Participating towns and cities

FinlandPorvoo, Finland

Website:
www.porvoo.fi
Population:
50.361 inhabitants

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Me have a happening (about 3 h), where we share presents and material about our repaired streets and pedestrian crossings with better accessibility. We will have a tent on the city center near the bus station

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Porvoo 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
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) implemented
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns implemented
Elaboration of educational materials implemented
Further info
The street improvements had made during summer 2014. Also we have now a better cycle path to the town center (2014).