Participating towns and cities

SerbiaSombor, Serbia

Website:
www.sombor.rs
Population:
72.800 inhabitants
Department:
Department for Commerce, Tourism and Local Economic Development
Contact:
Branislav Svorcan
Trg cara Urosa 1
25101 Sombor
+381659238477
Sombor already registered 9x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2002

Participation 2022

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Sombor organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2022, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Promotion of European Mobility Weak 2022 and results of previous years.
17 September
Kayak tour on Big Backa Canal, promotion of kayak training and healthy life styles on river, followed by workshop on water safety.
18 September
The City of Sombor, together with Sport Union of the City of Sombor will organize free sport recreation for women with special workshop on urban mobility.
19 September
The City of Sombor, together with Sport Union of the City of Sombor will organize special open class for school children where they will meet up challenge and prove their knowledge on traffic on special constructed traffic playground.
20 September
Health council and Red Cross Sombor will organize booth and special session where they will talk about healthy life styles, show public how they work and create data base of interested persons in being voluntary workers in their activities.
21 September
Promotion of urban mobility - water transportation, new bicycle lanes in the city.
22 September
Car Free day. All employees from public sector will use bicycles and other means of green transport to come to work. Traffic council will provide cyclists with safety equipment and vests.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Sombor 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 planned
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) planned
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets planned
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Extension or creation of new greenways planned
Public transport services
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking planned
Elaboration of new residential areas planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements planned
Create wheelchair ramps planned
Lowering of pavements planned
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution planned
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans planned
Elaboration of educational materials planned
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Sombor carries out a Car-free day 2022 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.