| Objectives / Innovative Aspects |
- Improve road safety for pedestrians and bicycle users in different neighbourhoods of the city without pedestrianized zones.
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| The Measure |
Transport problems in peripheral neighbourhoods require managing the whole question of mobility, providing measures that guarantee clean urban transport, such as urban bus services (see measure 8.2.), adequate bicycle lanes (see measure 11.15.) and safe movement by foot.
The idea is to implement the new physical infrastructure solutions, to improve the local and safety mobility in the peripherical neighbourhoods through solutions in the infrastructures of the area that considered mainly the design of pedestrian areas and locations for vehicles.
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| Implementation Status |
The work in the Barrio de Villalonquéjar (demonstrative area) has been developed without any problems. There were some actions implemented like walking or bicycle paths and lanes. The process began with Villalonquejar neighbourhood at the beginning of Civitas Caravel project and this strategy was being transferred to other similar neighbourhoods following the success of previous phases. During Civitas Caravel project, many users of these peripherical neighbourhoods expressed a desire to improve the road safety for citizens and to recuperate the spaces for the pedestrian with right regulation of the traffic and parking for the cars.
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| (Expected) Results |
In the pilot area, more than 2,000 people are enjoying now their streets and a good part of them (more than 200) use the bicycle for the day by day trips. The number of accidents have decreased (from 20 incidents with cars and pedestrians to less than 5) mainly because of the reorganization of the cars and the car parking and the calming measures performed.
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| Contact |
Luis María Arce |
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Last update: 16-01-2009
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