Activities within the week
Farkadona organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.
16 September
Painting the bicycles of the inhabitants of our Municipality with "Life Paint", a varnish that is invisible in the daylight and flashing at night, saving the lives of cyclists. Furthermore, a night bike ride will be held.
17 September
Distribution of "Activity Trackers" and organizing the "Walking for Mobility" competition, ie an original landing movement contest between residents.
18 September
Α "Street Art Festival" will be held, a celebration of artistic creation that will include the artistic decoration of city equipment, with focus on mobility.
19 September
Exporting updates from Transportation Engineers on issues related to traffic education and sustainable mobility.
20 September
The "Young Acting Traffic Police Officers" event will be held, during which, school students will take the role of "Traffic Police Officers", issuing "simulated" traffic tickets to vehicles.
21 September
Organizing the "Young Acting Drivers" event, an experiential road workshop for students, with the collaboration of Driving Schools.
22 September
Preliminary - symbolic traffic ban on Karaiskaki Street in the framework of the "Car Free Day".
Permanent measures
Farkadona 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 facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
planned
Public transport services
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
planned
Making of attractive urban equipment by improving it via Street Art
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
planned
Elaboration of educational materials
planned
Car-free day
Farkadona 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.
Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Preliminary - symbolic traffic ban on Karaiskaki Street in the framework of the "Car Free Day".