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Bologna
Status Quo
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. The Province comprises of 60 Municipalities and has an overall population of about 964.000 inhabitants.
In June 2007, the Municipal Town Council approved the new Master Plan of the Urban Traffic (PGTU). The Plan took into consideration the principal critical areas (pollution, accidents, congestion), which affect citizens’ lives on a daily basis, reflecting negatively on health, safety and quality of living. The actions of the new PGTU aim at an overall improvement of citizens’ quality of life. The interlinked developments intend to ensure sustainable mobility and accessibility to all parts of the city. The context for this will be an increase in public transport and cycle-lanes, while safeguarding the most valuable environmental and architectural zones.
The actions envisaged by the PGTU will achieve the ambitious result of balancing the internal mobility quotas satisfied by public transport and those by car (between 28% and 30%), with an increase to 9% (currently 7%) in mobility by bicycle. This will equal the sustainability standards of other principal European cities. A number of measures were concluded, e.g.
- Cleaner Private Vehicles;
- Mini fleet of clean vehicles for public transport;
- Road Pricing Policies;
- Motorbikes pollution reduction;
- Car Sharing
Thanks to regional co-funding initiatives, Bologna is already experienced in using alternative/sustainable fuels for public buses. Due to a strong interest by public institutions to further invest in this area, this action plans to investigate suitable conditions for a more efficient and advanced use of alternative fuels in public fleet buses. A feasibility study will be developed to analyse two alternative fuel possibilities: Hydromethane and Liquid Methane (LNG). As expected results the implementation of a mini-fleet of very low emission buses running as part of the Bologna urban service was envisaged.
Bologna was the first city in Italy to implement in 2006 a Road Pricing policy based on the support of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). Current road pricing policy will be refined and updated in order to react to main traffic indicators and to finalise the strategy according to the Traffic Master Plan. The main objective is to improve the Limited Traffic Zone (LTZ) access policy, i.e. by defining environmental criteria.
Regional Support Instruments
The promotion of private vehicle renewal was a priority addressed by the new Urban Traffic Plan. This measure will support and refine the policy performed by Administration in order to boost and encourage private vehicle renewal. The objectives are to:
- Support the private vehicle stock renewal by encouraging a switch to new environmentally friendlier motors;
- Check, then demonstrate the effectiveness of Administrations’ activity on managing and supervising the whole procedure;
- Implement a comprehensive incentive system that will reward environmentally friendly vehicles.
The two main strategies already adopted; financial incentives and circulation facilities in advantage of cleaner vehicles, will be reviewed, validated and further developed. The procedure that supplies vehicles owners with incentives regarding the cost of installing/purchasing methane/LPG plant will be fine tuned and updated (roughly annually), also taking into account the feedback of stakeholders involved.
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Reggio Emilia
Status Quo
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main commune (municipality) of the Province of Reggio Emilia.
Since a long time, the City Administration of Reggio Emilia has been active in promoting sustainable mobility and air quality improvement. In this framework, Reggio Emilia set up initiatives for the diffusion of electric vehicles in some municipal activities. Starting from 2000, three main initiatives were carried out.
- Introduction of electric vehicles in municipal services. The city administration laid down an agreement with the local transport company ACT. The latter provided the city with a number of electric cars and vans, according to a long-time hiring formula. The city of Reggio Emilia uses the vehicles for internal activities, public transportation and waste collection.
- Introduction of electric vehicles for home assistance to elderly and disabled persons. The city administration, through the Municipal Pharmacies, provides assistance to elderly and disabled people using a 100% electric fleet. The same vehicles, from time to time, are given free of charge to other volunteers who drive people with impaired mobility to recreational activities.
- Long-term hiring of electric vehicles to trade operators (Ariamia project). Private dealers carrying goods in the downtown can hire these vehicles with no additional costs besides the power recharge. The vehicles are allowed to enter the restricted traffic zones and park freely in all the areas.
