Participating towns and cities

FranceBobigny, France

Population:
52.300 inhabitants
Department:
Technical Service
Contact:
Nour Diab
Annexe de l'Hôtel de Ville, 9 rue du Chemin Vert, 93000 Bobigny
(++33) 170324226
Bobigny already registered 1x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2019

Participation 2019

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Bobigny organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2019, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
Bicycle training for the City officers
The training is provided by a local association
17 September
3 bicycle workshops for the public :
1/ Workshop in order to fix old bikes
2/ Workshop in order to engrave an identification number for insurance purposes
3/ a Bike-blender stand : making fruit juice by pedaling

These 3 workshops will be provided by 3 sperate associations and will be held in the same place on the 17th of september
19 September
In France, the 19th of september is the national day of air quality :
A workshop about air quality for children in a school of the city will be held on this day.
This workshop will be conducted by the Sustainable Developement Direction of Bobigny
22 September
Car free day : a street, Promenade Jean Rostand, will be closed off for cars.
Instead of the parking places for cars, there will be local associations who will hold stands related to Sustainable Developpement
And on the street, kids can practice bike with their families.

The day before this car free day : the city of Bobigny will participate in the World Clean Up Day (21 september) and amongst the streets that will be cleaned, the Promenade Jean Rostand street will be one of them, that way it will be clean for the next day.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Bobigny implements 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)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems planned
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc) planned
Launch of free-floating bike-sharing schemes planned
Deployement of the french governement programme "learn to bike". This programm allows children from 6 to 11 years old to be autonomous on bikes before going to middle school.
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways planned
Testing a pedestrian school pick up service : volunteers (adults) follow a prescribed route in order to take children from their home to school safely on foot.
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools planned
Reduction of outside parking zones planned
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking planned
Elaboration of new residential areas planned
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights planned
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes planned
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc) planned
Use of clean vehicles planned
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Create new platforms for freight transfer planned
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns planned

Car-free day Car-free day

Bobigny carries out a Car-Free Day 2019 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Miriam Makeba street, Bobigny