Participating towns and cities

PortugalChaves, Portugal

Website:
Population:
37.623 inhabitants
Department:
Câmara Municipal de Chaves
Contact:
Diana de Carvalho
Praça de Camões
5400-150 Chaves
(++351) 276 340 500

Participation 2008

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Chaves organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2008, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
*Fórum Radiofónico "Ar Puro Para Todos!"

*Debate Radiofónico "Riscos e Custos da Inactividade Física"

*STOP ao Ruído. "Operação STOP - Escola Tranquila"

*Exposição "100% Verde"

*Actividades Desportivas:
* Canoagem
* Hidroginástica
* Actividades lúdico desportivas infantis
* Actividade Física Sénior
* Rota do Presunto em BTT

*Caminhada e Interpretação Ambiental com Observação da Avifauna Ripícola

*Seminário "Ar Puro Para Todos!"

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Chaves 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)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Mobility management
Permanent access restriction to city centres

Car-free day Car-free day

Chaves carries out a Car-Free Day 2008 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 ZSTA terá uma extensão de aproximadamente 2000 metros lineares