In all the projects, the 65% of the costs of the new vehicles was covered by the Italian Ministry for the Environment. The three initiatives were advertised to the citizens by press conferences, multi-media materials, newspapers, magazines, websites. All of them got a tangible appreciation from the stakeholders. In 2003, Reggio Emilia got the Global E-Visionary Award of the WEVA (World Electric Vehicle Association), as the best electric town in Europe. In 2005 the city was planning a further expansion of the electric flee
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Genoa
Status Quo
Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000. Genoa's Metropolitan Area has a population of about 1,400,000.
Amt is the regional public transport company in Genoa. The Amt’s Business Plan 2007-2010 and the relevant Investment Plan (approved by Genoa Municipality) has committed to the renewal and modernisation of its vehicles fleet. In accordance with the shared objectives of Genoa Municipality and Amt and in the spirit of CiViTAS CARAVEL it was planed the introduction of EURO IV buses (if available buses better than EURO IV as Euro V/EEV) and the extension of ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicles): trolleybuses and metro trains. This target has became feasible due to the extension of the underground and trolley bus lines. About 100 new vehicles ecologically friendly entered in operation between 2007 and 2010. The transition strategy towards clean fleets ecologically includes the substitution of a diesel operated bus route in Nervi with electrically operated special buses that can be inductively recharged. Amt will continue to use minibuses that are able to operate on both diesel and methane gas for Amt’s Drinbus service (direct service request by a phone booking) and will continue to study how to broaden use of methane gas on part of the fleet.
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Region Lombardia
Status Quo
A cooperation under the name “E-Moving” for the promotion of electric vehicles has set up in 2009 between Lombard energy provider A2A and the French car manufacturer Renault. It is planned to building and operating a total of 400 charging stations in the Lombardy, which will supply a fleet of Renault and Nissan electric cars with electricity (for the 60 pilot phase 60 electro vehicles of the type Kangoo Express Z.E. and Fluence Z.E are used). During the one-year pilot phase, the infrastructure of the pioneering electric mobility is being tested initially in the Milan urban area of 100 electric and hybrid vehicles. In 2011 the network will expaned towards 270 recharging station including the city of Brescia. Clients of this system should be private households as well as small companies / craft companies. It is planned to expand the network to other cities in northern Italy as Bergamo, Como, Monza, etc. in the near future.
Regional Fuelling Infrastructure
As described a network of 270 recharging stations is build in 2011.
Regional Incentive Schemas for the use of clean vehicles
The region Lombardia offers a lifetime circulation tax exemption for new registered electro vehicles. Also it is possible that the vehicle assurance can be reduced of about 50%.
In 2010 there was an public bid (total budget 2.000.000 EUR) for private or public entities interested in opening new CNG filling stations. Eligible costs can be reimbursed up to 50% of the total with a limit of 200.000 EUR per CNG filling station.
The region Lombardia funds the purchase and the rental of electro bicycles or electromopeds. Lombardia has a 10 mill EUR funding budget for a replacing of old vehicles by electro vehicles (5 mill EUR for duty vehicles).
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Mantova
Status Quo
Mantua is a city and commune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name.
Fuelling Infrastructure
In Mantova a “multienergy” filling station is available since September 2007. It is the second hydrogen filling station available in the region of Mantova. The filling station is operated by a private company and supplies vehicle, with traditional fuels and hydrogen for new generation zero emission vehicles. At present the hydrogen is used for 3 Fiat Panda Hydrogen (fuel cell) operated by the municipalities of Mantova.
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Milan
Status Quo
Milan is a city in Italy and the capital of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1,315,000, while the urban area is the largest in Italy and the fifth largest in the European Union with a population of 4,345,000 over an area of 2,370 km2 (915 sq mi). The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 7,400,000.
Regional Support Instruments
The Ecopass program is a traffic pollution charge implemented in Milan, as an urban toll for some motorists travelling within a designated traffic restricted zone or ZTL (Italian: Zone a Traffico Limitato), corresponding to the central Cerchia dei Bastioni area and encircling around 8.2 km2. The Ecopass was implemented as a one-year trial program on January 2008 and later extended until December 2009. A public consultation was planned to be conducted early in 2009 to decide if the charge becomes permanent.
