Participating towns and cities

ItalySestu, Italy

Population:
21.000 inhabitants
Department:
Settore Urbanistica, Edilizia privata e SUAP
Contact:
Giovanni Antonio Mameli
Via Scipione 1 - 09028 - Sestu (CA)
(++39) 0702360256
Sestu already registered 3x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2017 2013 2012

Participation 2012

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Sestu organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2012, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
For this initiative we adopted the smartphone application Green Steps that can anonymously track the paths of commuters that activate it during their journeys. The algorithms developed as part of the TETRis national project are able to extract precise information and data associated with these three categories of results:
1) patterns of pure commuting;
2) the impact of CO2, which is cumulative for all paths;
3) the possible energy savings.
The basic territorial unit we used in our case study is that of the census zone, as defined by ISTAT (National Institute for Statistics), that for the case of the Municipality of Sestu are 42. The data are then aggregated on a census area basis and displayed on maps with colors for each of these areas (red or green according to an increasing or decreasing of the CO2 production/energy consumption respectively). All the maps will be shown on the Greens' web site: greens-application.appspot.com/

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Sestu implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
Traffic calming and access control scheme
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Removal of architectonic barriers
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Use of clean vehicles
Mobility management
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Elaboration of educational materials
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Sestu carries out a Car-Free Day 2012 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Piazza Salvo D'Acquisto, that is the main square of the municipality.