An unconventional solution to handle seasonal mobility demands in an urban environment Ing....

An unconventional solution to handle seasonal mobility demands in an urban environmentIng. Margherita Ambrosi - Municipality of Perugia

Roadmap

• Region/municipality/historical centre• Perugia - hill town city• Accessibility to historical centre• Minimetrò• Perugia - touristic city• Touristic accessibility• Environmental benefits• Future developments

The RegionUMBRIA REGION

92 Municipalities

Inhabitants: 843.359

Surface area: 63.156 km2

http://www.azitalia.net/

The municipality

town centre

Km 20Km

40

The historical centre

Km

3

Perugia – hill town city

Perugia hill town city :- As an Etruscan/Roman city

- Protection, defence and security

- As a modern city- Inaccessibility, fatigue and isolation

Accessibility to historical centre – Politics

Since the 70s protection of the historical centre :

Restrict traffic zone (LTZ) in the whole historical centre

Overcome hilltop issues (protect the historical centre, increase accessibility, reduce the environmental impact, develop tourism)

Creation of hilltop parking Adding links to historical centre

Accessibility to historical centre – Parking

System limits (late 90s):

• car park, exceeding the capacity of parking

• vehicular pressure extended throughout the compact city

PARKINGS+ESCALATORS SYSTEM 70’s-90’s

Accessibility to historical centre – Minimetrò

TERMINAL PIAN DI

MASSIANO

CORTONESE

MADONNA ALTA

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CASE BRUCIATE

CUPA

TERMINAL

PINCETTO

Minimetrò – Technical characteristics

• Method: Towed by cable• # Stops: 7 • Distance: 3015 meters• Total ascent: 160 meters• # Cars: 25; 50 person capacity• Duration: 10 minutes max• Velocity: 7 meters/second max• Total cost: €95 million

Minimetrò

Perugia – touristic city

• Increase in tourism over the past 5 years (+4,8% in the first quarter 2010)

• Accommodations: 14,000 hotel beds• 2009: 400,000 arrivals, 1,000,000

touristic presences• About 6,000 touristic buses per year

Accessibility of historical centre for tourists

Accomodated in centre

Arrival by bus

Arrival by car

Touristic Accessibility – Parking

Escalators: An opportunity for the requalification and re-emergence of historical monuments


Escalators: An opportunity for economic revitalization


Escalators: An opportunity for new point of view on the city

Touristic Accessibility – Minimetrò

Minimetrò potential for managing touristic influx:

CAR: large free parking capacity, easily accessible parking, easy access to historical centre

BUS: reserved fully serviced spaces easy access to historical centre course reduction urban decongestion

Touristic Accessibility - Buses

Tour bus parking rates:- 6 € first hour- 10 € successive hour- 25 € per day

Environmental benefits

Environmental benefits of Minimetrò for tourist bus influx.

For example, for CO2:• Estimated reduction in driving: 6.9 km/auto• Estimated number of buses: 7,500 • Average emission for bus: 822 g/km

CO2 Savings: more than 42 tonnes of CO2/year

Environmental benefits

Environmental benefits of Minimetrò for tourist auto influx:

• Modal distribution: 20% auto 80% bus• Consider 100,000 auto tourists/year • Auto occupancy rate: 2.8• Number of tourist autos/year: 18,000• Estimated reduction in driving: 6.9 km/auto• Average emission for auto: 200 g/km

CO2 Savings: about 25 tonnes of CO2/year TOTAL CO2 Savings: 77 tonnes/year

Minimetrò and major tourist events

Ability to manage large tourist numbers:

• Umbria Jazz 2009: 19.500 passengers/day with

Minimetrò• Eurochocolate

2009: 36.000 passengers/day with Minimetrò

(average n. of passengers/weekday: 11.500average n. of passengers/Sundays: 6800Total n. of passengers/year: 3.500.000)

Future developments

Utilize technology for the management of tourist influxes (“Concerto” project in Elisa programme):

• Use of an “open system” that allows everyone system access if they meet certain conditions.

• Technology as support for the verification of policy compliance.

• Use of monitoring tools that can be shared with other cities as well as other Perugia services (e.g., hotel availability, GPS touristic information, traffic information, etc.,)

Thank you for your attention

Margherita AmbrosiMunicipality of Perugia (Italy)

www.comune.perugia.it

[email protected]

+39 075 577 3935

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