A new perspective for SUMP: revitalizing and preserving historical city

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1 A new perspective for SUMP: revitalizing and preserving historical city Pier Paolo Pentucci Cà Foscari University of Venice 29 March 2017 Dubrovnik - 4th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

2 : walking through a new challenging and innovative route Green Paper "Towards a new culture for urban mobility c[2007] "The Action Plan on Urban Mobility" [COM(2009)490] White Paper on Transport [2011] 2013 Urban Mobility Package ELTIS the Urban Mobility Observatory (created more than 10 years ago) The 4 SUMP Kits of the CH4LLENGE project and several more other milestons

3 this long and progressive route of policies and innovative tools marked a significant and really important turning point in terms of: 1. CULTURE: There is a need to create a new urban mobility culture in Europe. Citizens and decision makers have to think in terms of behavioural change. Only through a shift in mentality we can maintain our cities as attractive places to be and to go, and can ensure that they can continue to function as successful engines of the European economy. (Green Paper 2007)

4 2. PERSPECTIVE and STRATEGY: Urban mobility is of growing concern to citizens. Nine out of ten EU citizens believe that the traffic situation in their area should be improved. The choices that people make in the way they travel will affect not only future urban Development but also the economic well-being of citizens and companies (Action Plan, 2009) In the urban context, a mixed strategy involving landuse planning, pricing schemes, efficient public transport services and infrastructure (...) Cities above a certain size should be encouraged to develop urban mobility plans, bringing all those elements together.. (White Paper, 2011)

5 3. CONCEPT and APPROACH: A step-change in the approach to urban mobility is needed to ensure that Europe's urban areas develop along a more sustainable path ( )This planning concept highlights that urban mobility is primarily about people. It therefore emphasises citizen and stakeholder engagement, as well as fostering changes in mobility behaviour. (Urban Mobility Package, 2013) A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan has as its central goal Improving accessibility of urban areas and providing high-quality and sustainable mobility and transport to, through and within the urban area. It regards the needs of the 'functioning city' and its hinterland rather than a municipal administrative region. (Annex to Urban Mobility Package, 2013)

6 necessarily the process to NEW CULTURE, STRATEGY, PERSPECTIVE, CONCEPT, APPROACH = SUMP leading to a NEW EU STANDARD For URBAN MOBILITY PLANNING A STANDARD entails: A pattern or model generally accepted; A basis of common values; A systematization and equalization of potential dissimilarities

7 Since 2014 our work on the specific issue to tailor SUMP standard to historical city center starting from this conceptual stiking point: How to preserve and at the same time fine-tuning the common values and principles at the basis of SUMP process in an harmonized and customized SUMP for historical city centers The real challenge for us is to preserve the SUMP common values in those cases where the values come into conflict with the peculiarties of some specific urban environment, just taking advantage of the same emerging peculiarities.

8 after all the same EC in the ANNEX A CONCEPT FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLANS [COM(2013) 913 final]: The concept reflects a broad consensus on the main features of a modern and sustainable urban mobility and transport plan. It is not proposed that this concept represents a one-size-fits-all approach to urban transport planning. Instead the concept can and should be adapted to the particular circumstances of the Member State and urban areas. and just the adaptation is the main challege for us, becuse of it entails the wide framework of issues and methodological topics we ve been seen before

9 altough we live and work in the historical City of Venice

10 the first idea to study and fine-tuning the implementation and assessment of SUMP tailoring its cycle to the specific situation of historical city centers and old town it has been suggested by other kinds of cases...

11 The analysis starts from considering common key-factors affecting sustainable mobility planning of the historical city centres in a cross-issues perspective: Balancing sustainable valorisation of the Cultural Heritage and socio-demographic peculiarities; Better integration among tourism development and environmental issues; Taking into consideration the peculiar traits of historic centers that require an adaptation of existing SUMP guidelines; Preserving liveable and sustainable standard conditions of inhabitants also under pressure of considerable flows of tourism;

12 Furthermore the implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) in historic centres, and on UNESCO towns and sites, is characterised by a background, different from that of standard cities and towns and which is at the same time source of constraints and opportunities Key peculiarities are the following:

13 NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF KEY PECULIARITIES: a) the physical and socio-economic structure of historic centres; b) streets and spaces designed in a pre-technological age; c) the need for the preservation of monuments and buildings; d) the impact of tourism on the economic and social urban tissue; e) the unbalanced mix of economic activities; f) high costs of last-mile logistic; g) disadvantaged commuting and related effects on depopulation and desertification of whole districts.

14 Considering this key-points we will take only as example the City of Venice case: we should trying to mantain the point of view of inhabitants of the historical city center PIC 1-2

15 Trend of inhabitants in the historical city center [TAB 1] source:

16 Tourists vs inhabitants [TAB 2] Source: Population_Prediction.jpg

17 In such conditions, what is a Sustainable UMP?

18 PIC 3-4-5

19 How shall we consider, in terms of mobility planning, historical city centers and UNESCO sites as: real cities with real inhabitants, preserving both cultural heritage AND touristic vocation without upsetting real liveable everyday life?

20 Through the identification of SUMP guidelines tailored to the specific and balanced needs of end-users of an integrated and sustainable mobility system for historical city centers will be possible to: 1. minimize the impact of mobility initiatives on the urban structure; 1. improve both commuting/logistics and the sustainability of tourism-related mobility with integrated and multimodal solutions;

21 A basis for: 1. the revitalisation of the demographic composition and consequently 2. of the economic diversification PIC 6-7

22 To provide a tailored methodology for historic city centres - even those characterized by a peculiar fragility and complexity like the UNESCO sites - could represent a consistent enhancement for the SUMP process: Shifting the Urban Sustainable Mobility paradigm: from the standard to an harmonized and flexible version

23 From the individual target improving quality of life to the collective target of local communities From the sectorial perspective of urban mobility to a wide vision of urban regeneration and revitalization Form sprawling urban areas at the mercy of mass tourism to joint communities of neighbourhoods From the request of urban accessibility to the opportunity of social innovation

24 Finally

25 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Pier Paolo Pentucci, Ph.D. Research Facilitator Cà Foscari University of Venice

26 References and Photo Credits: Picture nr. 1 on TOURISM-REVIEW.COM bothering-locals-news5172 Picture nr. 2 on: Photo Getty Imgaes Picture nr 3 on: Picture nr.4 on: Picture nr. 5 on: Picture nr. 6 on: Picture nr. 7 on: www. veneziavive.me Table nr. 1 venipedia.org : Table nr. 2 venipedia.org : Population_Prediction.jpg