Participating towns and cities

PortugalViseu, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-viseu.pt
Population:
99.274 inhabitants

Participation 2008

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Viseu 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
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
Extension or creation of new greenways implemented
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets 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
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
Further info
Implementação de meios mecânicos não poluentes de acesso ao centro histórico da cidade de Viseu - Mini autocarros eléctricos;
Criação de uma ciclovia com 7,5Km de comprimento, a qual é utilizada por pessoas que circulam a pé e pessoas com bicicleta;
Abertura do Parque linear do rio Pavia com cerca de 2Km de vias pedonais

Car-free day Car-free day

Viseu carries out a Car-free day 2008 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.