Participating towns and cities

ItalyBologna, Italy

Population:
380.000 inhabitants
Department:
Settore Mobilità Sostenibile ed Infrastrutture

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Bologna organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Given the theme of this year, "Our streets our choice", during the week
end of the European Mobility Week, 3 Social Streets of Bologna will be involved in a weekend of enlarged pedestrianization, where the streets are empty of traffic and filled with activities relating to sustainable mobility .

Permanent measures 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 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.