Participating towns and cities

ItalyPalermo, Italy

Population:
673.735 inhabitants
Department:
Transport and mobility

Participation 2013

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Palermo organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2013, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Implementing new permanent measure, which contribute to modal transfer from private car to environmentally means of transport: bike sharing, car sharing, new pedestrian areas into the city centre.

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
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc) implemented
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems implemented
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Development of new technologies to improve public transport 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
Elaboration of educational materials implemented
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers implemented
Further info
The most important thing we are going to spread is bike sharing system on 2014 and the introduction of 54 CNG cars and 24 electric cars for car sharing service; 18 new CNG buses and 2 new CNG stations to refuel private and public cars and buses.