Service group: Transport
Vantaa light rail: Residents wish for a lively and characteristic light rail city
New “Residents’ Wishes for Light Rail City” report published to support planning of Vantaa light rail. According to the report, the residents wish for a lively and characteristic light rail city.
School travel and school transportation
School transportation is primarily arranged by public modes of transport, in which case the student receives a free-of-charge schoolchild's travel card. The travelcard can be downloaded at Vantaa Infos. In exceptional cases, however, taxi transportation can be arranged, if it is not possible for the
Answer the survey on traffic hazards and development needs – survey is open until 20th of March.
A traffic safety plan will be drawn up for Vantaa, based on which actions will be taken to improve traffic safety. For the plan, traffic hazards and other development needs about traffic conditions in the Vantaa area will be charted by a survey.
Vantaa welcomes everybody to develop the global city - new Vantaa of Innovations strategy points the way to go
The new Vantaa of Innovations strategy dictates the city’s direction for the following four years. Vantaa City Council ratified the strategy in its meeting on January 31.
Information about Vantaa Light Rail
The rail network is the backbone of Vantaa, as well as an important part of the entire metropolitan transport system. Vantaa light rail interconnects Vantaa’s different regions more tightly together.
Parking
With car and bicycle parking practices, Vantaa aims to promote the attractiveness and accessibility of the services in the district centres and the use of sustainable modes of transport, such as cycling and public transport.
Children and young people to plan Vantaa light rail by playing a game
Children and young people in Vantaa are invited to participate in the planning of Vantaa Light Rail with an online and mobile game. The game and game instructions are produced in Finnish, Swedish and English.
10 years of open data in Helsinki Metropolitan Area
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Helsinki Region Infoshare is holding an anniversary webinar on November 11th 2021, setting course on ever more open cities. Open data and open application programming interfaces (APIs) will form an important basis for business enterprise in future.
Vantaa Light Rail
The light rail is a significant investment into Vantaa’s future. It will have a leading role to play in stimulating the economy, since it will bring about new jobs and new business prospects along public transport connections.
Pedestrians
When designing walking environments, the accessibility and smoothness of routes are taken into account. Pleasant walking environments also attract people to stay.