Participating towns and cities

ItalyPalermo, Italy

Website:
www.comune.palermo.it
Population:
673.735 inhabitants
Department:
Transport and mobility

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Durante la Conferenza European Mobility Week, il Comune di Palermo promuoverà il Piano della Mobilità Sostenibile già approvato e la prossima realizzazione di interventi per il:
- potenziamento del car sharinh
- istituzione del servizio di bike sharing;
- acquisto di flotte comunali composte da automezzi a metano ed elettrici;
- sistemi di controllo del traffico nella ZTL;
- potenziamento della flotta del trasporto pubblico con autobus a metano
- realizzazione di stazioni di rifornimento del gas metano per autotrazione per autobus, mezzi pubblici e privati

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Palermo 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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems implemented
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Accessibilities
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes implemented
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner) implemented
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Elaboration of educational materials implemented
Further info
Istituzione dell'isola pedonale sperimentale del lungomare di Mondello da piazza Valdesi a via Teti.

Car-free day Car-free day

Palermo 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.