Participating towns and cities

PortugalViana do Castelo, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-viana-castelo.pt
Population:
39.000 inhabitants
Department:
Departamento de Gestão Territorial e Sustentabilidade

Participation 2011

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Viana do Castelo organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2011, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
The city Council of Viana do Castelo intends to organize a full week with activities, from 16 to 25 September, under the theme “Sustainable Mobility”, with the aim to promote a more sustainable urban mobility and sensitize the community to the environmental impacts of the current trend of urban mobility.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Viana do Castelo 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
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Lowering of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Launch of accessibility plans implemented
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Further info
1.Creation of parking for bicycles in several schools in Viana do Castelo .
2.Increase the extension of the cycling road through out the Viana do Castelo city.
3.Increase the accessibility of streets, public and private buildings;
4.Improve the information about public transports.