Participating towns and cities

PortugalCoruche, Portugal

Population:
19.000 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão de Ambiente e Energia

Participation 2007

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Coruche 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.

Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements implemented
Further info
Rebaixamento de passeios em zonas de atravessamento; colocação de grelhas em canteiros de árvores com vista à regularização de passeios, aumentos das carreiras urbanas de transportes públicos,
encerramento permanente ao tráfego automóvel de zonas de interesse histórico (pelourinho).

Car-free day Car-free day

Coruche carries out a Car-free day 2007 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.