Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 1 A Mobility Agency Framework in Emilia-Romagna Presentation by Bruno Ginocchini Emilia-Romagna’s Public Transport Agency Director

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 2 Summary The Territory, The Emergencies, The Local Authorities Integrated StrategyThe Territory, The Emergencies, The Local Authorities Integrated Strategy The Agencies as a governance instrument; the steps towards their creation:The Agencies as a governance instrument; the steps towards their creation: –The National Public Transport Reform –The New Challenges of Mobility Governance –A Survey on Other European Realities –Emilia-Romagna’s Regional Laws A Specific Competence A Joint Decision-Making Instrument A Regional Territorial Network Connected to the National and European Levels

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 3 A wide territory, an institutional well developed network : the regional administration, 9 provinces, 10 major towns, several medium-sized cities, 341 municipalities, over 4 million inhabitants, a surface area of over 220,000 square kilometres The Mobility Agencies System The Territory

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 4 The Territory Air Quality Emergency

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 5 The Territory Air Quality Emergency EU 35-day ceiling Days in which the PM10 concentration limit has been exceeded 50  g/cubic metre

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 6 The Emilia-Romagna Region and Local Authorities An Integrated Strategy Goals:Goals: –to respect the EU limits –to implement the Kyoto objectives Actions :Actions : –annual agreements to tackle emergency situations –multi-annual programme agreements to develop public transport and sustainable mobility What is needed: governance instrumentsWhat is needed: governance instruments

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City – 2000: National Reform Laws The so-called Bassanini laws started two parallel processes: on one hand, the decentralization of competence and functions, including those referring to mobility and transport policies, on the other, public transport liberalization. The constitutional reform has emphasised the decentralization process. The Creation of the Agencies The Public Transport Reform

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 8 Decentralization All legislative competence allocated to regional administrations The State is responsible only for antitrust regulations Start of the public transport liberalization, which makes it mandatory for local authorities to link compensations for public service obligations to service contracts sets a limited period of time to call for tender makes it mandatory to separate property from service management, in order also to protect public ownership of infrastructures The Creation of the Agencies The Public Transport Reform

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 9 Transport infrastructure development is not enough Intellectuals’ and researchers’ awareness that a mobility governance framework is needed, especially for strongly urbanised areas, is shared with ordinary people’s feelings and governments commitments Production of action plans and programmes aimed at a sustainable mobility development, i.e.: –EU Commission White Paper on Transport, –National General Transport Plan, –The Emilia-Romagna Regional Integrated Transport Plan (PRIT). The Creation of the Agencies New Challenges for Mobility Governance

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 10 Before implementing the regional transport reform law, a survey was conducted; it covers different European realities: Scandinavia … … Gothenburg … … Vasttraffick Scotland (UK) … Glasgow … … … SPTA & SPTE France … … … …Valencienne … …SITURV Italy … … … … Rome … … … …ATAC & STA The Creation of the Agencies Survey on Other European Realities

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 11 Regional laws have been approved and afterwards updated. They foresee: The creation of mobility and public transport agency in each Emilia-Romagna province, The creation of a regional agency. The Creation of the Agencies Regional Laws

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 12 COMPANIES USERS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MOBILITY AGENCIES Local Mobility Agencies A Specific Competence Political responsibility for strategies, policies and resources allocation Competence for regulation and control, operational planning, sustainable mobility implementation Responsibility for service supply Consumer rights safeguard

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 13 completely belong to local authorities faithfully implement the will of the owners (i.e. local authorities) own public estates regulate the public transport sector are able to operate in business terms also in other mobility fields promote local sustainable mobility Local Mobility Agencies Characteristics and Mission Local Mobility Agencies

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 14 Local Mobility Agencies A Joint Decision-Making Instrument Local mobility agencies do not belong to one single local authority, but to different ones (province, province capital towns, some or all municipalities in that province) Each agency is competent for the whole provincial territory Each agency manages both urban and suburban public transport Many agencies start to better co-ordinate their services with the railway ones

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 15 A Governance Model A Governance Model for the mobility REGION RAILWAY COMPANIES SERVICE AND PROGRAM CONTRACTS INSTITUZIONAL AGREEMENTS PROGRAM AGREEMENTS SERVICE CONTRACTS MUNICIPALITIE S AND PROVINCES LOCAL AGENCIES LOCAL AGENCIES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANIES (9 PROVINCIAL MOBILITY AREAS) (ONE FOR EACH PROVINCIAL AREA) OWNERSHIP + FUNCTIONS ALLOCATION COMPETENCE ALLOCATION REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT AGENCY

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 16 A Governance Model the actors Region Local authorities Agencies Industries MAIN ACTORS BUT ALSO Trade Unions Users associations Citizens associations Researchers

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 17 Local Mobility Agencies Governance Model The wrong tax income allocation: –the State receives the financial resources which will be spent by the regional administrations –the regional administrations receive the resources which will be spent by local authorities A FLAW TO BE DELETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 18 Governance Object Collective Transport Sectors

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 19 Governance Object Collective Transport Sectors

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 20 Governance Object Investments for Urban Sustainable Mobility

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 21 Governance Object Investments for Urban Sustainable Mobility

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 22 The Local Mobility Agency Networks a permanent forum for regional, local and urban sustainable mobility governance it networks several dozens of members among which important regional administrations, some large municipalities, many provincial administrations The National Association Federmobilità The Regional Association ALMA the acronym stands for Local Mobility Agencies Associated this network includes the nine regional local mobility agencies (please refer to ) (please refer to the website realised by the Regional Public Transport Agency which contains descriptions of the best urban sustainable mobility practices implemented in twelve cities in Emilia-Romagna)

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 23 In Perspective European Networks an association of cities and regions goal : partnerships development POLIS CERM - CCRE it is regularly consulted by EU bodies goal: to put forward proposals to the EU Commission and Parliament for the development of a specific incentive framework to support urban sustainable mobility

Agenzia Trasporti Pubblici Bologna, 17 th December 2005Physics and the City 24 Thank you for your attention!