Tourism Accessibility in Small Attractive Cities

The project objectives include:

• Reducing the environmental impact (acoustic and air pollution) of car traffic due to the flow of tourists into urban centres;
• Increasing the availability, ‘liveability’ and accessibility of the urban centre for tourists and for the resident population;
• Defining an urban mobility governance model (T.A.SM.A.C. model) linked to touristic flows;
• Rationalising access and parking through a user information system that will provide information on space availability and admittance;
• Developing several sustainable mobility initiatives led by the communities involved; Creating transport services in order to offer an alternative to private car use; and
• Creating a mobility management office, to co-ordinate private accessibility to city centres using alternative transport options.

Expected results:

• A reduction in the environmental impact of car traffic due to the flow of tourists into small/medium urban centres. This will include a 3db reduction in ambient traffic noise and a NOx reduction equal to 0.6 kg/day per medium powered vehicle;
• An improvement in the liveability and accessibility of such small/medium centres, for both tourists and residents. This will include a target of managing at least 70% of all parking spaces by an online information/reservation system;
• The definition of indicators for monitoring noise pollution and air quality that will be used by the local authorities in the pilot areas;
• The development of an urban mobility governance model (T.A.SM.A.C.) linked to tourist flows.