The increasing levels of congestion and pollution, especially due to private vehicular traffic, are drastically reducing quality of life in the most densely populated European cities, which are characterized by a strong physical and functional stratification. During the last ten years in order to reduce such externalities, several cities have adopted strategies, programs and measures aimed at the development of a new urban mobility model - the sustainable mobility model. The main objectives of such model consist in changing the current urban mobility system based on the wide use of private cars, improving quality of life of citizens, reducing environmental degradation and making urban areas more competitive (Critelli et al. 2011). Several researchers are involved in such topics and they consider the adoption of an integrated approach between urban transformations and mobility (Tira 2011; Gargiulo 2014) as one of the best solutions for congestion, pollution and urban decay caused by the spread of cars. According to such perspective, studies about the relationship between urban form and mobility, recommend the adoption of a compact city model. Indeed, such model is energy efficient and enables the reduction of travel distances and, consequently, of air pollution (Breheny 1995; Nijkamp and Rienstra 1996; Newman and Kenworthy 1999; Jabareen 2006). Thanks to high level of compactness and density, European cities represent suitable areas where introduce forms of sustainable mobility such as alternative modes of transport to private cars. In the last twenty years also the European Union has defined documents and directives addressed to the integration of the urban and the mobility systems in order to promote a more sustainable mobility. Indeed, according to the scientific literature, such an integration can guarantee the achievement of environmental challenges related to sustainable mobility (Gargiulo, Pinto and Zucaro 2012; Gargiulo 2014). Therefore, considering the importance of integrating the governament of urban transformations with that of mobility, research studies and EU directives push to rethink how to innovate both the current decision-making systems and the role of actors involved in the decision-making process, as well as to develop integrated planning tools. Accordingly, this paper proposes a decision support system, called Key Messages, for addressing choices and strategies in order to promote the sustainable mobility in consolidate urban areas. The paper is divided into three sections: the first section describes the methods adopted to develop the Key Messages; the second one explains the steps and the main results of the study; finally, the third section illustrates some possible next steps of the study.

Key Messages: a decision support system based on the integration between city and mobility / Gargiulo, Carmela; Tremiterra, Maria Rosa. - (2016), pp. 264-268.

Key Messages: a decision support system based on the integration between city and mobility

GARGIULO, CARMELA;Tremiterra, Maria Rosa
2016

Abstract

The increasing levels of congestion and pollution, especially due to private vehicular traffic, are drastically reducing quality of life in the most densely populated European cities, which are characterized by a strong physical and functional stratification. During the last ten years in order to reduce such externalities, several cities have adopted strategies, programs and measures aimed at the development of a new urban mobility model - the sustainable mobility model. The main objectives of such model consist in changing the current urban mobility system based on the wide use of private cars, improving quality of life of citizens, reducing environmental degradation and making urban areas more competitive (Critelli et al. 2011). Several researchers are involved in such topics and they consider the adoption of an integrated approach between urban transformations and mobility (Tira 2011; Gargiulo 2014) as one of the best solutions for congestion, pollution and urban decay caused by the spread of cars. According to such perspective, studies about the relationship between urban form and mobility, recommend the adoption of a compact city model. Indeed, such model is energy efficient and enables the reduction of travel distances and, consequently, of air pollution (Breheny 1995; Nijkamp and Rienstra 1996; Newman and Kenworthy 1999; Jabareen 2006). Thanks to high level of compactness and density, European cities represent suitable areas where introduce forms of sustainable mobility such as alternative modes of transport to private cars. In the last twenty years also the European Union has defined documents and directives addressed to the integration of the urban and the mobility systems in order to promote a more sustainable mobility. Indeed, according to the scientific literature, such an integration can guarantee the achievement of environmental challenges related to sustainable mobility (Gargiulo, Pinto and Zucaro 2012; Gargiulo 2014). Therefore, considering the importance of integrating the governament of urban transformations with that of mobility, research studies and EU directives push to rethink how to innovate both the current decision-making systems and the role of actors involved in the decision-making process, as well as to develop integrated planning tools. Accordingly, this paper proposes a decision support system, called Key Messages, for addressing choices and strategies in order to promote the sustainable mobility in consolidate urban areas. The paper is divided into three sections: the first section describes the methods adopted to develop the Key Messages; the second one explains the steps and the main results of the study; finally, the third section illustrates some possible next steps of the study.
2016
978-88-9052-964-1
Key Messages: a decision support system based on the integration between city and mobility / Gargiulo, Carmela; Tremiterra, Maria Rosa. - (2016), pp. 264-268.
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