Participating towns and cities

SwedenSölvesborg, Sweden

Website:
www.solvesborg.se
Population:
17.520 inhabitants
Department:
Strategiska avdelingen
Sölvesborg already registered 5x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2024 2023 2022 2012 2010

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Sölvesborg organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2012, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
We will have different activities during the week. Mostly in the center of town. We will show electric cars, offer test rides on electrical bikes, give information about coming bike path projects.

The buss and train company Blekingetrafiken will give information about good transportation and maybe give och tickets for test rides with the train.

We will show a solar powered bicycle pump and install at least one permanent public bicycle air pump.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Sölvesborg 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
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Elaboration of new residential areas implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc) implemented
Further info
A new bicycle path trough the town from the beach, all the way to the industrial area in the east of town, connecting to other new bike paths to the other beaces and to the golf coarse.

We are also building a new bicycle bridge, maybe the longest in Europe, connecting the center of Sölvesborg to the new area Ljungaviken www.ljungaviken.se The King and Queen of Sweden will visit the bridge project in september 13.

Car-free day Car-free day

Sölvesborg carries out a Car-free day 2012 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.