Participating towns and cities

Norway Bergen (City of Bergen) , Norway

Website:
www.bergen.kommune.no
Population:
280.000 inhabitants
Department:
Department of urban development

Participation 2017

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Bergen (City of Bergen) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2017, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Bergen is hosting the 2017 UCI Road Cycling World Championships during the European Mobility Week this year. Because of all the restrictions on car use during this period, there will be a strong push for sustainable transport alternatives, especially walking and cycling. There will be campaigns before the week to motivate and help people to get their bikes ready and to prepare for creative and sustainable communting during the event. Every day of the week will be a "car free day", with many main roads and large parts of the city centre closed for cars from 9-19. Cyclists and pedestrians will be rewarded one of the days.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Bergen (City of Bergen) 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
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes implemented
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Opening the first of several
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Further info
The City will also put up signs and markings for the first 12 out of several hundred planned reserved parking spaces for shared cars on public roads.

Car-free day Car-free day

Bergen (City of Bergen) carries out a Car-free day 2017 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.