Participating towns and cities

SpainGijón, Spain

Website:
www.gijon.es
Population:
273.422 inhabitants
Department:
Servicio de Movilidad

Participation 2019

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Gijón organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
17:00 Presentation European Mobility Week (12 September)
09:30 Workshop with scholars at Municipal Enterprise of Urban Transport headquarters
11:00-20:00 Exhibition of Electric Vehicles
19:00 Roundtable: new mobility: bikes and electric scooter
17 September
09:30 Workshop with scholars at Municipal Enterprise of Urban Transport headquarters
12:00 Route by not accesible itinerary. Mobility without thinking + Presentation of a new app.
18 September
09:30 Workshop with scholars at Municipal Enterprise of Urban Transport headquarters
12:00 Visit to the Gijón Smart City Chair at the University. Presentation of projects about Smart mobility
19 September
09:30 Workshop with scholars at Municipal Enterprise of Urban Transport headquarters
11:30 Conference Press: Adriana Ciocoletto Col.lectiu Punt 6 SCCL
16:30 Workshop with scholars at Municipal Enterprise of Urban Transport headquarters
16:30 Walking by the life (Routes by gijon )
18:00 Urban Mobility from a gender perspective. Speaker: Adriana Ciocoletto.
19:00 Urban Route from a gender perspective (Adriana Ciocoletto)
20 September
11:30 Conference Press: Inés Sabanés nadal; älvaro Fernández de Heredia y Aurelio Martín González.
19:00 Roundtable: New Mobility: Madrid Central. Speakers Ana González, Mayor of Gijón; Aurelio Martín, Councillor for Mobility (Gijon Council); Inés Sabanés (Councillor, Madrid Council) and Alvaro Fernández ( ex Deputy Muncipal Enterprise of Urban Transport, Madrid)
22 September
09:00-19:00 Car Free Day (Libertad; Donato Argüelles; Fundicion; Asturias; Langreo; Jerónicmo González)
10:00 -21:00 Botanical Gardens
12:00 : Bike Ride from Plaza mayor to Aquarium.
12:00-19:00 Aquarium Bike rack.

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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems implemented
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Reduction of outside parking zones implemented
Create park and ride stations implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Charging points for electric vehicles implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Gijón carries out a Car-free day 2019 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.