Participating towns and cities

PortugalLousada, Portugal

Population:
47.387 inhabitants
Department:
Departamento de Obras Municipais e Ambiente
Contact:
Sílvia Carvalho
Pr. Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, 4620-695 Lousada
(++351) (+351) 255 820 500
Lousada already registered 3x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2019 2018 2003

Participation 2018

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Lousada implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Raised zebra crossing, raised crossing, roundabouts
Accessibilities
Create the tactile pavements
Create wheelchair ramps
Lowering of pavements
Enlargement of pavements
Freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles

Car-free day Car-free day

Lousada carries out a Car-Free Day 2018 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:
Av. Sr. dos Aflitos, Rua D. Sebastião and Rua de Santo António