Participating towns and cities

EstoniaPaide, Estonia

Website:
paide.ee
Population:
10.500 inhabitants
Paide already registered 4x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2021 2020 2019 2002

Participation 2019

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Paide organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Paide 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
Extension or creation of new greenways implemented
For summer period (June 23- August 21), we closed city center for cars and made resting and free time area for pedestrians (with different evets, acctivities, festival etc)
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) planned
Rebuilt different busstops
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
Create park and ride stations implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Introduction or expansion of Urban Vehicle Access Regulation Scheme implemented
Additonal speed measuring systems for drivers, reconstrukting roads for cars to move some of the traffic out from the town
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Charging points for electric vehicles implemented
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Permanent access restriction to city centres implemented
Events and cooperation with police about raising the safety (for pedestriand, bike, car)

Car-free day Car-free day

Paide carries out a Car-free day 2019 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.