Municipality of Asti iMpronta

Mobility Management for Business and Industrial Zones (MoMa.BIZ) (Contract N°: EIE/09/810/SI2.558287)

Task D2.b Study of the Industrial Zone (BIZ) of Corso Alessandria in Asti,

09.12.2011

WP Leader: Puy DOMINGUEZ Ente Regional de la Energía de Castilla y León (EREN) [email protected] Tel: +34 987 849393

Coordinator: Valentina CERIGO Provincia di Asti [email protected] Tel: + 39 0141 433 315

Del contenuto è responsabile il solo autore e non rappresenta necessariamente l’opinione della Comunità Europea. La Commissione Europea non è responsabile dell’uso che possa essere fatto delle informazioni contenuti in questo documento. .

Index 1 Introduction ...... 3 2 General BIZ Information ...... 4 3 BIZ Management Structure ...... 5 4 Security ...... 6 5 Services ...... 8 6 Influence of nearby BIZ ...... 8 7 Accessibility ...... 8 8 Behaviour Information ...... 16 9 Annex I: Road Accidents ...... 17 10 Annex II: Urban and Sub-urban Public Transport ...... 18

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1 Introduction

The industrial zone (BIZ) of corso Alessandria is characterised by the presence of a high number of medium-small companies and only few companies with more than 200 employees. The BIZ includes productive activities as well as commercial and directional.

The industrial zone was selected in 1974 with the approval of the first town planning scheme.

At the time the urban development department identified vast areas to be dedicated to industrial development outside the perimeter of the residential area and along the main roads of access to the city. The area of corso Alessandria had exactly these characteristics, situated just outside the town of Asti, along the national road that connects Asti with Alessandria (SS10) and with the motorway Torino- Brescia (A21). Today, the entrance/exit of the motorway A21 is at the centre of the BIZ.

As a result the BIZ is characterised by different types of traffic: • home-work trips of the employees working in the BIZ; • trips of the clients of the companies present at the BIZ; • continuous traffic of vehicles (both cars and heavy vehicles) going to and leaving the town of Asti (due to the presence of the SS10 and A21).

The boundaries of the industrial zone are presented in map 1.

For the scope of this project total area of the BIZ has been divided in 4 zones based on their use and the presence of physical obstacles. The aim of this zoning is to facilitate the study of the BIZ and the identification of the possible mobility solutions.

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Map 1: Zoning of the BIZ of Asti

2 General BIZ Information

Name of the BIZ: Industrial Zone of Corso Alessandria, Asti

Surface of the BIZ in km 2: The total surface of the industrial zone (including the shopping centre “Il Borgo” ) is 2,96km 2.

Zone Cod e Area in km 2 Core zone Z1 1,35 Zone of future development Z2 1,06 Adjacent industrial zone Z3 0,26 Shopping centre “Il Borgo” Z4 0,29 Total surface -- 2,96

The different zones are presented in map 1 above.

The MoMa.BIZ project is focusing on the zones Z1 and Z3 where the majority of the companies are situated.

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Number of companies present in the zones Z1 and Z3: According to the data of the Chamber of Commerce there are 189 companies located in zone Z1 and 92 in zone Z3 (a total of 281 companies).

Number of people employed in the zones Z1 and Z3: In zone Z1 there are 2105 employees and 511 in zone Z3 (a total of 2616 employees).

Number of visitors/clients: Due to the nature of the industrial zone it is not possible to estimate the number of people, non employees, that visit or travel through the BIZ of Asti every day.

Number of empty buildings: In the BIZ of Asti there are some empty buildings, previously occupied by companies that are not operating anymore. It is not possible to know the number the empty buildings in the BIZ as they are privately owned and there isn’t any detailed list of them.

3 BIZ Management Structure

The BIZ of Asti does not have an organisation of any type in charge of its management and promotion, that could also represent the companies located in it. Therefore, the Municipality of Asti is currently the only body with decisional, organisational and executive power for the development, maintenance and management of the BIZ.

The Municipality of Asti has decided over the extension of the industrial zone of Asti. In particular, it has constructed a number of new buildings situated in zone Z2 that are currently under sale to companies and commercial activities in general that wish to be situated in the area.

Responsibilities

i. Public Transport The existing public transport service at the BIZ of Asti is made up of an urban line which is part of the local public transport of Asti organized and financed by the local authorities, namely Region of and Municipality of Asti, and six suburban lines, organized and financed by the Province of Asti.

