Participating towns and cities

CroatiaZadar, Croatia

Population:
71.259 inhabitants
Contact:
Anamaria
Narodni trg 1
23000 Zadar
Zadar already registered 10x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2016 2015 2014 2011 2009

Participation 2009

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Zadar organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2009, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Sporting event for disabled persons (swimming and sitting volleyball)
Healthly food fair, tasting fo healthly food
Sport activities of children - frequenters of sport clubs and sport schools
Bycicling
Physical exercising and playing in parks of the children from the city kindergatens
Going for a walk of citizens
Closing to traffic of the part of the city walls named "Bedemi zadarskih pobuna" on 22. september 2009. from 7.00 AM till 5.00 PM

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Zadar 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
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 traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Elaboration of new residential areas
Accessibilities
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Elaboration of sound devices in traffic lights
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Mobility management
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Launch of seamless transport modes to facilitate access to business areas or other social areas

Car-free day Car-free day

Zadar carries out a Car-Free Day 2009 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:
On 22. september there will be forbidden the admittance of cars on the part of the city walls called "Bedemi zadarskih pobuna" wich is situated exactly on the walls that surround the closest city centre.