Participating towns and cities

ItalyParma, Italy

Website:
www.comune.parma.it
Population:
191.734 inhabitants
Department:
Settore Mobilità e Trasporti
Contact:
Dina Ravaglia
largo Torello De' Strada 11/A, 43121 Parma
(++39) 0521 - 218435

Participation 2025

Find more information about Parma here.

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

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TEP (Public Transport Company) – Mobile ticket office in the main square
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Infomobility InfoPoint - SharingPoint (Allways + Corrente)
Nearby via Toscana school area

Mobility Info Point + sharing vehicles presentation and test-drive
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MOBITY CONFERENCE organized by Mobility Department of the Municipality –
Venue: conference room of the Accademia dei Giorni Straordinari - "Barilla Foundation"

Nearby the conference area:
- DECATHLON => Cargo bike exhibition and test drive
- CONFARTIGIANATO => Cargo bike exhibition and test drive
- CORRENTE + ALLWAYS => Electric vehicle test drive
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Monitoring of bicycle passages at key points of the city
Managed by FIAB association (Federazione Nazionale Amici della Bicicletta)
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Bike to Work Day
–companies and entities involved: Barilla – SPIP - Municipality
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Bike to school day
Schools involved: Liceo Marconi and Viale Piacenza schools
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Cargo Bike in the square
Managed by Municipality - Decathlon + ConfArtigianato
cargo bike exhibition and test drive
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Parking Days
Via Mazzini - on taxi area - info point managed by FIAB about cycling opportunities
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Electric Vehicle Test Drive –
managed by CURRENT + ALLWAYS electric vehicles companies

location: Piazzale Vittorio Emanuele / Barriera Repubblica
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Car Free Day
encouraging the use of alternatives to the private car such as public transport, cycling, and walking with closure to traffic of historical center main roads
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- Parma in Bici
Bike Ride lead by FIAB, cycling association in collaboration with all the “Laboratori di quartiere” (Neighborhood Workshops)
Departure and arrival from Bizzozzero Park – return to coincide with the "Neighborhood Festival"

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Parma 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) promotion
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) promotion
Installation of charging points for e-bikes planned
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes promotion
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets planned
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) promotion
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets promotion
The development of accessible transport services for all promotion
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools planned
Create park and ride stations promotion
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking promotion
Elaboration of new residential areas promotion
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps promotion
Lowering of pavements promotion
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights planned
Removal of architectonic barriers promotion
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility planned
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Charging points for electric vehicles implemented
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) planned
Testing automated vehicles implemented
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles promotion
Introducing cargo bikes promotion
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans implemented
Adoption of school travel plans planned
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns planned
Elaboration of educational materials planned
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders implemented
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers promotion
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas promotion

Car-free day Car-free day

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

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Car Free Day, encouraging the use of alternatives to the private car such as public transport, cycling, and walking with the closure to traffic of the main roads of the historical center
Find more information about Parma here.