Participating towns and cities

PortugalBarcelos, Portugal

Population:
116.752 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão de Mobilidade Urbana (Transportes)

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Ação Educação para a Mobilidade (PSP + Escolas)
22 Setembro – Avenida da Liberdade - 10h00 | 12h00
Utilização livre de Bicicletas (Go By Bike)
16 |22 Setembro – Posto de Turismo - 10h00 | 17h00
Modalidades desportivas
(EMDB)
16 de setembro – Jardim Poente à Igreja Matriz – 19h30
Harmos Plural (Musica)/Cinema Zoom
16,17, 18 e 22 de Setembro – Largo Dr. Martins Lima - 21h30

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Barcelos 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
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) 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
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
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans implemented
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Further info
Implementação de condições para circulação de velocípedes em vias partilhadas através da melhoria das condições de segurança de circulação e respetiva colocação de sinalização vertical e horizontal;
Implementação de uma rede de parqueamento de bicicletas.

Car-free day Car-free day

Barcelos 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.