Participating towns and cities

PortugalPortimão, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-portimao.pt
Population:
45.000 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão Ambiente Urbano
Contact:
Filipe Bally
DOGUAUTM, Municipio de Portimão, Caldeira do Moinho, 8500-726 PORTIMÃO
(++351) 282480452 ou 282480412
Portimão already registered 10x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2014 2004 2003 2002

Participation 2019

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

19 September
PORTIMÃO - Caminhar pela cidade
20 September
PORTIMÃO - À descoberta de Portimão
21 September
PORTIMÃO - 1º Passeio de Bicicleta Pedalar pela Vida "Cycle Around the World"
22 September
PORTIMÃO - Passeio de Barco Solar
ALVOR - Várias atividades culturais a decorrer nas ruas sem trânsito

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Portimão 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
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) planned
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways planned
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
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools planned
Create park and ride stations planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps planned
Lowering of pavements
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution planned
Create new platforms for freight transfer planned
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns planned

Car-free day Car-free day

Portimão 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:
A malha urbana da vila de Alvor estará encerrada oa trânsito automóvel entre as 10h00 e as 20h00 do dia 22/09