The primary purpose of program is to reduce traffic and air pollution, it is based on a fee structure according to the vehicle's engine emission standards and to use the funds raised through the charge to finance public transportation projects, cycle paths and green vehicles. This program is similar to the congestion pricing programs implemented in London and Stockholm, but actually corresponds to a variation of these pricing schemes as only vehicles with high-polluting engines entering the ZTL are charged, and the ones with older most polluting engines are banned. The amount of the charge depends on the vehicle's engine emissions standard and fees vary from € 2 to €10 on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Free access to the ZTL is granted to several types of alternative fuel vehicles and for conventional fuel vehicles compliant with the Euro3 and Euro4 or better. Residents within the restricted zone are exempted only if driving higher emission standard vehicles while owners of vehicles with older more polluting engines a discount only if they buy an annual pass that can go up to €250 depending on the vehicle's engine emission standards.
There are also restrictions on entering the ZTL between 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. for trucks with a length greater than 7 m; commercial loading and unloading operations are restricted to pre-established schedules; and the vehicles with older more polluting engines are forbidden to enter the ZTL during six months a year. The Milanese Agency of Mobility and the Environment report shows that during the first eleven months of the Ecopass program the number of days exceeding the permitted level of particulate matter of 50 μg/m3 felt to 83 days, in contrast to the period January to November 2002 to 2007, when the average number of days exceeding this limit was 125 days. This study also found that between January and November (excluding August when the charge was temporarily suspended), all traffic related emissions were lower. PM10 felt 23%, particulate matter decreased by 18%, NH3 felt 47%, NOx was reduced by 15%, and CO2 emission were cut by 14%. The city of Milan was awarded a 2009 Sustainable Transport Honorable Mention by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) for the introduction and success of its Ecopass program.
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Naples
Status Quo
Naples is a city in Italy; it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. There is a population of about 963,000.
The aim of the project “Clean Car Please”, carried out by the local authority in Naples (Provincia di Napoli) together with Naples Agency for Energy and the Environment (ANEA), was that of photographing the actual level of efficiency, in environmental terms, of the vehicles circulating in the Naples area. An advertising campaign was also carried out to stress the importance of keeping one’s vehicle in a good condition in order to improve air quality and save fuel. ANEA and Provincia, following the success of the “Clean Cars, Please” project, promoted “Clean Cars, Please 2° edition” 2003 in. In the first edition of the project 2000 cars were monitored, while in 2003 edition have been monitored 4.745 cars and 551 motorcycles and mopeds. Furthermore, in the 2° edition, 13 Municipalities of the area around Naples (Arzano, Acerra, Afragola, Marano, Caivano, Casalnuovo, Frattamaggiore, Pozzuoli, San Giorgio a Cremano, Torre Annunziata, Ercolano, Pomigliano d’Arco, Nola) have been involved. The result of this has been the biggest campaign effected in the Campania region. The projects may be easily organised in other contexts taking in account that the Italian and European transport systems are both founded on the individual transport on road of passengers and goods. The successful factors of the initiative are:
- An effective informative campaign;
- The collaboration of the local municipal bodies;
- The availability of qualified personnel in the use of instruments for the exhaust gas analysis;
- The definition of the methodology for the exhaust gas tests.
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www.comune.napoli.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/1
Palermo
Status Quo
The city of Palermo is the capital of Sicily and the fifth largest in Italy. Characterised by its large and vibrant historical district, the city has long suffered from traffic congestion resulting in air pollution and deterioration of its urban environment. A so-called Strategic Plan for sustainable mobility of Palermo was set up. It is a methodological tool to study, analyse and propose solutions to traffic congestion in the city. Starting with the definition of the targets for every identified action area (parking, mobility, rail and bus transport systems, roads and private transport and Port area), the plan offers an analysis of the current situation and identifies the main critical points. For each area, it sets up priority actions based on two planning scenarios: short term (2015) and medium-long term (2020).
