Comune di Prato Study visit to the City of Prato – Infomobility, APU

Comune di Prato
Study visit to the City of Prato – Infomobility, APU, ZTL and road
safety solutions – concrete examples
Prato, 09/03/2016
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Prato’s SUMP
Infomobility and road safety solutions
Prato’s Infomobility
The city of Prato is equipped with a Traffic Control Center that involves :
•Traffic light
•Variable Message Signs
•Traffic counter station
•Underpasses Control System
•Restricted traffic area
•Weather alert panel
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Traffic Control Center
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● Traffic Light
10 junctions was equipped with new traffic controller, centralized in traffic control system
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● Variable Message Signs
5 VMS was installed in the access point of the city
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● Traffic Counting Station
15 TCS was installed in strategical location of Prato’s infrastructure. TCS are matrix O/D counter in
video technology.
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● Underpasses Control System
10 Underpasses was monitored in real time by the traffic control center. Each underpass gives
informations about the presence of the water on the street, electrical status, traffic light status.
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•Restricted traffic area
In 2015 was activated the
restricted traffic area to limit the
access to the historical centre of
the city.
It was installed n° 6 Electronic
Gate with ANPR (Automatic
Number Plate Recognition).
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• Weather Alert Panel
In 2016 will be installed n°4 weather alert panel, according with the requirements of civil
protection.
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● Traffic Simulation Model
The Municipality developed in 2015 the traffic model of the city.
The micromodel was created with the software Aimsun and represents the current status of municipal
roads.
The model is the mean tool to study the current traffic and the future viability.
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● Pedestrian area (APU)
A concrete example: Piazza delle Carceri
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Piazza delle Carceri before the action
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Piazza delle Carceri at the beginning of twentieth century
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The Project
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The rendering
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Archaeological works
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Piazza delle Carceri after the action
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● AREA 30 and urban regeneration
A concrete examle: The urban center of Tavola
before the action
THE CITY CENTER OF TAVOLA: CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Analysis:
- A suburban city center
(Tavola) with an anonymous
square used only as a parking
lot;
- Narrow streets, but traffic
fairly consistent and often
addressed at high speed;
- Stop vehicle messy, often on
flower beds and sidewalks;
- Lack of an outdoors meeting
place;
STRATEGY PROJECT
PROJECT: Renovation of the city center of TAVOLA and
establishment of area 30
Project description:
 Associate intervention to mitigate traffic a redevelopment
project;
Reorganization of space with better definition of parking
spaces and reduction of road sections;
Redesign of the square as a meeting place;
Inserting elements of street furniture, plantings and flower
beds with new lighting;
New signage and reduction of traffic lanes, raised pedestrian
crossings and establishment area 30 to enable the multifunctionality of urban spaces.
Project amount: 260.000 Euro
PROJECT REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SQUARE
THE AREA 30
In gray “area 30”
CURRENT SITUATION (inaugurated on 27.10.2014)
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•Road Safety Solution
In 2015 they were installed n°20 Lighting Pedestrian Cross Signal to improve the pedestrian safety.
In 2016 they’ll be installed all the main pedestrian cross of the city.
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Prato participated in a series of regional co-financing and ministerial calls with which it is able to fund
a series of projects and activities valuable for the development of Prato’s SUMP.
In particular the following projects:
The Regional Call 2013 “Infomobility” co-financing 50% (€ 300.000,00) of the project that includes:
•Urban Traffic Control System
•Variable Message Signs
•Traffic counter station
•Underpasses Control System
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The Regional Call 2014 “Azioni Regionali per la mobilità ciclabile in ambito urbano” co-financing 50%
(€ 1.000.000,00) of the project on bicycle mobility that includes:
•bicycle mobility plan
•connections between bike paths
•renovation of existing cycling routes
•bicycle path signs
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The Regional Call 2014 “Azioni Regionali per la sicurezza stradale ” co-financing 50% (€ 300.000,00) of
the project on road safety that includes:
•Pedestrian and bicycle bridge
•Lighted pedestrian crossings
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The Regional Call 2015 “Autorità della Partecipazione Regione Toscana” co-financing 85% (€61.000,00)
of the project “MIP-
Muoviamoci Insieme Prato”.
It’s a participation process, in progress, for the elaboration of Prato’s SUMP which includes the
involvement of schools and workshops with citizens.
Thank you for your attention!
Rossano Rocchi
Mobiliy and Infrastructures Department
City of Prato
[email protected]
www.comune.prato.it