They go to five Regions i 4,6 million euros for sustainable mobility made available by the CON IL SUD Foundation. Indeed, 11 projects were approved relating to: Campania (provinces of Naples, Avellino and Caserta), Puglia (provinces of Lecce, Brindisi and Foggia), Sicily (provinces of Ragusa, Caltanissetta and Enna), Calabria (provinces of Crotone and Catanzaro) and Sardinia (Olbia). The projects were evaluated under the gang for sustainable mobility in the southern regionsli with the declared purpose of acting on the habits and behavior of citizens. You will help spread a new culture of mobility which in the South it still has delays. Citizens will have to have means and tools to move differently from today, especially for work reasons. Cities will have electric and rental vehicles, charging stations, safe and visible pedestrian paths, home deliveries and tourist visits with the use of technologies. They are all alternative choices to the use of private transport which favor, in fact, sustainable circulation models with low environmental impact. At least three organizations could participate in the call, of which at least two are non-profits together with institutions, universities and research centres.
The projects will improve the quality of life
In some provinces the resources allocated to the projects will go to strengthen the already existing eco vehicles. But the Foundation also has the goal of social sustainability, that is, the attention for those who are located in Campania or Sicily rather than in Calabria or Sardinia difficult situations. Thus the President of the Foundation Charles Borromeo: " toThe center of these projects is an aspect that particularly interests us, in addition to environmental sustainability, that of social sustainability, attention to the needs and well-being of those who live in difficult contexts or situations“. Indeed, the projects include the employment of people in difficulty, who will be involved in driving, logistics, accompaniment, maintenance and assistance activities. The substance of the mobility plans will see the activation of services tpublic transport on call to reduce the isolation of internal areas or improve the accessibility of places of study, work, leisure. Expected the birth of vehicle sharing, with rental of cars, scooters, mopeds, electric vans with driver and charging stations electric. To overcome the custom of taking children to school by private means, i footpath routes on the way from home to school. “Stby supporting these initiatives adds Borgomeo- we want to focus attention on individual responsibility and on the need for each citizen to mobilize from a sustainability perspective, in the awareness that our gestures and our choices have repercussions on a social, economic and environmental level" .
