Participating towns and cities

Italy Milano (Milan) , Italy

Website:
www.comune.milano.it
Population:
1.407.044 inhabitants
Department:
Assessorato Mobilità - AMAT Agenzia Mobilità Ambiente Territorio

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Milano (Milan) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2012, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Milan has promoted sustainable mobility by focusing on the use of the bicycle as transportation, creating new bike lanes, hundreds of bicycle parking stations and increasing the bikesharing service. The Administration also started 3 "car free" school zones, promoted the use of car sharing, car pooling and electric vehicles. Finally invested resources for the strengthening of public transport.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Milano (Milan) 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
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets implemented
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools implemented
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking implemented
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans implemented
Permanent access restriction to city centres implemented
Further info
Milan implemented a large congestion charge area called Area C, which is active from monday to friday from 7.30 am to 7.30 pm. The price for the entrance in the city center is 5 euro (motorcycles enter for free), and each ticket is valid the day.

Car-free day Car-free day

Milano (Milan) 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.