THE EUROPEAN CIVITAS PORTIS NETWORK

Aberdeen

Klaipeda

Antwerp

Trieste Constanta

CIVITAS PORTIS involves 33 partners from 6 cities working together on sustainable mobility in terms of commuter’s traffic as well as transport and logistics.

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Giulio Bernetti Municipality of CIVITAS PORTIS CONTACT Piazza Unità d‘Italia, 4 34121 Trieste () INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE [email protected] URBAN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS FOR TRIESTE

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE

The CIVITAS Initiative The CIVITAS Initiative is co-financed by the is co-financed by the European Union CIVITAS PORTIS CITY OF TRIESTE MEASURES PLANNED IN TRIESTE INNOVATIVE AND AND ITS LIVING LAB WITHIN CIVITAS PORTIS SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY SOLUTIONS IN 5 EUROPEAN PORT CITIES Trieste is situated in a narrow strip of the In Trieste several measures will be implemented • an integrated park management system Italian territory lying between the within CIVITAS PORTIS in order to improve • controlling and regulating urban and ports and Slovenia, at the intersection of maritime sustainable urban mobility: access routes and on a TEN-T network. Trieste’s In September 2016 Antwerp was host to the • coordinating freight movements urban territory lies at the foot of an imposing • an integrated “City - Old & New Port” SUMP CIVITAS PORTIS kick-off meeting. The project escarpment that comes down from the Karst • a transport information platform involves 33 partners from 6 cities working Plateau towards the sea. together in the coming 4 years on sustainable • a multi-governance technical office mobility in terms of commuter’s traffic as well as It is a crossroad of cultures, religions and • solutions for soft-mobility transport and logistics. peoples and its port is an international hub for • testing of a hybrid and innovative public TRIESTE IS ONE OF 5 EUROPEAN flows of land and sea trade. The city also transport system CITIES WITHIN CIVITAS Five living labs are implementing mobility welcomes international high tonnage cruise • sustainable mobility to cruising tourists PORTIS BRINGING URBAN measures, supporting their multifunctional role ships into the heart of the historical centre. of cities, ports and gateways to inland areas. • an electric fleet for the city administration MOBILITY TO A HIGHER LEVEL PORTIS aims to show that sustainable mobility The recent acquisition of the Old Port, the can increase functional and social cohesion original and ancient port area close to the between city centres and ports, while pushing railway station and to the city centre, has the economy forward and boosting the allure of totally changed the city framework; therefore modern urban environments. it is paramount for the City of Trieste to trans- form the Old Port into a fully integrated area With European support, these cities will work within the overall urban mobility strategy, also together on good, innovative and sustainable in connection with the New Port, where the solutions to improve access to their cities and most modern infrastructure is located and the ports. In addition to these five European port largest ships are harboured. cities, another international port city is involved: Ningbo, by the East China Sea.

The CIVITAS PORTIS project is coordinated by the City of Antwerp and ends in August 2020.

LOCAL PARTNERSHIP OF TRIESTE AREA Science Park Aberdeen [email protected] www.areasciencepark.it Klaipeda Municipality of Trieste [email protected] Trieste Trasporti www.retecivica.trieste.it [email protected] Antwerp Port System Authority of the Eastern www.triestetrasporti.it Adriatic Sea - Port of Trieste [email protected] [email protected] Constanta Trieste www.porto.trieste.it www.units.it

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