Participating towns and cities

SpainPalma, Spain

Website:
www.palma.cat / www.mobipalma.mobi
Population:
415.940 inhabitants
Department:
Mobilitat

Participation 2010

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Palma organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2010, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
The practice is called "Cycling to work", inviting people to park their car in the parking public free of charge and in return we will provide a bicycle to get around. They have booked more than 300 bicycles.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Palma 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
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
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
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 the tactile pavements 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
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Mobility management
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Palma carries out a Car-free day 2010 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.