The urban public transport service is run by the company Asti Servizi Pubblici SpA (ASP SpA), whereas the suburban lines that cross the BIZ are managed by Aziende Riunite Filovie e Autolinee (ARFEA) and AVIOBUS.

ii. Maintenance The Municipality of Asti is the local authority responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads and pavements, as well as the general maintenance of the public areas (i.e. green areas).

The waste collection service, including the collection of fly-tipping, is managed by the company ASP SpA, the same company that runs the public transport service.

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iii. Other A company wishing to establish its offices in the BIZ of Asti will have to contact the Municipality of Asti and more specifically the office for the productive activities (Sportello Unico per le Attività Produttive), in order to obtain all the relevant authorisations, from town planning to environmental permits.

4 Security

As it was mention earlier, the BIZ of Asti was developed along one of the main roads of access to the city, corso Alessandria (SS10), and today the entrance/exit of the motorway A21 is situated right at its centre. Therefore, the access to the BIZ is not controlled and there are not physical barriers (i.e. walls, fences) that define its boundaries and limit the access to it.

The public security in the BIZ is mainly guaranteed by the local Police that carries out frequent patrols in the area. In addition, some of the companies in the industrial zone have organised for extra surveillance of their premises through private security companies, and/or have installed security cameras.

The public lighting of the BIZ is considered sufficient and is the responsibility of the Municipality of Asti.

One of the main security problems declared by the local business owners and workers is the presence of a gypsy camp on via Guerra.

Road safety is another big problem of the BIZ of Asti. Although the safety in the smaller streets is rather good, the main roads of the BIZ, corso Alessandria and via Guido Maggiora, are rather dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. More specifically, these two roads are characterised by continuous traffic of cars and heavy vehicles and at the same time they lack pavements, bike lanes and traffic lights that could permit a safe crossing of the road.

The following Graph indicates the total number of road accidents per year in the BIZ of Asti.

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Graph 1. Number of accidents per year in the BIZ of Asti

As it can be seen in Graph 2 the majority of the road accidents in the BIZ occur on corso Alessandria. The other two roads where road accidents happen every year are via Guido Maggiora and via del Lavoro.

Graph 2 . Nr of accidents per year devided by street

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A detailed list of road accidents in the BIZ of Asti from 2002 to 2009 is present in Annex I.

5 Services

The companies based in the BIZ of Asti have individual contracts with the electricity, water and internet service providers. Any new company located at the BIZ would also have to individually request these services by the appropriate service provider.

In the BIZ there are some commercial activities offering useful services to the workers and visitors of the area. These commercial activities are listed in the table below.

Commercial activity Address Quantity Bar/Restaurant Via di Lavoro 1 Corso Alessandria 2 Bank Corso Alessandria 1 Petrol station Corso Alessandria 3 Carwash Strada Valcossera 1 Food store Corso Alessandria 1 Tobacconist Corso Alessandria 1 Shopping centre “Il Borgo” Corso Casale 319 1

6 Influence of nearby BIZ

There are no other nearby BIZ that could influence the traffic of the BIZ of Asti.

7 Accessibility

7.1 Private cars The most common mode of transport used for reaching the BIZ of Asti is the private car. The reason behind this choice could be attribute to a number of reasons:

a. The location of the BIZ along one of the main roads of access to Asti and with the A21 motorway exit right in its centre makes it easily accessible by car from any location outside Asti. b. There is plenty of free parking space. c. The presence of only one bus line that connects the BIZ of Asti with the city centre in a non efficient way.

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d. The fact that the suburban lines that connect the BIZ with towns and villages around Asti are characterised by a very low frequency. e. The lack of pavements, bike lanes and traffic light that enable the safe crossing of the road on corso Alessandria.

The road traffic at the BIZ of Asti is very intense throughout the day. The presence of the SS10 (corso Alessandria) and the entrance/exit of the motorway A21 right in the middle of the BIZ results in a continuous flow of cars and heavy vehicles right in the middle of the BIZ that simply cross it in order to get or leave Asti. To this traffic then it is added the flow of cars of the workers and visitors of the companies located in the zone.

7.2 Parking There is no parking plan at the BIZ of Asti. All the companies of the BIZ have their own parking area in their premises, while there is additional roadside parking space free of charge.

