Participating towns and cities

SpainBenavente, Spain

Website:
benavente.es
Population:
17.261 inhabitants
Department:
deporte

Participation 2010

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Benavente organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2010, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Efficient driving courses that engage all municipal workers Benavente City Council, in order to improve both the efficiency in the conduct within the council's daily work and efficiency in the conduct of private vehicles for municipal staff. It is expected that this performance is exemplary and serve to raise awareness of efficient driving courses and be able to offer the rest of the citizenry.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Benavente 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
Creation of Zone 30 downtown
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Create park and ride stations implemented
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc) implemented
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Elaboration of educational materials implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Benavente carries out a Car-free day 2010 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.