Fellow Cities
Turin (Italy)
Turin is the capital city of Piedmont and is located in northern Italy. The City of Turin joined the Fellow Cities Programme to learn more about shared micro-mobility measures in terms of safety regulation, fleet distribution, and law enforcement, which can result in the creation of a constructive framework to stimulate strategic dialogue and cooperation among all parties involved and shape a win-win solution.
Aim: The City of Turin focuses on getting to know more about Mobility as a service (MaaS) strategies, by observing both the technique architecture used to make the systems interoperable with the Mobility Service providers already active in the city and within the governance framework.
Challenges
For the City of Turin, the main goal is to change the urban modal split to have 50% of trips made with sustainable transport modes. To achieve this target, the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) encompasses the following seven action lines, each with defined key measures:
Improving accessibility to the urban area: This involves enhancing public transport infrastructure, facilitating inter-modality, developing road infrastructure, promoting pedestrian and cycle mobility, and ensuring pedestrian access in the historic city center. Additionally, inclusive mobility measures will be developed to accommodate people with reduced mobility or special needs.
Guaranteeing and improving people’s accessibility: This goal will be achieved by facilitating accessibility to public transport vehicles and public spaces, as well as implementing an inclusive mobility plan.
Improving air quality: Measures to achieve this include reducing unnecessary car trips, promoting alternative sustainable mobility solutions, optimizing urban freight logistics, and reducing CO2 emissions from vehicles.
Improving the quality of the urban environment: This involves developing parking policies, reducing noise pollution, and enhancing public space redevelopment.
Enhancing the use of public transport: Measures for this goal focus on improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and security of public transport services.
Guaranteeing the efficiency and safety of the road network: This includes reorganizing local traffic viability, improving road signals, and enhancing overall road safety in Turin.
Implementing innovative technologies for mobility: Measures include expanding the telematics road traffic management network, improving public transport telematics, and enhancing mobility for vulnerable users.
Developing a governmental plan: Enhancing stakeholders' participation in developing the mobility plan, focusing on communication and monitoring of activities and measures to be implemented.
Objectives
During the past 20 years, Turin has undergone a transition process from being an industrial capital, particularly in the automotive market, to becoming a hub of innovation, inclusion, and resilience. In response to these transformations, the City has set the following objectives:
Decreasing CO2 emissions and Particulate Matter (PM) concentration: Introducing new policies to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality and conceptualizing a new definition of public space and local services spread to create a 15-minute city. The abovementioned aim to enhance road safety conditions in alignment with the Vision ZERO programme's target to ensure a better lifestyle for inhabitants.
Reducing pollution and traffic flows: Establishing a new "Environmental area" of over 2.7 km2 with 80 cameras to limit traffic to less polluting vehicle types. Additionally, the City of Turin aims to expand the existing Low Traffic Area (ZTL) in the city center.
Improving cycling infrastructures: Enhancing the rapidly growing network of cycling paths spanning 270 km to connect Turin with neighboring municipalities, promoting sustainable daily journeys for commuters and within the city.
Enhancing sharing mobility services and public transport: Expanding the range of sharing mobility services available, including e-bike, e-scooter, moped, and car sharing. Furthermore, implementing the new metro line (M2) by 2030 and electrifying and expanding the existing public transport fleet.
Developing Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platforms: Creating MaaS platforms to encourage residents living in the outskirts to adopt more sustainable and multimodal transportation alternatives for daily and occasional journeys, thereby reducing reliance on private cars.
Redefining street hierarchy and urban functions: Extending 30 km/h areas to prioritize vulnerable road users, pedestrians, and cyclists. An additional overreaching goal is renewing road space and redefining street hierarchy to enhance safety and accessibility in neighborhoods.