Participating towns and cities

PortugalOurém, Portugal

Website:
https://www.ourem.pt/
Population:
44.576 inhabitants
Department:
Mobilidade e Transportes
Contact:
José Manuel Pereira Lopes
Praça Dona Maria II
2490-499 Ourém
(++351) 249540900
Ourém already registered 4x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2025 2024 2023 2022

Participation 2025

Find more information about Ourém here.

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

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Ourém Walk and Run Program
Meeting of participants in the march and run through the city of Ourém
https://www.marchaecorrida.pt/centro/46
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Fátima Walk and Run Program
Meeting of participants in the march and run through the city of Fátima
https://www.marchaecorrida.pt/centro/175
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Caminhos de Ourém - Walking Activity
Walking activity along nature trails in the parish of Nossa Senhora das Misericórdias
https://servicos.ourem.pt/caminhos_ourem/frontend/web/inscricoes_caminhos
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Promoting the use of gentle manners by the student community
Encourage students to use bicycles to travel to school by offering free entry to municipal swimming pools.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Ourém implements, planned or promotes 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) implemented
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems implemented
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes implemented
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Extension or creation of new greenways planned
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) planned
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Create park and ride stations implemented
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans planned
Further info
Several urban renewal projects are underway, particularly in the cities of Ourém and Fátima, aiming to improve public spaces by creating cycle paths and pedestrian paths:

Renovation of the EN 113,
Renovation of Rua de Castela and adjacent areas;
Renovation of Avenida Irmã Lúcia, etc.

Installation of bicycle docks at the municipal swimming pools of Fátima and Caxarias;

Improvements are being made to the urban transportation system, with the acquisition of two additional electric vehicles.;

- Strengthening the intermunicipal bicycle-sharing system with an additional 100 bicycles;

- Provision of bicycles for municipal employees.
Find more information about Ourém here.