Participating towns and cities

ArgentinaBahía Blanca, Argentina

Population:
400.000 inhabitants
Department:
NGO Plataforma Sustentabilidad Integral
Contact:
Guillermo Liverotti
Juan Molina 241, Bahia Blanca, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
8000 Bahía Blanca
(++54) 92914425614
Bahía Blanca already registered 6x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

Participation 2020

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Bahía Blanca organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2020, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
The activity consists of a webinar with four specialists in the design and architecture of a city with sustainable mobility, will be an engineer, architect, university professor, local government representative will provide their views on the needs to have a city with sustainable mobility. After the presentations, questions will be asked of the participants and the conclusions of the day will be made.
17 September
The activity consists of a webinar with four specialists in the environmental pollution of a city with sustainable mobility, will be an engineer, chemical engineer, lawyer, university professor, local government representative will provide their views on the needs to have a city with sustainable mobility. After the presentations, questions will be asked of the participants and the conclusions of the day will be made.
18 September
The activity consists of a webinar with 4 specialists of micromobility , they will provide their knowledge to all participants considering the importance of the micrombility as sustainable mobility.
19 September
We will make an art show dedicated to Gino Bartali, an Italian cyclist, indicating the different characteristics that allowed meet this prestigious cyclist.
20 September
We will develop a webinar with mobility specialists and we will work especially on mobility as integrating project within the recreational bicycle lanes of the Americas. An activity for the whole family with themes related to road safety education will be used in the May Park of the different road actors such as pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, etc.
22 September
Challenge a day without a car. We will invite all citizens not to use the vehicle by giving gifts to all those who attend their jobs in a means of sustainable mobility such as walking, cycling, skateboarding or public transport.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Bahía Blanca 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)
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) planned
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools planned