Participating towns and cities

ItalyVittorio Veneto, Italy

Population:
29.184 inhabitants
Department:
Environment
Contact:
Antonella Caldart
Piazza del Popolo, 14
31029 Vittorio Veneto
(++39) 0438-569510
Vittorio Veneto already registered 1x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2007

Participation 2007

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Vittorio Veneto organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2007, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
-Forum on environmental sustainability with National Association of Bioecological Architecture
-Central town restricted to cars, with special activities for children (Ludobus,solar energy games,music, painting), the young (special bike-routes, music) and adults(walking on the sorrounding hills and music)
-city show on public environmental projects(activities of "Environment in progress",solar panels on public buildings,incentives for improvement on buildings to reduce pollution,new bike-paths in town,a new public electric car,public bike-sharing,Pedibus for the schools,etc)

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Vittorio Veneto 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
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Reduction of outside parking zones
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Elaboration of new residential areas
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Create systems for buses and walking trains
Development of systems and equipment for measuring air quality in public places
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Vittorio Veneto carries out a Car-Free Day 2007 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:
Area close to the city hall necessary to connect existing walking areas previously interrupted by a street. Now, thanks to this action and to the enlargement of a nearby walking path , the town is walkable from north to south