EU Mobility Week in Ferrara

Date: 26.09.2024

 

The hype starts rising on Wednesday 18th, with a roundtable organised together with the Order of Architects and the Province of Ferrara and dedicated to the most prominent themes of our PopUp project – see program attached, in italian. The urbanist and vice-president of FIAB Ms Valeria Lorenzelli will intervene on “Placemaking: Create living, cherished and attractive spaces”; then, the dialogue will continue with Ms Margherita Neri, urbanist from the Barcelona Regional Development Agency (“Barcelona: interventions for urban quality”), and Ms Elena Dorato, Phd at the University of Ferrara and equally a stabel participant in the U-R Network meetings, with a lecture on “Public Spaces and mobility: intentionality in design, behaviours, and conflicts”.
On the same day, in the morning, FIAB celebrates the munipalities on the provice that stands for their commitment to promote the “cyclability” of the territory. The Mayor of Argenta, Copparo, Ferrara, Fiscaglia and Tresignana are receiving the flag of “ComuniCiclabili” from the President of FIAB Ferrara, Antonio Casadibari.
Thursday 19th, “CiclistiIlluminati” – “Enlighted Cyclists”, at the Ferrara Castle, is intended to promote safety in riding by distributing free reflectors to the citizens, together with the Local Police.
On Friday 20th “ARCHinGIRO – Ante litteram Urban Regeneration” cycling trip bring citizens and professionals on a discovery tour the city of Ferrara – in collaboration with the Order fo Architects.
Finally, on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd, the Codigoro section of FIAB “Pedale Stanco” (“tired pedal”) chaperon nature-lovers in two cycling trips in the Delta of Po River park, to promote active mobility and conscious and slow tourism.