Participating towns and cities

PortugalCoimbra, Portugal

Website:
http://www.cm-coimbra.pt/
Population:
143.396 inhabitants
Department:
Espaço Público, Mobilidade e Trânsito

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Coimbra organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2012, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Road show de meios de transporte alternativos. Disseminação do programa CIVITAS. Conferências sobre mobilidade, planeamento e meios de transporte.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Coimbra 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
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc) implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Launch of accessibility plans implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans implemented
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers implemented
Further info
Ligação da Ciclovia do Parque Verde ao Choupal.

Car-free day Car-free day

Coimbra carries out a Car-free day 2012 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.