Each company can decide how to manage the parking space on their premises, i.e. destined to workers, clients, etc, and it appears that there aren’t any problems related to the lack of parking, with the exception of the few medium-big companies of the BIZ. They are currently facing problems related to the parking of their workers as the space available in their premises is not enough. This is solved with the workers parking roadside and in some cases at the premises of adjacent companies without apparent problems.

7.3 Cycling There is a bike lane in Asti starting at the city centre and arriving just before the beginning of the BIZ at the crossing of corso Alessandria with Viale Pilone (see map 2). However, as it was mentioned earlier, the traffic of corso Alessandria and via Guido Maggiora and the lack of infrastructures for cyclists renders cycling very dangerous in the BIZ.

Finally there are no bike racks present at any of the companies or the BIZ in general.

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Map 2: Bike lane and bus stops present in the BIZ of Asti

7.4 Public Transport As the project MoMa.BIZ in Asti is focusing on the zones Z1 and Z3, the public transport analysis will focus on those two zones as well.

The public transport service, urban and suburban, at the BIZ of Asti is only present at zone Z1, whereas in zone Z3 there are is no public transport service.

a. Urban Public Transport There is only one urban bus line (line 3) that connects the town centre of Asti with the BIZ (see Annex II for the timetable and bus route). There are three bus stops of the line within zone Z1 of the BIZ, and one in zone Z2, which is the end of the line. Map 2 represents the bus stops present in the BIZ of Asti.

The first two stops in zone Z1 are located in the vicinity of two of the biggest companies in the BIZ. This choice was made on purpose in order to satisfy the needs of their workers that together represent around 71% of the workers in Z1.

The bus service of line 3 starts at 6:25 from the area Cavona and arrives at the BIZ at 7:01, whereas the last bus of the day leaves at 20:05 from the BIZ. The frequency of the service is considered medium and varies from 16 to 25 minutes (for further information see timetable in Annex II).

It would appear that Z1 is well connected to the city centre of Asti, however, this is not the case. The aspect that renders inefficient line 3 is its extensive route from the train station of Asti to the BIZ resulting in the bus trip to last double the time (15 minutes instead of 7) than it would if it connected directly the train station with the BIZ (see Annex II for route map). The choice of this bus route was made in order to

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connect a bigger area of Asti with its town centre. Someone may consider that 15 minutes is a reasonable time for a bus trip, however, it appears to be an important factor that discourages the workers from using public transport for their home to work trip.

The cost of the urban ticket is 1€ and there are various types of passes with very low prices, for example the monthly pass for an adult costs 13€. It is not possible to buy the tickets on board but there are several reselling points in the town (see Annex II).

As it was mentioned above, zone Z3 is not served by public transport. Considering the distance from corso Alessandria and the lack of pavements along the street Guido Maggiora, it is not convenient or safe for the workers in this area to use the bus line 3.

b. Suburban Public Transport There are six suburban public transport lines that connect the BIZ of Asti with various towns and villages of the province of Asti (see Annex II for further details): - Altavilla – Asti (048/10) - Grana – Asti (048/10) - Asti – Migliandolo – Asti (048/20) - Asti – – (053) - – Rafrancore – Asti (051) - Asti – –

The following table lists the towns and villages served by the abovementioned bus lines, together with the trip duration, whereas map 4 illustrates their routes.

Suburban Public Transport Altavilla – Asti (048/10)** Grana – Asti (048/10)** Towns and Bus Trip Duration* Towns and Villages Bus Trip Duration* Villages Served Served Altavilla Moretta 31min Altavilla Moretta 44min Montemagno 21min Montemagno 34min Castagnole 16min Grana 30min Valle Stornata 11min Scurzoleng o 20min Valenzani 8min 12min Sant’ Antonio 7min Cappelletta 8min Quarto d’Asti 6min Castiglione 6min Valterza 2min Asti – Migliandolo – Asti (048/20 )** Asti – Quattordio – Felizzano (053) Towns and Bu s Trip Duration* Towns and Villages Bus Trip Duration* Villages Served Served Cornapò 26min Felizzano 28min Migliandolo 19min Quattordio 22min Valle Stornata 11min Castello d’Annone 15min Valenzani 8min Valterza 8min Valterza 2min Quarto d'Asti 6min Sant'Antonio 7min Valenzani 12min

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Viarigi – Rafrancore – Asti (051) Asti – Rocchetta Tanaro – Masio Towns and Bus Trip Duration* Towns and Villages Bus Trip Duration* Villages Served Served Viarigi 40min Masio 60min Accorneri 35min San Martino 55min Arrobio/Calcini 30min 50min 25min Mogliotti 45min Barcara/Bonina 20min Rocchetta Tanaro 35min Valenzani 15min Cerro 25min Castel d'Annone 20min Quarto Bivio 10min * Trip duration for reaching the BIZ of Asti ** The duration of the bus trips may vary depending on the bus journey

The frequency of the suburban lines is very low and limited in few journeys per day, concentrated mainly in the morning hours (from 7 till 8) and in the afternoon (around 17:00). The entire timetable is available in Annex II.

