Pdays – Mobility and Parking 2024 in Florence took place in recent days, an event which has reached its fourth edition and which aims to spark discussion and promote the parking and urban mobility sector at a national and international level . A macro-theme very important nowadays, especially in relation to the many challenges that Italian cities and beyond are having to face: urban congestion, pollution, accessibility and social inclusion are only some of these.
Parking alert in Italy
Speaking of mobility and more specifically parking, the research was presented precisely within the framework of the event of the AIPARK OBSERVATORY relating to Italy. One fact attracts attention more than all the others: even taking into account that our country is at the top of the European ranking in terms of number of cars, which are 690 per 1,000 inhabitants compared to an EU average of 560, it emerged that a significant part of the urban traffic, about 30%, is generated by vehicles looking for parking. This is because if in the EU the average parking search time is 15 minutes a day, in our country it rises to more than double.
670,000 parking spaces are missing
The reason? They are actually different, although one prevails over the others: the lack of parking spaces. In fact, to correct this imbalance the AIPARK OBSERVATORY has calculated that it would be necessary to add further 670,000 places on the street or in structures to those already existing, corresponding in fact to an uninterrupted row of cars 3,000 km long, the same distance between Rome and Moscow. What does this mean in concrete terms? If we take the Italian capital as an example, we realize that there are over 200,000 parking spaces missing, considering that today we have one parking stall for every 39 residents.
What is the solution?
“The solution to the emergency is therefore an integrated urban mobility policy that sees rest areas (on the road and in structures), and the services connected to them, such as key tools from which to start again to reduce congestion, plan urban redevelopment, encourage the use of alternative forms of transport, reduce pollution – explained Laurence A. Bannerman, AIPARK General Secretary – In this regard, digital innovation today allows new configurations of parking infrastructures in Urban Hubs, making them smarter, more convenient, efficient and adaptable to the needs of users and cities in order to manage mobility in a multimodal way for people (to complete their mobility experience) and things”.
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