Participating towns and cities

ItalyAlessandria, Italy

Population:
95.000 inhabitants
Department:
Segreteria Sindaco
Contact:
Ezio Brusasco
Piazza Libertà n. 1
15121 Alessandria
(++39) 0131 515230
Alessandria already registered 1x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2012

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Sunday 16 ... in the city



ZTL in city
hours 10.00/18.00: bicycles to the conquest of Alexandria. The center is open only to pedestrians and bicycles.

"A WHOLE BIKE"
Freedom Square hours 10.00/18.00; Try electric bikes, punching Gazebo bike; Gazebo ciclorivenditori.

THE CITY 'OF CHILDREN with "Gliamicidellebici"
Public Gardens (at Equestrian Monument): 9.30
Pedaling for all through city spaces reserved for children: to offer enrollment to the project "SPEDIAMOLI BOOKS TO SCHOOL".

Ciclofficina TRAVELING
Repairers bike "Ciclofficina popular Cooperative Work and Liberation" available to the public in the streets of the city.


PROJECT PRESENTATION "RavvivALE!"
A project to give new impetus to live the urban space in a free and imaginative.

PROJECT PRESENTATION MetropolitAle
A project to stimulate new points of view over the city, to find alternative routes giving voice to ideas of citizens for improving the public realm.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Alessandria 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)
Public transport services
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
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
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Adoption of school travel plans
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Provision of incentives and bonuses to employers
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

Alessandria 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.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Area closed to traffic: including the old town within DEGI glacis marengo, Rovereto, Borgoglio course crimea, over one hundred guns, lamarmora course, by claro.