Participating towns and cities

ItalyPalermo, Italy

Population:
673.735 inhabitants
Department:
Transport and mobility
Contact:
Roberto Biondo
Via Ausonia, 69
90100 Palermo
(++39) 0917401588

Participation 2017

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Palermo organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2017, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Saturday 16/09/2017
From 09.00 am to 10.00 pm FAVORITES
Equestrian event sponsored by the Municipality of Palermo - Program: Horses at the fair, assisted activities of empathy with the horse, Ability Western Proofs, Dressage Trial, Maneability, Precision and Frisian gangway.
Sunday 17/09/2017
DAY WITHOUT CAR
To encourage the use of public transport as an alternative to private vehicles, A.M.A.T. S.p.A. will extend the validity of the 90 minute regular travel ticket for the entire day.
From 08.00 to 20.00 Pedestrianization of Via Libertà from Piazza Mordini / Crispi (excluded) to Piazza Ruggero Settimo / Castelnuovo and Via Ruggero Settimo from Pg Ruggero Settimo to Via Cavour.
From 08:00 to 13:00 Closing to Viale Ercole's vehicular traffic, from the painful Via Mater to the Piazzale dei Matrimoni, including the street of Case Rocca.
From 09:00 to 12:00 INFORMATION AND OTHER SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
FIAB Palermo Cycle - Information banquet in Viale Hercules for:
information and advice on cycling;
gather information and reports from two-wheeler users;
technical assistance to cyclists.
A.M.A.T S.p.A. - Ercole Avenue banquet to promote sustainable mobility initiatives launched: Car Sharing, Bike Sharing, Free Floating service etc ..
From 08:00 to 13:00 PARK MEET CITIZENS
Opening to the citizens of “Casa Natura” and a concurrent visit to the museum that collects agricultural tools of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries donated by Francesco Caldaronello, the first Caporipartizione of the Green Sector and Gardens of the City of Palermo.
From 9.00 am to 2.00 pm EQUITATION TO THE FAVORITES
The 2nd Day of the Equestrian Event organized with the patronage of the City of Palermo, which provides: Horses at the fair, assisted activities of Empathy with the Pony, Time Skill Testing, Skill Testing with gymkhana, Coppa Italia, Trophy of the Sicilian Circles and Prizes.
DOCUMENTARY AREA - On the occasion of the Legambiente's 'Day of Mobility' at the Cinema De Seta at the Cultural Sites of the Zisa:
- 12.00 am: Debate on sustainable mobility
- 17.00: Screening of the film "Contromano" by Stefano Gabbiani. Plot: In Turin, a post-industrial city emblem, the rediscovery of the bicycle opens up new horizons: hopes, difficulties, dreams within two small cyclists, run by people who, though coming from stories and very different worlds, live the concrete possibility of reinventing and repairing, in addition to bicycles, their lives.

Tuesday 19/09/2017
From 09.30 to 13.30
MOVE STOP! WE GAMES WITH SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY - Participatory game design workshop by U'Game to play with sustainable mobility in Palermo at the Ecomuseum of the Sea - former Sant'Erasmo locomotive store.
The day is part of the actions envisaged in the Integrated Project of Participation and Communication under the Guidelines of Participation, as referred to in the deliberations of G.C. n. 25/2015 and in reference to the Resolution of G.C. n. 19/2016.
Thursday 21/09/2017
DAY BIKE TO WORK
From 06.00 to 10.00 hrs
Giretto D'Italia - Legambiente Initiative, VeloLove in collaboration with Euromobility, aimed at encouraging and promoting the use of bicycles in home work.
The FIAB Palermo Ciclabile Association will launch a mini photo contest of the city's bike to work. Participants are expected to be rewarded by AMAT S.p.A.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Palermo 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)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Extension or creation of new greenways
experimentation of Sunday closure to the vehicular traffic of a part of Viale Ercole that crosses the Favorita Park.
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
The development of accessible transport services for all
Fifty-five extra cars in Palermo's car sharing fleet, service management in extra-municipal areas and free floating. The shared car comes alive with Palermo's sustainable mobility, with a series of no
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans

Car-free day Car-free day

Palermo 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:
Sunday, September 17th Car Free Day
- From 08.00 to 20.00 Pedestrianization of Via Libertà from Piazza Mordini / Crispi (excluded) to Piazza Ruggero Settimo / Castelnuovo and Via Ruggero Settimo from Pg Ruggero Settimo to Via Cavour.
- From 08:00 to 13:00 Closing to Viale Ercole's vehicular traffic, from the painful Via Mater to the Piazzale dei Matrimoni, including the street of Case Rocca.