All week
The city of Águeda will develop a large and innovative number of activities that encourage the use of soft mobility means to citizens and visitors. The main innitiatives will occur in the city area with more tradicional shops. The promotion for the use of bikes to go to shop or even to deliver produts will be the main focus. Águeda in known has the two wheel city, with local companies that produce bicycles. These companies are working together to present in a event that will occur on the 23rd of september new means of transport to deliver products to and from shops. Awareness of the use of softer means and low environmental impact has already begun with surveys addressing this issue from local shops/stores (attached the results). Bearing in mind the theme to be addressed this year, "Smart mobility. Strong economy ", various activities related to the matter of sustainable mobility will be developed, involving the economic fabric in these actions, giving relevance to this sector, which, in the understanding of the municipality, is to be supported and encourage.
Thus, among others:
- Cerciag on Moviment, the Cerciag promotes with the support of the municipality of Águeda several activities: This year's event program includes adapted sports and adventure activities, cultural workshops and awareness-raising under the Disability, Lifestyle and Environment. It is still in preparation a Zen Zone and Tradition Zone. It will take place the Parade of Alternative Transportation at the end of the activities, which is now in its 6th edition;
- It will be made an exhibit “Fazedores & Inventores” ("Doers & Inventors") gathering producers, businessmen, industrialists and creatives associated with bicycle; this initiative aims to disseminate to the general public and other interested stakeholders, the state-of-the-art, promoting the flow and exchange of information and arising synergies;
- Realization of industrial tour: visits to industrial facilities producting bicycles, and centers research and innovation for two wheels; lerning about the manufacturing process of bicycles and quality evaluation on two wheels
- Realization of workshops focusing learning and use of bicycles; this workshops are developed by an association linked to the bike (Ciclaveiro)
- Music and animation on wheels: animation shows around the city (sounds and music using bicycle parts - a spontaneous orchestra)
- Exhibition September 16 to 25: (exposure of various bicycle models and shows the progress to date;
- Elegance Contest, open to all types of bicycles with prizes;
- Street animation, arruada and musical groups inspired by cycling to the instrumental part;
- Street entertainment: kamishibai (on bike);
- Street entertainment: environmental awareness through various recreational and educational dynamics, calling attention to the benefits of soft modes throughout the week of mobility;
- Giant Bicycle Human Logo, involving local population and visitors (on the 25th)
- Conducting sightseeing / smooth tourism, using the soft mobility modes - cycling;
- Street closure for the private car traffic;
- Tours "Tricycle" (rickshaw type), whose result will be used for
- Space Special Ones - Tours adapted bikes for blind people and people with reduced mobility;
- Social Fair bicycle: exchanges and components; raising bikes used to refood and cicloficinas;
- Traffic school for children;
- - 6º Solidarity Walking and Racing event, organized by the Municipal Centre of March and Race of Agueda, open to the entire population, with different paths for walking and running through the city streets;
- Challenge to schools oriented to pupils, teachers and other school community, so during the SEM to use soft mobility means to do the trips school-home-school
- Disclosure of SEM and DESC in the media available;
- Challenge the municipal workers and employees, for not to use the private car;
- Raising public awareness by holding events in the city center to encourage the use of soft mobility;
- Providing flyers of hiking trails;
- Dissemination of the application of hiking trails, mobile (WalkinÁgueda);
- Reinforce the dissemination of the European project "TRACE", which aims the promotion of sustainable mobility and change of behavior on this matter, and of which Águeda is pilot.
Also the technitians of the municipality will participate in a meeting that will be hyeld in Stockholm related to mobility - an european project in wich Agueda is a Partner: CISMOB.