with schools and other institutions interested in marking the mobility week are going to take place during this week, standing out the importance of soft mobility transport means.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Águeda (Agueda) 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
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Extension or creation of new greenways
Deffinition of new pedestrian trails for hiking
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
enlargement of the municipal automobile fleet with 12 new electric vehicles
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places

Car-free day Car-free day

Águeda (Agueda) carries out a Car-Free Day 2017 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:
It will be close to transit the Luiz de Camões St., José Maria Veloso St., Vasco da Gama St and Soberania do Povo St.