Participating towns and cities

PortugalFaro, Portugal

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Population:
583.051 inhabitants
Department:
Câmara Municipal De Faro

Participation 2007

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Faro organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2007, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Durante a Semana Europeia da Mobilidade irá haver uma grande exposição à semelhança do ano anterior de "Energias Renováveis/Fornos Solares/Mobilidade Sustentável" de 19 a 22 de Setembro. Pretende-se que esta mostra conte, nomeadamente, com stands de entidades públicas e privadas empenhadas na divulgação das energias alternativas renováveis, como contributo para a promoção das energias renováveis e da mobilidade sustentável.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Faro 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
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
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) implemented
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
The development of accessible transport services for all implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Launch of accessibility plans implemented
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans implemented
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders implemented
Create systems for buses and walking trains implemented
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas implemented
Further info
Encontra-se actualmente a sua concepção e execução da ECOVIA, que procura articular percursos de natureza, localizados em áreas protegidas, com troços de circulação restrita e condicionada, por forma
a permitir um conjunto de usos diferenciados que vão do lazer e turismo às deslocações pendulares no território. O processo, que envolveu um número muito alargado de entidades públicas regionais e nacionais e promotores privados com intervenção na área do projecto, encontra-se agora em condições de concretização, tendo sido aprovada a candidatura da AMAL ao INTERREG IIIA, para realização da obra, já se encontrando elaborados os cadernos de encargos que vão orientar os concursos de concepção/execução das diferentes componentes da via, nomeadamente, sinalização de todo o percurso, travessias das linhas de água, acondicionamento e eventual reconfiguração de plataformas e programação de áreas de sombra e de descanso

Car-free day Car-free day

Faro carries out a Car-free day 2007 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.