Tickets are available on board and their price vary from 1,40€ to 2€ based on the distance covered. Monthly and three month passes are also available (see Annex II).

All six suburban lines carry out two stops in the BIZ of Asti, which are common with the bus line 3, and then continue to the city centre. Map 3 illustrates all the bus stops present in the BIZ of Asti distinguishing the ones shared between the suburban and urban lines and the ones carried out only by line 3.

Legend Green : Urban and suburban bus stop Blue: Urban bus stop

Map 3. Bus stops present at the BIZ of Asti

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Map 4. Suburban Public Transport Service

c. Bus Stops As it was mention earlier there are four bus stops in the BIZ of Asti present in both direction of corso Alessandria. These are:

1. GATE 2. Bivio Cauda/FACIT 3. Bivio Castiglione 4. AGIP – end of bus line 3

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The bus stops present at the BIZ, with the exception of Bivio Castiglione, are very simple, defined with just a pole. All of them provide information of the timetable of line 3 in a clear way. The bus stop Bivio Castiglione is the only one with information regarding the suburban public transport service. Unfortunately the information is presented in a rather complex way not clear for the user.

The bus stop Bivio Cauda/FACIT does not provide any kind of information regarding the suburban bus lines despite that all six of them stop at it.

The Bus Stops at the BIZ of Asti Direction towards Asti Direction out of Asti 1. Gate

2. Bivio Cauda/FACIT

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3. Bivio Castiglione

4. AGIP – end of bus line 3 (just one stop for both directions)

7.5 Trains The closest train station to the BIZ is the one of Asti located at piazza Guglielmo Marconi in the city centre.

Asti is well connected with a number of towns via train and, probably, if there was a direct bus line from the train station to the BIZ of Asti a number of workers that live out of Asti would use this mode of transport instead of the private car.

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7.6 Car Sharing At present the city of Asti does not have a car sharing service.

8 Behaviour Information

Through the face to face meetings with companies and workers present in the BIZ, carried out in the months of October and November 2010 and 2011, confirm the initial impression that the majority of the workers use the private car for their home to work trips.

A further and more detailed analysis of the mobility behaviour of the workers in the BIZ is going to be provided with the analysis of the home-work mobility survey at the end of December 2011.

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9 Annex I: Road Accidents

Road/Street (core BIZ zone) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Via del Lavoro 5 5 4 8 7 4 1 2 Via Laveroni 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Strada Bosia Vincenzo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Via Maggiora G. 5 4 5 7 7 7 3 1 Strada Cascina Cauda 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Via Guerra 3 1 3 0 4 2 0 3 Strada Valcossera 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 C.so Alessandria (da n. 365 a n. 40 40 29 40 25 21 33 36 600 oppure da Km 60 a 64) Total 55 52 42 55 47 35 41 45 Road/Street (remaining BIZ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 zone) Via Caboto 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 via Colombo 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Via Pigafetta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Via Vespucci 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Via Marco Polo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Via Buronzo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Via Don Sturzo 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Via Bottego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Via Nobile Umberto 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE BIZ 55 52 42 55 48 38 43 45

10 Annex II: Urban and Sub-urban Public Transport 12.1 Public Transport Map 1

BIZ of Asti

1 Source: Website of ASP: http://www.asp.asti.it/servizi/trasporti/planimetria.html , date: 09/12/11

12.2 Timetable for the urban bus line 3 2

2 Source: Website of ASP http://www.asp.asti.it/servizi/trasporti/linee.html, date: 28/11/11

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12.3 Ticket cost and of the urban public transport (including line 3)3

Tickets (effective since 11 February 2008) Urban Public Transport Tickets Cost in € On sale at Pass issues by Notes

