Participating towns and cities

PortugalBragança, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-bragança.pt
Population:
24.000 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão de LOgistica e Mobilidade

Participation 2011

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Bragança organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2011, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
1 - Execução de Muppies sobre Mobilidade Alternativa
2 - Percurso Pedestre Urbano e de Cicloturismo
3 - Separar para uma Mobilidade Alternativa

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Bragança 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
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
The development of accessible transport services for all implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner) implemented
Further info
1 - Conclusão da obra da Ciclovia Polis/IPB
2 - Desenvolvimento da Ciclovia da Praça da Mãe d'Água

Car-free day Car-free day

Bragança carries out a Car-free day 2011 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.