Participating towns and cities

SpainVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Website:
www.vitoria-gasteiz.org
Population:
258.808 inhabitants
Department:
MOVILIDAD

Participation 2013

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Vitoria-Gasteiz organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2013, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
This event is organized in Vitoria-Gasteiz European answering to the call of European Commission. The objective is to raise public awareness about the need to make rational use of motor vehicles and the convenience of using other means of transport such as bicycles and public transport.

We plan to organize various workshops, information and awareness activities, and recreational and educational activities for people of all ages. Scheduled activities aim to create an atmosphere of participation, awareness and enjoyment in the scope of environmental awareness action.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Vitoria-Gasteiz 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
Extension or creation of new greenways implemented
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers implemented
Further info
Collective transport service on demand (Bux)
BUX is the collective transport service on demand which connects 45 villages (with little population) in the surroundings of Vitoria-Gasteiz to this town. This public transport service transports residents of these small villages to a stop of urban transport system in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Green Capital Square
The work seeks to create a new place for people in a space between two traffic lanes for cars. We have united the two vials on one side. It has Allowed us to reduce the width of the roads and created a square. The new square provides continuity to other square, newly refurbished, connects with a little garden that nowadays it is not accessible, and gives continuity to a pedestrian path that will connect the city centre to the periphery (Green Belt).

Car-free day Car-free day

Vitoria-Gasteiz carries out a Car-free day 2013 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.