TO Car-free day today numerous initiatives are planned in Sofia. The initiative will be launched by the Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality in the direction of “Transport and Urban Mobility” Kristian Krastev, the Deputy Head of the Diplomatic Mission of Denmark Birgit Sarah Kondrup-Palmqvist and the President of the Metropolitan Municipal Council Georgi Georgiev This was announced by the Metropolitan Municipality .
The event will start at 10:30 on “Gen. Y. Gurko”, in the section between Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Blvd. and Vasil Levski Blvd.
The Metropolitan Municipality, in collaboration with the Danish Embassy and the Center for Urban Mobility, are organizing a bicycle tour entitled Happy Biking – Healthy Living. The parade will start at 11:00 from “Gen. Y. Gurko”, in the section between “Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi” Blvd. and “Vasil Levski” Blvd., and will pass along a path to South Park and back.
From 9:30 to 19:00, the square between Gen. SY Gurko “,” Alabin “St.,” Vitosha “Blvd.,” Kn. Alexander Dondukov “,” Tsar Osvoboditel “Blvd. and” GS Rakovski “St., without closing the border roads and boulevards themselves. Residents and vehicles serving events and ceremonies in the area will be allowed to pass.
On Gen. SJ Gurko “an exhibition will be held during the day of alternative means of transport to the car in the city – electric scooters, rental bicycles, electric city bicycles and mountain bikes and others. The latest electric buses will also be presented, part of a “bus on demand” pilot service and the application developed for use within the INNOAIR project of the Metropolitan Municipality.
The installation “You are Sofia, Sofia is green” will show Sofia’s progress as a green city. Today the first two cameras for counting cyclists will be operational in Sofia, made by the Technical Universities of Gabrovo and Sofia, again as part of the INNOAIR project.
The European Mobility Week is an annual campaign for sustainable urban mobility, organized by the European Organizational Secretariat with the support of the European Commission, in which Sofia participates annually. Its goal is to reduce traffic jams, the carbon footprint and the negative cumulative effect in the city. The motto of this year’s campaign is “Combine and move” and it promotes walking and cycling.
With a carousel with a retro trolley and a bike ride on 20 September the people of Pleven participated in the European Mobility Week. The citizens of Blagoevgrad will also join the initiative.
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