Participating towns and cities

ItalyCosenza, Italy

Population:
70.000 inhabitants
Department:
Mobilità
Cosenza already registered 5x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2017 2015 2014 2013 2002

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Actions to be realized during the mobility week will be related to presentation to the metropolitan citizens of the new initiatives on sustainable mobility carried by the municipal administration. Seventy elders do not pay the urban bus.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Cosenza 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
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc) implemented
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc) implemented
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets implemented
The development of accessible transport services for all implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements implemented
Enlargement of pavements implemented
Removal of architectonic barriers implemented
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility implemented
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes implemented
Use of clean vehicles implemented
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution implemented
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner) implemented
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders implemented
Permanent access restriction to city centres implemented
Create systems for buses and walking trains implemented
Further info
The municipality of Cosenza during the last year has implemented several permanent measures, which contribute to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport, as follows: new cycle lane and promotion of bike sharing, promotion of "sweet mobility" for tourist and citizens like carriages, wider pavements, new bus lane and enhancement of public transport in the city (mini hub stop for city logistic) and parking plane.

Car-free day Car-free day

Cosenza 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.