Participating towns and cities

SpainGijón, Spain

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Population:
273.422 inhabitants
Department:
Servicio de Movilidad

Participation 2018

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Gijón organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2018, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Presentación Semana Europea de la Movilidad (14 de septiembre)
17 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA)
*Día de la movilidad eléctrica: inauguración de nuevos postes de recarga eléctrica para automóviles y charla de presentación ("Movilidad eléctrica: movilidad del presente y del futuro" ).
18 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA)
*Entrega del sello asturiano de movilidad segura a las empresas EMTUSA y EMULSA.
*Coloquio: La transformación de la movilidad en Gijón del 2011 al 2018.
19 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA).
*Presentación de los Caminos Escolares Seguros.
20 September
*Actividad con escolares en las instalaciones de la Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos (EMTUSA)
*Consejo de Administración de la Empresa Mixta de Trafico de Gijón. (posterior rueda de prensa sobre estacionamientos y ORA)
*Pleno del foro de la Movilidad.
21 September
*Día de la movilidad ciclista.
*Presentacion del proyecto piloto TUCYCLE
22 September
*Día sin coche
+Corte al tráfico de vehículos de la calle Los Moros desde calle Jovellanos.
+Corte al tráfico de la avenida Rufo García Rendueles, en dirección al centro, desde el Puente del Piles hasta la calle Eladio Carreño.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Gijón 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
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes 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
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
Development of new technologies to improve public transport implemented
The development of accessible transport services for all implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Accessibilities
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
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Charging points for electric vehicles implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Create systems for buses and walking trains implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Gijón carries out a Car-free day 2018 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.