Activities within the week
Bitola organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.
16 September
DAY 1 - 16.9.2019.
WORKSHOP 1– PAVEMENTS AND CROSSWALKS TO SCHOOLS ARE FOR CHILDREN, NOT VEHICLES
- Promotion of ZONE 30
With this activities, WE WILL INTRODUCE SCHOOL MOBILITY UNITS that will help us in this process of educating and informing pupils and their parents/guardians on how to find the safest route to get to school and back home.
17 September
DAY 2 - 17.9.2019.
WORKSHOP 2 - TO provide a safe infrastructure for pedestrians, the elderly and persons with disabilities (designing of creative pedestrian crosswalk (LOCATION No1) - permanent and visually attractive) - By closing the street for traffic for about 6 hours,
WORKSHOP 3- Near the crosswalk we plan PERMANENT CLOSING OF SQUARE PARKING IN THE CITY CENTER, BY SETTING THE TABLES for playing chess and backgammon.
18 September
DAY 3 - 18.9.2019.
WORKSHOP 4- Promotion and presentation on fluorescent design cloths details and jewelry (fluorescent details for pedestrians and bicyclists).
19 September
DAY 4 - 19.9.2019.
WORKSHOP 5 - TO provide a safe infrastructure for pedestrians, the elderly and persons with disabilities (designing of creative pedestrian crosswalk (LOCATION No2) - permanent and visually attractive). Furthermore, we plan to protect crosswalk surrounding from illegal parking with architectural and building elements - By closing the street for traffic for about 6 hours .
20 September
DAY 5 - 20.9.2019.
WORKSHOP 6- TO provide a safe and continuous bicycle infrastructure (LOCATION No1) – visualization, as well as rehabilitation of two from the three bicycle parking lots near Javor, At Pazar and the Officers’ Hall that were promoted last year.
21 September
DAY 6 - 21.9.2019.
WORKSHOP 7- TO provide a safe and continuous bicycle infrastructure (LOCATION No2) – visualization, as well as rehabilitation of third bicycle parking lots near Javor, At Pazar and the Officers’ Hall that was promoted last year.
22 September
DAY 7 - 22.9.2019. World Car Free Day - Carrying out a Car Free Day by closing the primary street network to traffic, and opening it to cyclist
WORKSHOP 8 – The same day we plan the rehabilitation of three bicycle parking lots near Javor, At Pazar and the Officers’ Hall that were promoted last year.
Permanent measures
Bitola 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)
planned
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
planned
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
planned
Installation of charging points for e-bikes
planned
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes
planned
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
planned
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
planned
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
planned
Reduction of outside parking zones
planned
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
planned
Elaboration of educational materials
planned
Permanent access restriction to city centres
planned
Car-free day
Bitola carries out a Car-Free Day 2019 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.
Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
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