MOBILITY PLAN FOR BERGAMO

THE MOBILITY PLAN FOR BERGAMO HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN SEVERAL CLOSELY INTERCONNECTED WORK PHASES. FIRST OF ALL, DURING THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD 1991-93 AN EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN OF INVESTIGATION INTO TRAFFIC, PARKING, POLLUTION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WAS EMBARKED UPON IN ORDER TO DETERMINE AN EXTREMELY DETAILED COGNITIVE SUMMARY. THEN A SERIES OF CO-ORDINATED PROPOSALS WAS DETERMINED WHICH WERE FINALISED. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VARIOUS SIMULATION MODELS THE PREDICTABLE VARIATIONS IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT LOADS, FLOWS OF TRAFFIC AND ACOUSTIC AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION WERE QUANTIFIED AND THE EFFECTS ON THE SYSTEM OF PARKING IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND ROADS OF THE CITY WERE ASSESSED. THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAN HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE UFFICIO MOBILITA' E TRAFFICO DEL COMUNE DI BERGAMO, WITH THE TECHNICIANS CHARGED WITH PRE-ARRANGING THE NEW REGULATORY PLAN (PRG), WITH THE UFFICIO VIABILITA' E TRASPORTI DELLA PROVINCIA AND WITH ATB (THE TRANSPORT COMPANY). THE TRAFFIC STUDY CENTRE HAS TRANSFERRED MODELS AND DATABANKS TO BERGAMO WHICH WILL BE TO ABLE TO BE DIRECTLY UTILISED BY THE UFFICIO MOBILITA' E TRAFFICO IN ORDER TO PUT INTO PRACTICE AND RUN THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PLAN.