Finally, the plan provides an analysis of the economic sustainability of the actions and the administrative-institutional implications. Management software was also developed in order to monitor progress. Finally, with the financial support of the Ministry of Environment and the Regional Authority, the City Council is planning a series of actions, including cycle lines; the introduction of low emission vehicles for the municipal fleet and public transport; a methane station for filling up vehicles and video-control for a limited traffic zone
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Pisa
Status Quo
In July 2010 there was started the pilot project “E-mobility Italy“ between the Italian energy giant ENEL and German Daimler AG for testing urban electro mobility. The project is planned to have a duration of 4 years. ENEL will build a network of 56 “intelligent” recharging stations and Daimler will provide a fleet of 100 leasing cars (type smard) including the related M&R service.
Another cooperation of ENEL with Poste Italiane also aims stimulating the use of electro vehicles. ENEL will install a large scale recharging and service stations in one of the regional postal hubs. Poste Italian will start to operate in 2011 a fleet f initially nine electro light duty vehicles (three from Porter Piaggio Electric-Powe and six from Free Duck Ducati Energia).
Regional Fuelling Infrastructure
As described a network of electro recharging stations in the city will be installed until the end of 2011.
Potenza
Status Quo
Potenza About this sound listen is a city and commune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania). It is the capital of the province of Potenza and the Basilicata region.
The Potenza partnership is introducing clean vehicles within the urban bus fleet in order to improve sustainable mobility development at a city level. The proposal is for implementation of energy-efficient, cost-effective and clean vehicle fleets for public use. For this aim, four CNG buses has been introduced in the public transport fleet. The new buses are used for the ordinary pt routes. Concerning the implementation of clean vehicles within the public transport fleet, two different alternatives have been in course of examination during a market research:
- the purchase of LPG buses, or
- the purchase of buses using compressed natural gas (methane).
The availability of methane in the town, and other different positive options, led to the choice of methane buses. The replacement of old and polluting diesel buses used in public transport with new 4 methane buses represented an important result in a small town as Potenza. Despite the big delay of the implementation, a strengthened awareness of the need for clean vehicles in both politicians and technicians is to be registered. This reinforced attention of local (regional and city) government in purchasing clean vehicles led to an important result: additional funds were made available to renew the whole public buses fleet. In the brief period of the implementation, positive results related to emission reductions were achieved since changes in HC, CO, NOx, and PM productions were registered
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La Spezia
Status Quo
La Spezia at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the Liguria region of northern Italy is the capital city of the province of La Spezia.
La Spezia was an important consortium partner of the EU funded BEST project (BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport):
- Area covered: Line Sarzana -Lerici in La Specia;
- The program initiated by the ATC, the regional public transport company;
- The incentives were: Reduction of exhaust gas emissions and oil dependency, and, above all, the realization of sustainable public transport service. Since beginning of 2007 ATC operates three ethanol buses which use bio-ethanol (E95) and a filling station for bioethanol situated in the ATC depot.
As it was the first time in Italy that bioethanol was used as fuel, problems had to be solved that had to do with the building of a fuel station (no regulations either general, or for safety or for equipment approval, no requirements for the design, no equipment supply) or with the use of bioethanol as fuel (lack of General Regulations and safety rules, no classification, and excise duty rates for ethanol fuel).
Regional Support Instruments
For stimulating the private use of Flexifuel Vehicles E85 (Bioethanol) cars considered low-emission vehicles the commune of La Spezia has established a support framework, i.e.
- Issuing investment grant;
- Access to limited zones and taxi/bus lanes;
- Free parking in almost all parking areas.
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Province Trento
Status Quo
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of the region and of the Autonomous Province of Trento. There is a total population of about 115,000.
The Province of Trento established the so-called Green Valley project operates to transform touristique Primiero Valley in the Dolomites into an Oil Free Zone where road transports will be based on renewable energy sources produced locally: biomethane, hydrogen and hydroelectric.
