Implementing one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.
Permanent measures implemented this year:
New or improved bicycle facilities
- Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
- Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
- Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
- Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
- Extension or creation of new greenways
- Other: Town enhancement schemes completed in Athlone and in progress in Mullingar. Works include improvements to pedestrian access to include vunerable road users.
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)
- Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
- Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
- Create park and ride stations
- New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
- Create the tactile pavements
- Create wheelchair ramps
- Enlargement of pavements
- Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
- Removal of architectonic barriers
- Launch of accessibility plans
- Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
- Charging points for electric vehicles