Participating towns and cities

PortugalSeia, Portugal

Website:
Population:
24.000 inhabitants
Department:
Infra-estruturas Viárias e Obras Municipais
Contact:
Sandra Matos
Rua Dr. Antonio Borges Pires
6270-494 Seia
(++351) 238310230
Seia already registered 9x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015 2012 2011

Participation 2019

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Seia organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Ação de sensibilização para o uso do transporte publico com acesso gratuito ao transporte publico urbano de Seia (Vai Vem)
17 September
Ação de sensibilização para o uso do transporte publico com acesso gratuito ao transporte publico urbano de Seia (Vai Vem)
18 September
Ação de sensibilização para o uso do transporte publico com acesso gratuito ao transporte publico urbano de Seia (Vai Vem)
Caminhada noturna de âmbito urbano.
19 September
Ação de sensibilização para o uso do transporte publico com acesso gratuito ao transporte publico urbano de Seia (Vai Vem)
20 September
Corte ao trânsito do eixo escolar, entre a Escola Secundária de Seia e o Centro Escolar, com atividades desportivas e culturais, promovendo os meios suaves de transporte.
Ação de sensibilização para o uso do transporte publico com acesso gratuito ao transporte publico urbano de Seia (Vai Vem)
21 September
Passagem de modelos e party na zona envolvente ao Mercado Municipal.
Apresentação do CINEECO (Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental da Serra da Estrela)
Realização do UPHILL Pro. Esta iniciativa é uma edição pioneira direcionada a atletas mais experientes. A prova utiliza os trilhos que acompanham a tubagem do Aproveitamento Hidroelétrico da Serra da Estrela, desde Vila Cova à Coelheira à Lagoa Comprida, num total de 14km e com um desnível positivo de 1500m.
22 September
Realização do UpHill Portugal. É uma corrida de estrada, uma oportunidade especial, de correr 22km na mais alta cadeia montanhosa de Portugal Continental. A subida faz-se a partir do Museu Natural da Electricidade, na Senhora do Desterro (São Romão) e termina na Torre, com 1993m de altitude. A correr ou simplesmente para apreciar a beleza paisagística da serra Estrela, em que se pressupõe não utilizar o carro como meio transporte.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Seia 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 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
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc) planned
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) planned
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets planned
Development of new technologies to improve public transport planned
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes planned
The development of accessible transport services for all planned
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools planned
Reduction of outside parking zones planned
Create park and ride stations planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements planned
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights planned
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility planned
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Charging points for electric vehicles
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner) planned
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns planned
Elaboration of educational materials planned
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders planned
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places planned

Car-free day Car-free day

Seia 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.