Participating towns and cities

SpainMadrid, Spain

Website:
www.madrid.es
Population:
3.200.000 inhabitants
Department:
Comunicación

Participation 2013

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Madrid organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2013, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
- Sharing and promoting Madrid City Air Quality Plan with social agents
- New regulation aimed to stop engine idling during stops shorter than two minutes and bus line headers
- Linking of the air quality information system with the new mobility information services

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Madrid 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
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Freight distribution
Create new platforms for freight transfer implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans implemented
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner) implemented
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Elaboration of educational materials implemented
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders implemented
Create systems for buses and walking trains implemented
Further info
- Improvement of the cycling network infrastructure
- Improvement of the pedestrian infrastructures
- Increase of public transport green fleet
- New technologies development for enhancing public transport service
- New logistic platform for urban freight distribution
- Development of school travel plans
- New mobility on-line information services
- Awareness raising campaign
- Educational publications for schools
- Development of the Madrid Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
- Development of SUMPs for specific areas of the city in cooperation with local stakeholders
- Capacity building for riding and walking school groups
- Fostering of private companies travel plans

Car-free day Car-free day

Madrid carries out a Car-free day 2013 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.