Participating towns and cities

SpainFigueres, Spain

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Population:
47.000 inhabitants
Department:
Environtment

Participation 2012

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Figueres 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
bike displacement of the municipal employees (civil servants)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Development of new technologies to improve public transport implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Create park and ride stations implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Promoting clean vehicles among citizens
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Figueres carries out a Car-free day 2012 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.