Participating towns and cities

SwedenVarberg, Sweden

Website:
https://varberg.se/
Population:
70.000 inhabitants
Department:
Hamn- och gatuförvaltningen

Participation 2016

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Varberg organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Information and inspiration about biking in a square during 17th of september. Providing information about ongoing and future bike-campains. Exhibition about the space cars, buses, bikes and pedestrians occupy in the streets. Free bus-trips during the day.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Varberg 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
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Reduction of outside parking zones implemented
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Varberg carries out a Car-free day 2016 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.