Politiche innovative di mobilità sostenibile. La sharing mobility nelle università italiane

The Network of the Mobility Managers in Italian universities, which belong to the RUS (Network of sustainable universities in Italy), has carried out, for the first time in October 2016, an online survey about university commuting. Thirty-six Universities joined the survey and almost 70.000 questionnaires have been collected. The main aims of the survey are to collect Italian updated and comparable data on home – university trips and make available those data which are able to orient the mobility management policies in order to promote accessibility and sustainability in Italian universities. Particular attention is given to the sharing mobility as an innovative and alternative solution able to reduce the negative impact on the environment and the gap between private mobility and public transit. In this scenario the University is not anymore only a mobility attractor itself (with over 1,6 million of students) but it is likely a stakeholder who contributes in the urban planning of mobility and accessibility policies. A brief overview on the Milano case, which can be considered as the sharing mobility capital, has been presented. Although the survey shows that the commuting trips to Milano universities are largely covered by public transit, there are cases where the private vehicles and the sharing mobility, mostly as complementary transport modes, show a significant usage rate. The opinion connected to the sharing mobility services has been investigated with particular attention to the students of Milano universities.