Skip to main content
European Commission logo
TRIMIS

Integrated MOdel for Sustainable Management of Mobility in Industrial Districts

Project

I.MO.S.M.I.D. LIFE09 ENV/IT/000063 - Integrated MOdel for Sustainable Management of Mobility in Industrial Districts


Funding origin:
European
European Union
STRIA Roadmaps:
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Smart mobility and services
Transport mode:
Road
Road
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/09/2010,
End date: 01/08/2013

Status: Finished
Funding details:

Overview

Background & policy context:

Transport and energy were selected as national priority areas for action in 2009 by the Italian Ministry for the Environment. Commuting between home and work, especially in industrial areas, generally offers good opportunities for improvements in efficiency in the management of mobility. Inadequate public transport often means that employees in these industrial districts have no choice but to use their own private vehicles to travel to and from work. This private traffic, together with commercial traffic during rush hour, causes serious congestion problems in the access routes to industrial areas. Road traffic also affects air quality, road safety and noise, while increasing carbon dioxide emissions and leading to increased economic and social costs for individuals, businesses and the community. The industrial district of the municipality of Correggio was identified as a suitable location for demonstrating the project’s proposed Integrated Model for Sustainable Management of Mobility in Industrial Districts (I.M.O.S.M.I.D.).

Objectives:

The I.MO.S.M.I.D. project aimed to carry out trials in the Correggio district in order to help implement the ‘Protocol of Intent for Air Quality’ tackling environmental pollution, which was signed by local government agencies and business associations in the Reggio Emilia province. This protocol includes the promotion of integrated transport systems. Moreover, the project planned to identify and define an innovative integrated governance model inspired by criteria for sustainable mobility. The idea was to try to satisfy the growing demand of supplementary local public transport services and reduce the use of private vehicles. A key aspect of the project was to bring together transport and energy issues in a system capable of exploiting energy produced from renewable sources trialled in a pilot industrial district.

Contribute! Submit your project

Do you wish to submit a project or a programme? Head over to the Contribute page, login and follow the process!

Submit