For days there has been a lot of talk about mobility sustainable. COVID-19 has put before the eyes of the Italian government and Italians, the need to to rethink mobility. It is an example is the bonus for mobility sustainable that will give the possibility Many people want to buy an electric bike or other vehicle for micro-mobility. electric.
To date it is not It is possible to consult the full text in the Official Journal but it seems that there are new developments. also for the figure of the Mobility Manager as companies and public bodies with 100 employees will have to equip themselves with this professional figure; previously the minimum ceiling was 300 employees.
I would like to focus precisely on this very important professional figure. The Mobility Manager is a figure foreseen since 1998 but, in my opinion, without any concrete weight. What happens to the company or public body that does not fulfill the mandatory requirement? of the Home-Work Travel Plan under the responsibility of the Mobility Manager? Nothing. I'm not saying that fines are necessary but a reward system you could put it on. The company that hires a Mobility Manager has a tax bonus of a certain percentage and if the Home-Work Commuting Plan is effective over time, the bonus can increase. Same thing, but with rewards different, it can apply to public bodies that could benefit more funds for activities management of the institution; we know well that public bodies often have very little money.
Cycle paths deserve a separate discussion. Most of the urban streets of Italian municipalities are narrow, this is because it is in many municipalities it is the urban impact given by civilization is still present rural, not to mention the ancient villages. There are areas where building cycle paths in accordance with the law is almost impossible. But there is a solution; and it is a ready-to-use solution: the zone 30! The problem is which do not exist at a regulatory level and since they do not exist, 30 urban areas are often passed off as zones in which the "Zone 30" sign is placed.
The establishment of cycle paths in accordance with the law or 30 zones, where it is not possible to establish the former, could be encouraged with a reward system. We could consider the km of municipal roads and compare it to the km of roads made safe for mobility purposes. cycle path. As the percentage in favor of mobility increases cycle path increases the bonus is paid to the Municipalities in the form of funds for the management of public res. This is as far as cycling is concerned. inter-municipal, for the intra-municipal one a similar discussion could be made by establishing cycle paths on the major arteries connecting municipalities. Cycling highways could be established on infrastructures such as disused railway lines or sections of the aqueduct network such as that of the branch of the Serino aqueduct which I documented in the following video.
Unfortunately, currently in Italy mobility is structured sustainability is left to good will of a few enlightened people who, with patience and perseverance, achieve the objectives they have set themselves not for personal good but for the good of the community. If it is not associated with very laudable initiatives, such as the mobility bonus, with concrete programmatic actions, we always risk finding ourselves with the match in our hands as is the case. success with the Scuola Mobility Manager.