Participating towns and cities

SpainMadrid, Spain

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

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
First year of «In Town Without My Car!» event in a very representative street and
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, in consultation with the Mobility Board, gathering the main local stakeholders.
Remodel an area, next to Retiro Park, to extend pedestrian space and introduce bike lane.
70 km new bike lanes, most of them coexistence ones in the e-bike sharing zone.

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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems implemented
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets 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
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
60 km of new 30 km/h streets
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Launch of accessibility plans implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Elaboration of educational materials implemented
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders implemented
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas implemented
Further info
E-bike sharing scheme (BiciMAD)
Intelligent parking payment system (SER)
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
Improvement of bicycle network: creation of 70 km new lanes, most of them (60km) in 30km/h lanes to promote coexistence
Launch of two big awareness-raising campaigns: promoting coexistence and respect and promoting bike share scheme
New pedestrian itineraries signalized (50 km)

Car-free day Car-free day

Madrid 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.