Design and technical assistance for the award of the Local Public Transport service of the Municipality of Arzachena
The Municipality of Arzachena entrusted TRT with the service of “Design and technical assistance for the award of the Local Public Transport service of the Municipality of Arzachena”.
The assignment involves activities aimed at the design and assistance for the awarding of the Local Public Transport (LPT) service contract for the Municipality of Arzachena. The work is structured into three main phases:
•Preliminary territorial and transport analysis, aimed at understanding the territorial dynamics and the characteristics of the existing service;
•Planning and design of the public transport service, consisting of the definition of the characteristics of the proposed public transport service;
•Technical assistance to the procedures for the selection and award of the service, consisting of technical support to the Municipality for the preparation of the tender documents and for all phases of the award procedure.

The first phase of analysis aims to reconstruct the current framework of local mobility, considering the settlement, demographic and tourist characteristics of the municipal area, as well as analysing transport demand through specific investigations.
The second phase is based on the results of the knowledge framework reconstruction to develop a new transport offer configuration, consistent with the mobility needs of the different user groups, both in summer (tourists) and winter (residents), distinguishing between annual service, seasonal summer service and any flexible services.
The activities also include technical assistance to the Municipality of Arzachena in the preparation of the special tender specifications, the tender rules and the service contract scheme.
To date, TRT has completed the preliminary territorial and transport analysis.