Since end of June 2006 the City of Trento and the traffic company Trentino Mobilitr provide ten new electrical cars. This innovative fleet is free of charge and follows the idea of a clean urban transport system with zero emissions, low noise exposure and intrusive. The vehicles can be used by everyone in posses of a driving license: from the pregnant women to the retailer or everybody else that carry heavy objects. The cars are parked in a central city garage. These vehicles are thus optimal adapted for historical and therefore fragile city centres. Two types of electrical cars are provided by the city administration: One is equipped with 4 seats and a small boot, the other with two seats and a larger loading area. The local police releases every day from 10 to 15 permissions to the access of the historical and traffic limited city centre of Trento with this vehicles. This means, that every year about 3.200 new authorizations are decreed. Main objective of the so called Eco Mobiles is to offer an alternative, clean and not contaminating individual mobility service for the city centre. This service is projected especially to citizens who have to carry heavy materials or packets through these area or would like to accompany elderly or disable persons.
Regional and Local Incentives Schemas for Green Vehicles
Until 31.12.2011 (three years). Financial contribution (total budget 3.200.000 EUR) to cover part of the investment costs borne by service stations which install a gas outlet. The contribution will depend on the number of outlets already existing in the various comprensori. It will be 70% of the eligible costs for the first two outlets of a comprensorio, and 40% for the next outlets, up to the fifth outlet. A contribution of 70% will be granted to existing gas outlets for investments concerning the upgrade of existing equipment enabling a reduction in refueling time. Overall eligible expenses cannot exceed 500.000€.
The Province of Trento offers a 50% funding for the purchase of electro vehicles (max. 4,000 EUR; www.energia.provincia.tn.it)
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Turin
Status Quo
Turin is a major city which is a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is about 909,000 (November 2008) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants; the Turin metropolitan area is estimated by OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.
The Public transport company of Turin GTT (Gruppo Torinese Trasporti) has adopted a sustainable transport policy and uses now 23 electric buses for inner city transport. It is a private company of the Turin City. The GTT bus fleets comprises 1,180 buses. They cover urban and extra urban areas with bus and tram lines. There are approximately 640,000 customers per day, with 56 million of kilometres run every year. In addition to 223 CNG buses, the company has introduced 23 electric buses which run in the city centre path. The electric buses are 7,48 metres long, have 37 passenger places, 15 seated and 22 standing. The bus can reach the maximum velocity of 70 km/h, and the drivability is as comfortable as the traditional bus, but with less noise. The bus energy consumption is 95 kWh/100km.
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Veneto Region
Status Quo
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million. Veneto Region, and in particular the area of Venice lagoon, are one of the most important attractive areas for tourism in north east of Italy. Actually the number of visitors that Venice welcomes every year is somewhere between 7 and 8 million people. Such characteristics inevitably produce situations of traffic congestion, pollution and energy consumption.
The Vento Region was part of the EU funded Project BIOSIRE aiming to establish a shift towards bio-diesel and electric propulsion for fleets, ships and special vehicles in tourist areas. BIOSIRE local actions are directed at market transformation and changing the behaviour of fleet operators, tourists and residents, farmers and the potential suppliers of used cooking oils. Veneto Region especially aims define and analyse the feasibility of the transition to biofuels for the local water collective transport, which serves both tourists and local citizens. During the first project year, on the regional level, the stakeholders have been identified and local working group meetings and a local workshop were organised to prepare the market transformation.
Venice took part of the EU funded CIVITAS initiative starting in 2002. The program was initiated by the ACTV (local public transport company) and AGIRE (local energy agency) by setting up incentives were to decrease the emissions and to stimulate the market of LPG boats. CNG buses. CIVITAS allows the company to broaden its natural gas powered fleet through the conversion of 2 buses to natural gas, the purchase of further 35 natural gas buses and the acquisition of 5 natural gas minibuses for park & ride services. This expansion of the fleet is accompanied by a broadening of the necessary refuelling infrastructure (CNG filling station, extension of the natural gas pipeline). The reduction in emissions for each bus is considered to be 51.6% for CO, 13% for HC, 7.5% for NOx and 97.2% for PM10.
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