Participating towns and cities

PortugalViana do Castelo, Portugal

Population:
39.000 inhabitants
Department:
Departamento de Obras e Serviços Municipais
Contact:
Manuel Soares da Costa
Passeio das Mordomas da Romaria
4904-877 Viana do Castelo
(++351) 258 809377

Participation 2007

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Viana do Castelo 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
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns

Car-free day Car-free day

Viana do Castelo 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:
A zona sem tráfego automóvel abarcará a Avenida Marginal com a dimensão de aproximadamente 11000m2, no perído entre as 9h00 e as 13h00, Sábado, Dia Europeu sem Carros.