Center for the Complete Management of Mobility in the City of Granada in English
Car Free Day in Gran Vía
On Sunday May 14 2023 celebrates #DíaSinCoche in Gran Vía de Colón. Traffic cut will be from 9:45 to 15:00 hours. Activities schedule begins from 10:30 to 14:30 hours.
File.- 15.686/23. Texto del Edicto.
In 2021 and due to the celebration of European Mobility Week, began the Car Free Day Plan, a project that closes road to traffic in some points of the city periodically, to aware citizens about the benefits of not using private vehicles to encourage a new healthier and substainable mobility, and create more spaces for citizens.
This time, will be in Gran Vía in Center District, suspending this event in summer season.
Traffic will be shut in the city center, in Gran Vía, to enjoy this street from another point of view, Se corta el centro neurálgico de la ciudad, la calle Gran Vía, para disfrutar de ella desde otra perspectiva, involving civil society, social organizations, institutions and enterprises, and arise conciousness in each area of influence, about individual and collective benefits when we change our way of life and advantages of a city.
TRAFFIC CUT IN GRAN VÍA
Closure to traffic from 9:30h to 15:00h with activity performance schedule from 10:30 to 14:30h and occupation of the street for civic, educative, sport and cultural activities in Recogidas St. between Reyes Católicos and Profesor Emilio Orozco.
Will be free access in streets Cárcel Baja, Marques de Falces, Azacayas and Tinajillas, rest of streets must prevent the entrance to the closed area.
Public transport
Due to traffic cut, bus lines 4,21,11,8,33,C34,C32 and C31 will change their itineraries.
The celebration of Car Free Day creates public traffic diversions through Camino de Ronda.
Activities
This Sunday 14 May, from 10:30h to 14:00h we can enjoy the following activitites:
- Musical concerts of starter groups in the city of Granada:
- Sosoritnem
- Grupo Zari
- Annarce
- Handcrafted market with the participation of associations Entretanto Creando, We Love Market and Aracne and second hand market with Flealejo Market.
- Botanical route Life of trees in Gran Vía thanks to the cooperation of Eduardo Díaz Prados, historiographer and landscape gardener, with registrations the same day of the event.
- Sport activities:
- Circuits of roller skates and bicycles (Balakook and Patinamos). Roller skate lessons for the youngest, they can bring their own skates or start in this circuit.
- electric roller skat circuit (AMPEG).
- Exhibition/American football workshop for kids(Lions de Maracena)
- Circuit of Longboard/surfskate (Longboard-Granada Push Club)
- Yoga, Taichi... (Naturwellness)
- Trial bike (Club Zero Cinco Trial)
- Capoeira (Anaquerando)
- Games and activities:
- Playbus with badges and make up workshops (ALSA).
- Recycle workshop (Inagra)
- Painting and free movement with live music workshop Dónde están las Plumas. (La Moebius)
- Chalk big painting made by La Petite Producciones
- Bosy painting - Body painting (DyD - Escuela Superior de Imagen Integral)
- Ceramic workshop (Croma Arte)
- Child games, ballon twisting and face painting (Eysa)
- Child painting workshop (Telpark)
- Puppet theater (Centro de Formación Profesional Reina Isabel)
- Traditional games and visual arts (Scholas Ocurrentes)
- Cultural and music activities:
- Sport dance (Centro de arte y Danza Footloose Dancing)
- Exhibition/ dance workshop K-pop from 11:00h to 14:00h (Bum Crew)
- Performing arts and sircus arts (Asociación La Buia and Movement Andalusi)
- Block Party (Basmove)
- Urban Dance (Dance school Oliver and Academia LCK) located in different points of the street.
- Percussion workshop (Mara)
- Traditional theatre of Ukraine (Asociación de Ucranianos en Granada)
- Traditional dances of Bolivia (Asociación Salay Bolivia Granada)
- Social Activities:
- Stand Asociación Aupa
- Stand Agredace
- Stand Cruz Roja Juventud
- Stand Corro por Marina y Samuel
- Stand Granabip e Injosalud
- Stand Calor y Cafe
- Stand Asociación Romi
- Stand Voluntarios por el bienestar animal
- Stand Asociación x los animales
- Stand Diapo África
- Stand Madre Coraje
- Stand Asociación Candelaria
- Free delivery of soft drinks among the participants (Coca-Cola)
- Stand Radio Granada social with interviews to people joining the event (Granada social & Staridea)
- Participation of Canine Unit of Local Police.
- Fire man
- Double decker bus, minibus to visit and Photocall (Alsa).
- Civil Protection.
