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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
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
FONTIVEGGE
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
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
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.,)
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