Permanent measures
Bologna 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
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
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
implemented
Use of clean vehicles
implemented
Further info
- New pedestrian way in via Volturno
- new “30km zone" in Saragozza and Saliceto district
- Opening of a stretch of the Bicycle ring road (the project for a cycling ring along the avenues surrounding the old city centre of Bologna)
- Opening of a new railwaystop of the MRS (metropolitan railway system) n San Vitale district
Car-free day
Bologna carries out a Car-free day 2014 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.