Mauro Borioni, City of Bologna, Italy

Electro mobility in Smart Cities

“eMotion in Smart Cities” 25-26th September 2012, University of Bologna, Italy

European Conference on Nanoelectronics and Embedded Systems for Electric Mobility

Introduction N° Inhabitants Area (Km2)

Pedestrian Areas ~ 12,000 0.88

Limited Traffic Zone - L.T.Z. ~ 45,000 3.20

City Centre ~ 53,000 4.51

Municipality Area ~ 373,000 140.85

Overall demographic size ~ 650,000

Internal 45%

Exchange 28%

Crossing 27%

DAILY MOVEMENTS --> about 2 MLN

(Peak times --> about 200,000)

Cars (driver) 28%

Cars (passenger) 7%

Motorbikes 11%

Public Transport 26%

Bicycle 7%

Pedestrian 21%

MODAL SPLIT (internal movs)

EMILIA - ROMAGNA

BOLOGNA

THE CITY OF BOLOGNA: URBAN MOBILITY SCENARIO

Trends for cars - 1999=100

Spreading of motorvehicles in Bologna

Downside:

Future --> Electric vehicles?

THE CITY OF BOLOGNA: URBAN MOBILITY SCENARIO

Introduction

The Municipality of Bologna has been involved over the last few years in a strategy intended to limit the negative effects of traffic. These are, first and foremost, traffic congestion and air pollution, longstanding problems in many Italian cities and throughout the Po area in particular.

The backbone of this strategy is represented by the Urban Traffic Masterplan (PGTU)

PGTU – URBAN TRAFFIC PLAN

Increases public transports

Saves energy in transports sector

Encourages cleaner vehicles

Reduces air and noise pollution

Achieves wider and sustainable access

Improves Road Safety

Many measures planned by the PGTU have been implemented and some results have been already achieved (e.g.: vehicles access in LTZ -25%; in bus lanes -70%). Today is time to relaunch the action, first of all fostering cycling mobility, walking and promoting measures for sustainable mobility.

THE CITY OF BOLOGNA: URBAN MOBILITY SCENARIO

Introduction

The Municipality of Bologna intends to continue the work for sustainable mobility and to make local movements more environmental-friendly. Regional, National and European support will be decisive to fulfil the strategy for the future implementations and make the city of Bologna a greener and smarter city. Actually the city is strongly committed in Local Public Transport improvement and cleanliness, services for shared vehicles, innovative solutions for infomobility and bicycle/pedestrian promotion. In this new strategy, promotion of electric mobility will play a decisive role considering also the message of freedom and smartness it carries along.

These have been the main topics of the just ended European Mobility Week 2012 in Bologna. In the framework of the event, last Saturday 4 new ambitious initiatives have been presented to citizens to promote and support electric mobility in the city: - Subsidies for electric vehicles purchase - Public charging stations for electric vehicles - “E-bike” testing - Car sharing and electric cars

ELECTRIC MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BOLOGNA

Introduction Introduction

Thanks to a Regional fund, residents in Bologna may receive:

- an incentive of 300 € to purchase an electric bicycle or an electric motorcycle

- an incentive of 600 € if, at the moment of the purchase, an old motorcycle (Euro 0 or 1 category) is scrapped

Purpose: electric bicycle as cleaner replacement to mopeds

Total fund available: 300,000 €, by Emilia-Romagna Region, managed by the Municipality of Bologna.

Today, after one year, over 95% of fund have been assigned:

- 813 electric bicycles have been purchased

- 22 electric motorcycles have been purchased

- 108 old motorcycles have been scrapped

News by EMW12: Municipality of Bologna and Emilia-Romagna Region signed a new agreement --> 380,000 € will be available for the service.

Target: 2,000 new electric bicycles in next 2 years

Subsidies for electric vehicles purchase

ELECTRIC MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BOLOGNA

2010 --> Municipality of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Region and ENEL (electricity provider) signed an Agreement on public charging stations for electric vehicles. Project: 20 stations in the city. Feature: interoperability with other electrical provider at Regional level.

Public charging stations for electric vehicles

2011 --> realisation of the first 2 charging stations (close to the

Municipality of Bologna and Emilia-Romagna Region buildings).

Implementation Plan defined: location of stations and starting of

authorisation process

2012 --> rules protocol at Regional level; 8 new charging

stations upcoming soon

ELECTRIC MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BOLOGNA

Introduction

The city of Bologna is a candidate for the testing of 100 'e-bike' service funded by the National Ministry of the Environment. The City Council approved the expression of interest to participate in the new call for funding. Testing will run by means of very innovative electric bicycles with high efficiency and zero emissions, developed by Ducati Energia ("e-bike") to reduce air pollution and congestion caused by traffic, spread the culture of sustainable mobility and use of transport with zero environmental impact. Bicycles will be provided with a device suitable to collect data on fleet’s route (that will be available on a map) and on many pollutant substances.

“E-bike” testing

ELECTRIC MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BOLOGNA

Introduction

Car sharing and electric cars

The Municipality of Bologna, in collaboration with ATC (company managing the service in

Bologna), is making efforts to improve and relaunch the public car sharing.

Objective: develop and disseminate the concept of Public Transport (also) for individual use,

full integration with the PT, support measure to parking policies.

Actions:

- development both in the city centre and in the city outskirts of specific zones with high PT

offer, possibly supported also by new transport services (e.g. bike sharing) and characterised

by expensive parking fares;

- urban fleet from 30 to 60 cars, also through electric vehicles;

- increase stations from current 16 to 30/40; protection of car sharing parking via ITS.

Thanks to a National fund, ATC will soon make available to

the service a number of new electric cars: Citroen CO and

Opel Ampera, for first, and the hybrid car Toyota Auris.

Such electric cars will run together with other low pollutant

vehicles in the car sharing fleet: CNG powered (Fiat Grande

Punto, Panda and Qubo), LPG powered (Alfa Romeo Mito and

Lancia Ypsilon) and the Fiat 500L (Euro6).

ELECTRIC MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BOLOGNA

THANK YOU

Contact:

mauro.borioni@comune.bologna.it