Factsheet for measure
IT-2017-31/3307
– measures in Italy
Urban plans for sustainable mobility (PUMS)
Piani urbani per la mobilità sostenibile (PUMS)
Background information
The PUMS is a strategic urban plan aiming to sustainable urban mobility and to improve the quality of urban life. It integrates existing planning tools with the principles of integration, participation, and evaluation. Its core mission is to address the current and future mobility needs of both people and goods, aiming to enhance the quality of life in cities and their surroundings.
On the legal front, the European Commission's ELTIS guidelines from 2014, updated in 2019, provide foundational directives for PUMS. Additionally, Italy's Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport issued decrees in 2017 and 2019, setting PUMS guidelines and making their adoption essential for municipalities with over 100,000 residents.
Content of measure
The PUMS covers all modes and forms of transport within an urban agglomeration, whether they're public or private, for passengers or goods, motorized or not, and including circulation and parking. Municipal administrations should view the PUMS not as an additional plan but as an extension of existing ones. This perspective is aligned with the guidelines set out by the European Commission's ELTIS in 2014 and its update in 2019. These guidelines emphasize creating an urban transport system that prioritizes accessibility for all, environmental quality, safety, and economic feasibility. In essence, PUMS is designed to improve urban environmental performance, ensuring a healthier living environment, balanced with economic and social sustainability. The ultimate vision is a mobility system that grants everyone the right to move without imposing undue environmental or societal burdens.
Use of measure
The MobilitAria Report 2021 analysed the PUMS (Urban Sustainable Mobility Plan) approved by 22 medium-sized Italian cities, excluding the 14 major cities. These 22 cities include Agrigento, Arezzo and Brescia, for instance. Particularly noteworthy are the PUMS shared between the municipalities of the Ceramic District and between Terni and Narni. Among the ones considered by the report, cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, such as Brescia and Modena, were required to develop a PUMS, while others with fewer inhabitants, like Agrigento and Arezzo, chose to adopt it without obligation. Emilia-Romagna leads with six approved PUMS. These plans highlight the importance of sustainable mobility even for medium-sized cities. Most of the PUMS underwent a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), but some regions exempted certain cities from this requirement. Citizen participation was encouraged in the creation of the PUMS, with methods ranging from workshops to public meetings and online platforms.
The subsequent Mobilitaria 2024 report further emphasises the crucial role of PUMS as the primary instrument for sustainable mobility planning in Italian cities. The report introduces the Urban Sustainable Mobility Observatory, an online platform that monitors cities' progress towards more sustainable mobility using PUMS data. The analysis employs the DPSIR model (Driving forces, Pressures, State, Impacts, Responses) to assess mobility policy effectiveness and identify necessary interventions.
Bologna's "Città 30" project serves as a practical example of PUMS implementation, featuring speed limit reductions and urban space redesign based on local mobility plans. However, the report also identifies significant challenges, including funding shortages at both national and local levels, and implementation difficulties due to project complexity and stakeholder coordination.
Target groups
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Workers
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Businesses
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Citizens
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Does not apply to workers
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Does not apply to businesses
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Applies to all citizens
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Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
Local / regional government
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Local funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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No involvement as case not in social partner domain
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
No involvement.
Views and reactions
No data about views/reactions.
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