Goals and territorial contest:
The InGE (Intermodal node Genoa Erzelli) project contributes to a
broader infrastructure intervention concerning the design and realization of a
monorail link between the future intermodal hub of Genoa Erzelli and the
district of Erzelli.
The Erzelli intermodal node consists of an important interchange hub
connecting the regional railway network (through the realization of the new
railway station named Genoa Erzelli- Aeroporto), the Genoa airport, the local public transport
system (including a bus station for urban and suburban lines), a parking area
and the district of Erzelli (through the mentioned monorail).
The district of
Erzelli, located on the Erzelli hill, is an urban project currently under
development aiming at becoming Genoa's science
technology park, thanks to the presence of Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genoa, high-tech companies, a hospital,
residential areas and other facilities.
The master plan
of the district of Erzelli is currently under elaboration and foresees the
relocation of the Faculty of Engineering by 2024; in particular it will provide
all the elements to fine-tune the transport demand and, therefore, the most
suitable transport and mobility services to be designed.
In this context
InGE will develop a MaaS (Mobility as a
Service) concept around the future Erzelli node. MaaS
is the integration of various forms of transport services into a single
mobility service accessible on demand. To meet a customer’s request, a MaaS operator makes available different options of
transport: public transport, ride, car or bikesharing, taxi or car
rental/lease, or a combination thereof. For the user, MaaS
can for instance propose the use of a single application to provide access to
mobility, with a single payment channel instead of multiple ticketing and
payment operations.
In particular
INGE will develop the following actions:
• validation of the technical and operational
design concerning the monorail solution, taking into account its integration
with the other expected and foreseen transport services around the node and the
master plan of the district of Erzelli;
• design of MaaS services for the Erzelli node, potentially extensible
to the urban context;
• elaboration of
solutions and design of ICT services, with a specific focus on safety, security
and accessibility to transport infrastructures.
The final output
of InGE will be some specific guidelines for the deployment of the MaaS
services; these guidelines will include technical specifications to launch a
tender in order to select the future MaaS
operator.
InGE will
contribute to improve the overall benefits deriving from the realisation of the
new monorail link, with a significant impact for the City of Genoa and the south section of the
Rhine-Alpine Corridor. The solutions designed within InGE will radically improve
intermodality within the urban node, reducing the journey time between the
long-distance terminals, the district of Erzelli and the main urban and
periurban areas accessible by road, thus reducing traffic congestion, pollution
and other negative externalities linked to transport.
