Milan, Florence e Bologna are the three best Italian cities for what concerns the sustainable mobility, yet their numbers are still far not only from those of the main European cities, but also from the Community averages. This is what emerges from the third report of the "Optimal Sustainable Mobility Mix" project by Agici Finanza.
In detail, the study reveals that Milan has a motorization rate of 561 cars per thousand inhabitants, Florence of 528 and Bologna of 614. The European average is however lower (513) and some capitals record even better performances (such as London, with 488).
The imbalance is greater if we consider the share of urban journeys by car. In the three Italian cities it ranges from 51% (Milan) to 58% (Bologna), compared to a European average of 33%. Slightly above is London, with 37%, while Paris stands out with 25%.
These figures correspond to an opposite trend in the commuting with local public transport: Milan has a share of 21%, about double that of Florence and Bologna, which travel around 11%, while the European average is 30%, London is 35% and Paris 25%.
But the study also shows that in our country you spend much less to move by public transport. In Milan, the average cost of a season ticket is 39 euros, slightly more than in Florence (35 euros) and Bologna (36). The European average is almost double (61 euros), with peaks that are inconceivable to us such as those of London (156 euros) and Paris (75).
It therefore seems that in our country there is room for an increase in services against a greater financial commitment. From this point of view, the decisive factor could be the National recovery and resilience plan (Pnrr), which allocates resources for 2,4 billion euros with the aim of unlocking the purchase of 3.360 "low emission" buses by 2026.
But the journey towards sustainable mobility is more complex and requires wider-ranging system interventions. In particular, Agici identifies three "evolutionary trends" for the future:
- the development of interoperable systems for the management of electric refills;
- the spread of electric vehicle sharing services (not only cars, but also bikes, kick scooters and scooters);
- the improvement of connectivity services and distributed intelligence to optimize the work of companies that deal with sustainable mobility.
Finally, the study calculates for 21 Italian cities the Sustainable Mobility Index (Ims), a support tool for administrations and operators which - evaluating 42 indicators divided into 7 macro-areas - provides a synthetic representation of the state of mobility with a score from zero to 100.
Here is the complete ranking:
