Participating towns and cities

CroatiaZadar, Croatia

Population:
71.259 inhabitants
Zadar already registered 11x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2025 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2016 2015 2014 2011 2009

Participation 2009

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Zadar organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2009, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Sporting event for disabled persons (swimming and sitting volleyball)
Healthly food fair, tasting fo healthly food
Sport activities of children - frequenters of sport clubs and sport schools
Bycicling
Physical exercising and playing in parks of the children from the city kindergatens
Going for a walk of citizens
Closing to traffic of the part of the city walls named "Bedemi zadarskih pobuna" on 22. september 2009. from 7.00 AM till 5.00 PM

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Zadar 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
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Elaboration of new residential areas implemented
Accessibilities
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
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution implemented
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Elaboration of educational materials implemented
Launch of seamless transport modes to facilitate access to business areas or other social areas implemented
Further info
Improvement of bicyclenetwork (creation of new lanes), improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks), creation and enlargement of pedestrian areas, improvement of infrastructure (pavements, road crossing, zebra crossing), speed reduction programmes in zones near school, elaboration of new residential areas, creation of weelchair ramps, lowering of pavements, enlargement of pavements, elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights, removal of architectonic barriers, creation of userful facilities for people with reduced mobility, use of clean vehicles, new regulations for freight distribution, launch of awareness-raising campaigns.

Car-free day Car-free day

Zadar carries out a Car-free day 2009 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.