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Urban mobility challenges from use cases and how they can be addressed by Disruptive Technologies - Part 5/5 - Conclusions

Giuseppe Ciulla

15/06/2021 07:53   25 comments

Despite their specific peculiarities such as organisational approaches, problems faced and mobility needs to be satisfied, the cities of Amsterdam, Bilbao Helsinki and Messina have some commonalities in terms of potential application of disruptive technologies that can help their respective decision-makers.

The main aspect that emerged is related to the need of data, as a vital element to perform any activity; in this sense, it is important to underline that here the need is related to the easiness of accessing the data, that many times is scattered, or represented using a different data struct...
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Urban mobility challenges from use cases and how they can be addressed by Disruptive Technologies - Part 4/5 - Messina

Giuseppe Ciulla

15/06/2021 07:50   4 comments

Now, we head for our final stop; through the "Scandinavian - Mediterranean" corridor we cross Europe from north to south and arrive in the City of Messina. The metropolitan area of Messina is one of the most extended areas of the south of Italy and the first in Sicily and counts over 620.000 citizens. The city counts over 250.000 citizens and most of them are commuters between Sicily and Calabria regions.

Geographical peculiarities (the geographical shape of the city of Messina is stretched for 32 km beside the Tyrrhenian Sea, and tight between its hills and the sea) and its role of main connec...
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Urban mobility challenges from use cases and how they can be addressed by Disruptive Technologies - Part 3/5 - Helsinki

Giuseppe Ciulla

15/06/2021 07:47   13 comments

The third stop of our journey is Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Helsinki is a continuously evolving and developing city. In this sense a particular example is represented by the Jätkäsaari area. The shore area of Jätkäsaari, literally meaning “Dockers’ Island”, was previously used for industrial and harbour purposes; now it has gradually transformed into a residential area offering workplaces and services. At the same time, Jätkäsaari is also a growing passenger and transport harbour due to its location (right adjacent to the centre of Helsinki). The harbour is the main connection bet...
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Urban mobility challenges from use cases and how they can be addressed by Disruptive Technologies - Part 2/5 - Bilbao

Giuseppe Ciulla

15/06/2021 07:45   1 comment

Now, we head for our second stop; going through the "North Sea - Mediterranean" and the "Atlantic" corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network we move in the north of Spain, in the city of Bilbao.

With an area of 41,60 km2 and around 355,000 inhabitants, Bilbao is the heart of a metropolitan area that extends along the estuary of the Nervión River with a population close to 1 million. In the last 25 years, Bilbao has suffered an important urban transformation from an industrial economy to a city based on a service economy. This has helped to balance the city and provide a friendly enviro...
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