Project One
The aim of the Puglia Mobility Game project is to promote sustainable mobility in the cities of Monopoli, Polignano a Mare and Fasano through an experiment of gamification of daily mobility practices. The initiative will nudge a change in travel behavior of citizens and tourists as the gamification setting encourages them to uptake more ecofriendly mode choices. The project involves the use of a travel platform, and related smartphone app, where registered users accumulate points for every kilometer travelled by bicycle, bus orwheelchair. These points are converted into vouchers that can be used to do shopping in local shops, promoting local commerce by means of a circular economy-inspired mechanism. The design of an inclusive and accessible platform is important to ensure that all people, including those with disabilities, can actively participate in community life. By integrating big data tracking of sustainable mobility flows, it will be possible to obtain a clear picture of the movement dynamics within the city. This data will support geographical analysis of the use of sustainable modes of transport, helping identifying, on one side, areas where these modes of transport are most commonly used and, on the other side, less busy areas, including architectonical and design barriers. Geoprocessing techniques of the tracks will be also used to generate interactive maps identifying such areas.By determining movements of people by sustainable means in the current urban and infrastructural state, thus identifying, the parts of the urban network and the spaces that favour such movements from those that hinder it, it will be possible to provide concrete recommendations for improving existing infrastructures and encouraging the creation of more accessible routes. This will be supported by campaigns that promote awareness and by built-in platform tools that givecitizens the possibility of making geo-tagged claims and suggest solutions, ensuring that everyone's needs are considered and integrated into the decision-making process. Through the use of AI, it will be possible to extract relevant data on the use of the infrastructure, including the busiest roads or the ones most popular to young people or to disabled people. The ultimate goal is to make cities more inclusive and sustainable, improving the quality of life for all citizens.
Project 2
The project responds to the specific needs of citizens belonging to the Municipality of Fasano to have access to up-to-date and reliable information on local public transport services, to improve the usability of the service and promote sustainable mobility, in line with the provisions of the Urban Plan for Sustainable Mobility. From the administration point of view, there is the need to reduce the impact of car traffic on the city centre (where main attractions are located) by discouraging the use of private cars for medium and long-distance journeys, thus by improving the offer of alternative transport services. The project activities include several fields of action. Firstly, the Municipality of Fasano has received European funding from the Apulia Region under the 2014-2020 POR funds called: "Smart Go City Bus";. The funding is aimed at reducing air pollution by replacing older buses with high CO2 emissions with new buses having low CO2 emissions, or with electric buses, which will be used for local public transport. The new buses, which are currently in service, are equipped with on-board technology for real-time geolocation of the vehicles and can be connected by means of a communication interface to the AVM platform. This AVM was built and provided by Cotrap,the private company that manages the service of local transportation on behalf of the Municipality of Fasano. Thanks to these new on-board infrastructures and the AVM platform, now it is possible to monitor the movement of vehicles across the territory. Therefore, using such infrastructures, the municipality started an experiment to provide infomobility services to citizens: new information tables, that have been installed at bus stops, provide information to the user by means of a QR code. Scanning the QR code the citizen can be directed to the AVM portal to consult the geolocation of all the arriving buses at the particular stop, planned routes and real-time timetables of the runs.The project foresees a further implementation phase in progress, for the installation of variable message electronic poles; in particular, the first one is already in operation. These devices are able to communicate in real time with the AVM platform to provide direct information to the user on the arrival times of buses at stops.The Project has a significant relevance to experimente digital solutions aimed at favouring citizens' alternative mobility behaviour and reducing the negative impact of traffic and pollution on the cities and finally on the quality of life.