Focus on decarbonising urban transport
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti has hosted the seventh national conference on sharing mobility, during which the latest National Report was unveiled, revealing the growth figures of this sector in our country. In 2022, over 43 million journeys were made using bike, scooter and e-scooter sharing services. The average rental time increased and accidents fell.
The choice to hold the event “LESSCARS: decarbonization of urban mobility”, run by the Italian National Observatory of Sharing Mobility and backed by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport], the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security and the Foundation for Sustainable Development, reflects CDP's dedication to promoting sustainable and shared travel.
Andrea Montanino, CDP's Head of Sector Strategies and Impact, opened the proceedings. He emphasised CDP's role in improving and redeveloping over 400 km of roads and local public transport routes in 2022. He also mentioned CDP's advisory services for local authorities, provided for 24 public transport projects under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, worth a total of €3.7 billion in funding.
Simona Camerano, Head of Economic Scenarios and Sector Strategies at CDP, gave a detailed talk on sustainable and shared urban mobility and decarbonisation, emphasising the close tie between sustainable and shared mobility, in particular in the form of “collective transport”. Camerano highlighted that Italy's sustainable mobility rate is 40% lower than the average of the main EU countries, resulting in a motorisation rate (cars per thousand inhabitants) of 67% – higher than the European average of 52%. In response to these figures, CDP took various actions between 2022 and 2023, including improving the sustainability of Emilia-Romagna's public transport company TPER's vehicles. CDP also gave loans to Duferco Energia S.p.A to expand the national network of ultra-fast charging stations for electric cars and to the town of Alba Adriatica to upgrade and modernise the city's seafront cycle and pedestrian path. For more details click here.
CDP is also dedicated to encouraging its own people to choose sustainable mobility. Among the plans put forward by Alberto Di Lernia, CDP's Head of Safety, Health and Environment & Mobility Manager are setting up charging points, making parking spaces for bikes and e-scooters, and offering loans for buying eco-friendly vehicles.