Participating towns and cities

PortugalBarcelos, Portugal

Website:
www.cm-barcelos.pt
Population:
120.492 inhabitants
Department:
Divisão de Mobilidade Urbana (Transportes)
Contact:
Luiz Lima
Largo do Município
4750 Barcelos
(++351) 253809600

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

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

All week
Ação Educação para a Mobilidade (PSP + Escolas)
22 Setembro – Avenida da Liberdade - 10h00 | 12h00
Utilização livre de Bicicletas (Go By Bike)
16 |22 Setembro – Posto de Turismo - 10h00 | 17h00
Modalidades desportivas
(EMDB)
16 de setembro – Jardim Poente à Igreja Matriz – 19h30
Harmos Plural (Musica)/Cinema Zoom
16,17, 18 e 22 de Setembro – Largo Dr. Martins Lima - 21h30

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Barcelos 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)
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
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)
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
Lowering of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Adoption of school travel plans

Car-free day Car-free day

Barcelos 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:
Avenida da Liberade