Simple one-way ticket – valid for 1 hour 1.00 Resale point - 1

Multiple ticket - 10 one-way tickets valid for an 8.00 Resale point - 1 hour

Day pass + parking 4.50 Resale point - C

Monthly pass "A TUTTO BUS " 13.00 Resale point - 2 - A

Monthly pass for students 10.00 Resale point C.R.A. (*) 3-A

Yearly pass for students 95.00 C.R.A. C.R.A. (*) 4

Monthly pass for citizens over 65 and low 7.00 A.S.P. SpA C.R.A. (*) A - D income

Yearly pass for citizens over 65 and low 84.00 C.R.A. C.R.A. (*) 5 income

Yearly pass for disabled people with disability 0 C.R.A. C.R.A. (*) 5 higher than 67% and low income Note s Description (*) Costo aggiuntivo tessera di Euro 2.00 1 Hanno validità 60 minuti

2 Non necessita nessuna tessera però occorrerà riportare su di essi il numero del proprio documento di riconoscimento (carta d'identità, patente, ecc.)

3 Questi tagliandi devono essere accompagnati alla tessera emessa dalla C.R.Asti e devono riportare il numero della medesima. In caso contrario verranno applicate le sanzioni di legge. 4 Gli abbonamenti studenti sono validi da settembre a giugno dell'anno successivo 5 Gli abbonamenti per ultra65 anni ed invalidi sono validi dal 1/1 al 31/12 dell'anno di riferimento. A I tagliandi mensili hanno validità dal 1^ giorno all'ultimo giorno del mese (ad es. 1-31) B I tagliandi settimanali hanno validità dal lunedì alla domenica della settimana in cui avviene la prima ed unica timbratura di convalida.

C Occorre timbrare una sola volta il biglietto al momento della prima corsa effettuata D Gli abbonamenti bus P3, gli apparecchi "Europark", le tessere ricarica sono disponibili presso l'Uff. Abbonamenti di C.so Don Minzoni 86- Asti - Tel. 0141-434670 I moduli per gli abbonamenti bus sono reperibili presso l'Uff. Informazioni di V.Artom (coincidente con passo carraio) 1^ piano, Asti - Tel. 0141-434711

3 Source: Website of ASP: http://www.asp.asti.it/sportello/trasporti/busabbo.html , date: 28/11/11

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12.4 Timetable of Suburban Public Transport Lines

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FER5-A Feriale dal Lunedì al Venerdì Annuale, escluso Agosto escluso sabato non si effettua dal 02/08/2010 al 29/08/2010

Legenda Frequenze FER6 Feriale dal Lunedì al Sabato Annuale FER5SC Feriale dal Lunedì al Venerdì Invernale, periodo scolastico escluso sabato non si effettua dal 21/12/2009 al 05/01/2010 non si effettua dal 01/04/2010 al 11/04/2010 FER6I Feriale dal Lunedì al Sabato Invernale si effettua dal 14/09/2009 al 12/06/2010 FER6E Feriale dal Lunedì al Sabato Estivo si effettua dal 13/06/2010 al 14/09/2010

Azienda Ratti e Aviosi

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12.5 Cost of Tickets and Tariffe del servizio extra urbano

COST One way Three-month Linea 048: Altavilla - Asti Monthly pass ticket pass MONTEMAGNO € 2,00 € 48,00 € 129,50 GRANA € 2,00 € 48,00 € 129,50 € 1,70 € 43,00 € 116,00 PORTACOMARO € 1,70 € 43,00 € 116,00 PORTACOMARO - F.S. (Linea 46) € 1,40 € 35,50 € 95,50 MIGLIANDOLO € 1,70 € 43,00 € 116,00 QUARTO D'ASTI € 1,00 € 35,50 € 95,50

Linea 051: Viarigi - Asti

VIARIGI € 2,20 € 53,00 € 143,00 REFRANCORE € 1,70 € 43,00 € 116,00 VALENZANI € 1,40 € 35,50 € 95,50

Linea 053: Felizzano - Asti

CASTELLO D'ANNONE € 1,70 € 43,00 € 116,00 BIVIO ROCCHETTA TANARO € 1,70 € 43,00 € 116,00

Tickets are available on board of the buses.

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Contact Details:

For further information please visit www.moma.biz/asti or contact:

Valentina Cerigo Provincia di Asti Italy Piazza Alfieri 33 14100 Asti [email protected] Ioanna Lepinioti iMpronta di Massimo Infunti Italy [email protected]

Valerio Vittone di Asti Piazza S.Secondo 1 Italy 14100 Asti [email protected]

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