planning

“Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena” Hospital in Milan (Italy) TRT, being part of a multi-disciplinary consortium, participated to (and won) an international architectural and urban planning contest for the renewal of Milan’s Policlinico hospital complex (an health center that counts over 10,000 visits per day), taking care of the aspects related to mobility and transport economics. The project has been developed in four phases:  the contest (won) (2008);  the preliminary project (2009);  the final project (2010 and its update in 2017);  the executive project (2018).     During the different phases, TRT activities concerned:  the definition of the hospital accessibility with motor vehicles and sustainable transport modes (public transport, pedestrian, bicycles);  the design of an underground car park with over 500 parking spaces, able to satisfy the demand for parking in the whole area;  the definition of the traffic flow patterns (both for pedestrians and vehicles, as well as for visitors and logistics) inside the hospital area and in its surrounding area;  the study of the accessibility of the building site.

Project for the new ’AT1-Città Nuova’ district in the Municipality of Rozzano: Sustainable mobility solutions “A human city does not separate its functions: the house here, the work there, the free time there… A human city is the one that creates the mixture: of activities, of income, of ages. The more mixed we do, the more human it is. “ (Jaime Lerner Architect and Urban Planner)   The study addresses and offers solutions for the mobility impacts of the future development of the “AT1 – Città Nuova” area in the Municipality of Rozzano (MI). In depth multidisciplinary analyzes have led to the identification of the a suitable functional mix that allows a quality intervention which is sustainable from an environmental, social and economic perspective. While the business sector located in the northern area represents the driving force for developing the whole masterplan, the southern area will mainly host residences and services. TRT’s main activities were mainly related to: the selection of a suitable mobility scenario (transport and infrastructural), able to be developed gradually while following the evolution of the settlement intervention, with particular focus on sustainable mobility, low impact and with high management standards; the development of a transport study which, through solid quantitative analyzes and modeling simulations, defines the performance characteristics and the level of accessibility of the transport scheme selected for the area.   Related projects – Integrated Planning Programme “PII1 -Milanofiori Sud”

Traffic forecasts for the TiBre motorway interconnection (Italy) Traffic forecasts and analysis of the functionality of the interconnection among the A1, A15 and Tibre motorways (Italy). Key activities: estimating the expected flows at the node for the year 2025 by reviewing previously produced estimates in the preparation of the final design of the interconnection between the Cisa A15 and Brenner A22 motorways, estimation of the levels of service of the entry and exit ramps on the A1 motorway and the entry ramps on the A15 and Tibre motorways, according to the 2000 Highway Capacity Manual methodology, assessment of the functionality of entry ramps of the A1, A15 and Tibre motorways by means of a AIMSUN microsimulation model.

Transport analisys of the land-side strategies of the Marco Polo Airport (Venice) TRT supported SAVE to define the land-side infrastructure Marco Polo Airport in Venice according to the interventions of both short and medium-long term linked to the new Masterplan Airport. The activity had been divided into two phases, with different methodological approaches: the First Phase aimed at supporting SAVE spa in defining the new Public Transport routes to the terminal and the new parking area of the commercial buses. the Second phase aimed at developing a dynamic microsimulation transport model in order to support of the medium and long term scenarios of the airport Masterplan (2021-2027) defining the performances and the level of accessibility of the land-side transport schemes.

Prato – Urban Traffic Plan (PGTU) After drawing up the SUMP (a strategic mobility plan with a ten-year validity) approved in 2016, TRT was responsible for preparing the Urban Traffic Plan (PGTU) of the city of Prato, 190,000 inhabitants near Florence, Italy. The PGTU is the “action plan” of the SUMP, thus detailing SUMP short-term actions both in the Reference Scenario and in the Planning Scenario. The activities concerned: the design and supervision of a campaign to detect urban traffic flows at 12 sections and 15 urban intersections; the adaptation to a more detailed scale of the traffic simulation model (AIMSUN, already available at Municipal level) and its calibration; the design of the Reference Scenario, which included actions already approved and financed, and of the Planning Scenario with particular attention to the measures that can be implemented in the short term (road network, public transport, cycling, demand-management policies, parking, urban logistics, ITS), consistent with what has been proposed by the SUMP; the assessment of the planning scenario as well as the preparation of the related indicators and graphic outputs. The PGTU has been approved by the Municipal Council on 27/12/2018 with the act n. 477.

Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan – Metropolitan area of Padua’s (Comepa) Following a public tender, TRT, in cooperation with Technital, Atraki and Avanzi, has been commissioned by the Municipality of Padua for the drafting of the new SUMP for Metropolitan area of Padua (CoMePa). The Plan has been approved by the City Council in January 2020. The first phase of activities ended in October 2016 with the completion of the first set of activities: description of the current status of urban mobility, field surveys, organization of participatory events to gather stakeholders positions and construction of the multimodal transport simulation model. The resignation of the City Council in November 2016, led to the suspension of activities. In September 2017, the dialogue within the CoMePa resumed with the aim of proceeding with the drafting of a SUMP, being Padua one of the 18 Municipalities that – on a voluntary basis – started the process of transport planning at metropolitan scale. In 2018 the SUMP was completed with the Plan Proposal presented to the technical and political bodies of the Municipalities of the Padua metropolitan area. The Plan Proposal was discussed in different meetings with technical and political bodies of CoMePa . The third phase was completed with the quantitative assessments of the Plan interventions and the drafting of the final document of the PUMS to be adopted and approved by the Municipalities . The participatory process adopted for the SUMP development led to the inclusion of different measures to encourage the transition towards low carbon mobility through: modal shift actions; the introduction of a vehicle access control area (Low Emission Zone -LEZ) for Padua; the promotion of penetration of electric traction and low environmental impact vehicles in the central area. For more information Documents available on padovanet.it (only available in italian) “Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) of Padova and metropolitan area”. Case study published on Eltis Platform

Drafting of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan of the city of Parma (Italy) Following a public tender, TRT has been selected by the City of Parma for the drafting of the new SUMP. The first step has led to the definition of the strategic guidelines of the Plan while, during 2016, the SUMP has been drafted in a pre-approval form. The SUMP process has been developed through the following activities: reconstruction of the knowledge in the area of transport and mobility; analysis of its strengths and weaknesses; identification of targets that have been selected by policy makers, stakeholders and citizens (that have contributed through the on-line survey conducted in support to the SUMP); drafting of the SUMP guidelines that have been approved by the City Council (Sep. 2015); definition of the alternative SUMP scenarios (successively shared among policy makers, stakeholders and citizen representatives); technical, economic, environmental and social evaluation of the SUMP scenarios; identification of the best SUMP scenario.   The Plan has been officially approved by the City Council on 21st March 2017 and has undergone a SEA (Strategic environmental assessment).   For more information Documents available on comune.parma.it (only available in italian) “Parma’s SUMP: the first in Italy combined with a Strategic Environmental Assessment”. Case study published on Eltis Platform   TRT was commissioned in 2019 to coordinate the implementation and monitoring of Parma’s SUMP and was also responsible of the drafting of the General Urban Traffic Plan of the city of Parma.

Alessandria – Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and updating of the Urban Traffic Plan The Municipality of Alessandria awarded TRT to draft the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) and to update the Urban Traffic Plan (UTP). The SUMP-UTP process was developed along four steps: the background analysis of the mobility-related sector and its environmental, social and economic impacts in Alessandria, including the development of extensive surveys (traffic, parking supply and demand, public transport passengers counts); the identification of the strategies for the construction of the SUMP/UTP scenarios, as a result of the background analysis as well as the objectives and the priorities raised by the local Administration; the design of different scenarios: reference solution and SUMP scenario (short period – 2 years and long period – 10 years); the evaluation of the alternative scenarios through the implementation of an AIMSUN transport model for the urban area. In addition, specific detailed documents such as the Parking Plan and the Urban Public Transport Plan have been developed. The SUMP-UTP was adopted with resolution no. 168/16110-220 of the City Administration on 9/06/2017. Following the establishment of a new municipal administration, in 2019 TRT subsequently updated the plan and supported the administrative process of the new version until the final approval. After the adoption in September 2019, the updated SUMP-UTP document in its final version was approved by the City Council on 10/06/2020 with resolution no. 31