Participating towns and cities

PortugalAlmada, Portugal

Population:
88.202 inhabitants
Department:
DIACS
Contact:
Duarte d´Araújo Mata
Rua Bernardo Francisco da Costa, 42
2800-108 Almada
(++351) 212722510

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Almada organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
• Lançamento da publicação “Rua Cândido dos Reis, Cacilhas, Almada: a nossa rua, a nossa escolha”
• Noite do Comércio de portas abertas
• Mercado Biológico de Cacilhas
• Mercado da Rua Viva
• Entregas de expediente em bicicleta
• Atividades desportivas
• Animação de rua
• Jogos tradicionais

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Almada 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)
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Criação de cicloficina no Mercado Municipal de Almada
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Requalificação e pedonalização da Rua de Olivença
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Folheto sobre a utilização da bicicleta nos transportes públicos
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
Instalação de parqueamento para motociclos
Accessibilities
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
Requalificação da EN 377 (1ª fase)
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Create new platforms for freight transfer
Instalação de sinalética na Rua Cândido dos Reis
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Elaboration of educational materials
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas
Instalação de centro de despacho na Rua Cândido dos Reis

Car-free day Car-free day

Almada carries out a Car-Free Day 2014 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:
Situada no centro da cidade de Almada, inclui a Rua de Olivença e a Praça do Comércio, que no seu conjunto têm uma extensão linear de cerca de 500 metros, abrangendo 1200 residentes e 40 lojas.