Participating towns and cities

AustriaLinz, Austria

Website:
www.linz.at
Population:
200.000 inhabitants

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Linz organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Blooming street contest for schools
Soft mobilty council (the political representatives were invited to come to their monthly meeting by bike)
Bicycle security training for children
Finishing the constrution works for a new bicycle path

Organic-fair bicycle shopping tour to promote the rental of bicyvle luggages coaches by the city
Support of a bicycle tour from 25 communities around Linz to the city-center to show the importance a good path network
Car free main square on September, 16th
Bicycle breakfast for everyone who goes to work by bicycle on the car free day
Mobility competition by the Upper Austrian Climate Alliance from the city center of Vöcklabruck to Linz. The winner was the combination train/bicycle

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Linz 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
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
Further info
On August 2013 the pilot project "car free main square" was launched. Due to of EMW
the mobility board installed "car free main square" as a perment measure.
Therefore the main square "the heart of Linz" is closed
for cars and motorcycles on Saturday (18-24 o´clock)
and on sundays and public holidays (0-24 o´clock).

Car-free day Car-free day

Linz carries out a Car-free day 2014 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.