Participating towns and cities

Italy Torino (Turin) , Italy

Population:
886.837 inhabitants
Department:
Assessorato alla Transizione Ecologica e Digitale, Politiche per l'Ambiente, Innovazione, Mobilità e Trasporti
Contact:
Chiara Foglietta
Via Corte d'Appello 16, Torino
10122
(++39) 01101131160

Participation 2020

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Torino (Turin) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2020, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Press conference
Start of 5 new car free area.
17 September
Giretto d'Italia in Bicicletta, in collaboration with Legambiente

Night Bike Ride
18 September
Presentation of Torino Mobility Lab - San Salvario

City Council Commission on recent bike infrastrutcture and new car free areas.
19 September
Car free Shopping
20 September
Presentation of the new Bike Lane in via Nizza with GTT's Music Band
Presentation of the new road sign to raise awarness for cyclist
E-scooter driving safe school, in collaboration with "Associazione Monopattini Torino" and "Unasca"

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Torino (Turin) 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)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Installation of charging points for e-bikes
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans planned
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility planned
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc) planned
Use of clean vehicles
Charging points for electric vehicles
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) planned
Testing automated vehicles
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Create new platforms for freight transfer planned
Introducing cargo bikes planned
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans planned
Adoption of school travel plans planned
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns planned
Elaboration of educational materials planned
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers planned
Permanent access restriction to city centres

Car-free day Car-free day

Torino (Turin) carries out a Car-Free Day 2020 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:
In the Low Emission Zone the traffic will be stopped for the car free day of the 20th of September.
During the Mobility Week, starting by the 16th of September, there will be also many road closure in order to implement some car free area around city distritcs.