Participating towns and cities

GreeceMunicipality of Kastoria, Greece

Population:
16.500 inhabitants
Department:
Department of Sport & Volunteerism
Contact:
Peter Dokopoulos
At.Diakou 1 - tk 52 100
Kastoria - Grecce Municipality of Kastoria
(++30) 24670 29630
Municipality of Kastoria already registered 1x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2019

Participation 2019

Car-free day Car-free day

Municipality of Kastoria 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:
Municipality of Kastoria, embracing and actively supporting the "World Day without a Car" on Sunday, September 22, develops initiatives aimed at sensitizing and encouraging residents to use different kinds of transportation, mostly by bicycle.

Specifically, in collaboration with the Traffic Department, cycling associations and volunteer citizens, cyclists will be briefed on issues (traffic problems, adjustments) at all ages.Actions on road safety will take place within the educational traffic park, a place where young cyclists will take their first road safety lessons. The children will learn the basic principles of traffic education, the highway code , signals and how to behave as pedestrians and cyclists in an experiential way under the guidance of traffic policemen.