Participating towns and cities

SwedenOvanåker, Sweden

Website:
Population:
11.583 inhabitants
Department:
Planeringsavdelningen/ (Urban & rural) Planning department
Contact:
Fia Johannessen
Långgatan 24, 82880 Edsbyn, SWEDEN Ovanåker
(++46) 271 570 26
Ovanåker already registered 4x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2016 2015 2013 2012

Participation 2015

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Ovanåker organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2015, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
- Opening of a new bike and pedestrian lane. An event with a authority cutting band, sparkling soda and people are then invited to use the lane for a first time.
- A campaign "I will not drive a car at 22 September" will be launched through facebook a week or two before EMW.
- People who take the bike to work will receive a simple gift

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Ovanåker 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)
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)