The new two-year cycle of activities for Bergamo 2.035 is underway. Analysis of transport models and experiences to reconcile economic development, quality of life, and environmental protection.
Bergamo, November 25, 2015 – Is Bergamo ready to welcome the driverless cars of the future? One of the most pressing topics in contemporary urban contexts, urban mobility, is the project area that will be the focus of the upcoming two-year period of REAL Cities – Bergamo 2.035 | Smarter Citizens, the multi-year research project promoted by the University of Bergamo and Fondazione Pesenti, in partnership with the Municipality of Bergamo.
With the start of the new academic year (2015–2016), Bergamo 2.035 aims to focus on the evolution of personal mobility and logistics in relation to urban development. At the heart of the project is the need to envision new scenarios in which new solutions—technological and otherwise—can translate into sustainable improvements aligned with the needs of stakeholders and citizens.
In particular, the research will address how the built environment and its infrastructures can integrate emerging technologies and trends that reflect the evolution of mobility and logistics models and systems, and how users will adapt to—and in some cases lead—these changes. With a focus on the city of Bergamo, the research aims to investigate the complex interaction between people’s behaviors and needs, and new modes of transportation in built and constantly evolving environments, opening up unexpected design and development opportunities, as well as stimulating new inputs for innovative urban development at various levels. In this context, Bergamo presents itself as a model and an ideal “prototype” for testing interventions that could potentially be replicated in other medium-sized cities in Europe and in similar contexts.
“Urban Mobility and Analysis” is one of the six thematic areas addressed by REAL Cities – Bergamo 2.035 | Smarter Citizens, the research program of the University of Bergamo , which benefits from the scientific collaboration of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the support of Fondazione Pesenti.
1 Comunicato stampa Bergamo 2.035 2 Scheda Urban Mobility 3 Scheda Bergamo 2.035 4 Scheda Fondazione 5 Report attività Bergamo 2.035 | 2015 www.bergamo2035.it Cartella Stampa
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