Better on foot

Contents Mayor presentation Care and sensibility The Pontevedra territory A compact city Motorized circulation The urban reform The management of mobility Less by cars, more on foot A worthy public space Pedestrian preference Intermodality is focused on pedestrians Bus and railway intermodal node Smart parking Safe and integrated bikes Information helps Traffic culture School Route The results Recognition Better on foot Conceptual framework of Metrominuto The urban mobility Is there a solution for urban mobility? The priorities of urban mobility modes are inverted Pedestrian mobility The urban network Balance between the different mobilities The ‘right’ to park The concept of necessity About speed Social dynamics A total inversion of priorities As an afterword Natalie Leclerc ‘The urban model of Pontevedra is what we recognize with the prize’ Pontevedra has been selected to receive the INTERMODES 2013 Prize for its exemplary intermodal passenger transport policy. Intermodes would particulary like to reward Metrominuto, the rst ‘public- transport-alike’ pedestrian map in Europe This magazine has been created by the Mayor’s communications department, after having been awarded the 2013 Intermodes Prize (Brussels, February, 6 th 2013. Photographic credits by: Guillermo González and Gustavo Santos. English version: Osmundo Barros and Tomás Costal. Printed by GTI. February 2013. www.pontevedra.eu/movete