The general theme of the European Mobility Week 2024 is “sharing public spaces.” Workshops, group bike rides, discussions, and excursions will make up the activities hosted in Verona from Monday, September 16 through Sunday, September 22. All these activities have one thing in common: making urban environments cleaner, quieter, and more inclusive.
Verona’s European Mobility Week Highlights
Different events are planned for the whole week-long program which include several group bike rides. On Monday, September 11, at 7 p.m., cycling associations, crews, and groups will organize themselves for a great town ride with road bikes, mountain bikes and gravel bikes participating.
On the following day, September 12, starting from 4 p.m., there will be another group bike ride organized by Hermete Cooperativa Sociale, which will be followed by an aperitif and dinner. This will be the highlight of the week: EcoMobility Day, in honor of citizens moving around the city without cars. For each of those days, a series of activities is available, from the bike traffic count organized by Fiab Verona and Legambiente Verona-from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.-at key points of the city, to the walking tour through the Quinzano neighborhood, with meeting times at 2:30 p.m. RESCHEDULED The day will end with a Lucio Dalla tribute concert at Baleno at 9:30 p.m.
The events continue on Thursday, September 19, with still another excursion in Novaglie at 2.30 p.m., followed by a Women Social Ride in Baleno at 7 p.m. On Friday, September 20, the day gets underway with an early morning bike ride at 6 a.m. with another Social Ride, and from 9.00 am, you can take a test ride of e-bikes that are fitted out with integrated tracking. Greenride.it will showcase a new platform able to trace one’s rides and compute how much CO2 is being saved. Friday will end with a night-time bike ride around Verona starting from 10.00 pm: a great way for visitors to explore the city.
Saturday, September 21st at 3.00 p.m. will have the Sports Festival in Via Villa Verona, and afterwards will be a presentation about the benefits of e-bikes for a city held at Baleno Community Center at 4.00 p.m.
Photography walks will be held at 9 a.m. on the last day, Sunday, September 22, at Baleno, and a bike ride for families will take place at Rigaste San Zeno, based on a map which has fun games at every stop. For the youngest participants, there will be an urban safari at 4 p.m. helping them learn to navigate around the city and observe what’s happening. The week will wrap up with a theatrical improv show at Baleno at 9 p.m.
