Participating towns and cities

LithuaniaTauragė, Lithuania

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Population:
21.520 inhabitants
Department:
Kultūros
Contact:
Mindaugas Piečia
Respublikos g. 2 Tauragė
72255
(++370) 863626899
Tauragė already registered 8x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

Participation 2023

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Tauragė organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2023, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
September 17 residents and guests will be invited to participate in the orienteering competition "Around Tauragė without a car". September 18 In the castle square, there will be an action for safe traffic, during which police officers, fire rescue service, medical workers and Public Health Office will take part. September 19 will be dedicated to public transport. On this day, people will be invited to take part in a sightseeing trip by electric bus around Tauragė. September 20 there will be a bicycle march, during which marchers accompanied by police officers will ride through the streets of the city (on the planned route). September 21 the promotion "Taxi (elektric) from point to point" will take place.
17 September
Residents and guests will be invited to participate in the orienteering competition "Around Tauragė without a car".
18 September
In the castle square, there will be an action for safe traffic, during which police officers, fire rescue service, medical workers and Public Health Office will take part.
19 September
This day will be dedicated to public transport. On this day, people will be invited to take part in a sightseeing trip by electric bus around Tauragė
20 September
There will be a bicycle march, during which marchers accompanied by police officers will ride through the streets of the city (on the planned route)
21 September
the promotion "Taxi (elektric) from point to point" will take place. People will be transported free of charge to introduce clean vehicles possibilities.
22 September
World Car-Free Day closed Bažnyčių st. and dedicate it to an artistic campaign, during which three old, dirty cars will be parked on Bažnyčių street, and passers-by, under the supervision of volunteers, will be able to deform them with pre-prepared tools. All this will be done while wearing protective equipment.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Tauragė 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
Installation of charging points for e-bikes implemented
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets planned
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Extension or creation of new greenways planned
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc) implemented
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Development of new technologies to improve public transport implemented
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes implemented
The development of accessible transport services for all planned
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Reduction of outside parking zones implemented
Create park and ride stations planned
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking planned
Elaboration of new residential areas planned
Introduction or expansion of Urban Vehicle Access Regulation Scheme planned
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
Launch of accessibility plans planned
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility planned
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes planned
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc) implemented
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Charging points for electric vehicles implemented
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) planned
Testing automated vehicles planned
Freight distribution
Introducing cargo bikes planned
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans planned
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Create systems for buses and walking trains implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Tauragė carries out a Car-free day 2023 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.