Participating towns and cities

PortugalBarcelos, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-barcelos.pt
Population:
116.752 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão de Mobilidade Urbana (Transportes)

Participation 2016

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Barcelos organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Exposição; Atividades Culturais e atividades desportivas

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.

Pedestrianisation
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
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented

Car-free day Car-free day

Barcelos carries out a Car-free day 2016 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.