Participating towns and cities

PortugalViana do Castelo, Portugal

Population:
39.000 inhabitants
Department:
Departamento de Gestão Territorial e Sustentabilidade

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Viana do Castelo organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Free use of bicycle, tram and funicular bus during the week and organizing pedestrian walks through city streets

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
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems implemented
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
Development of new technologies to improve public transport implemented
The development of accessible transport services for all implemented
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Create wheelchair ramps implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Launch of accessibility plans implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans implemented
Further info
Signaling sections of existing bike path, demarcation of parking spaces for motorcycles and new systems for mobility information, including an interactive platform for tablets and smarphoes