Mobility

The University's commitment to low-impact urban mobility

In order to reduce atmospheric emissions, the University of Bologna promotes the use of public transport, cycle paths and other forms of low-impact mobility, both when travelling on business and when commuting between home and place of work/study.

Through an annual web-based questionnaire for all staff and students, since 2006 the University has analysed the needs and solutions adopted for travel between home and the University as a place of work/study when travelling between home and their place of work/study. This analysis underpins the strategies defined in the annual PSCLS – Plan for Travel between Home/Work/Study, which is in co-ordination with the municipal administration.

Our commitment to mobility is to:

  • Encourage cycling and public transport by adopting measures to reduce the number of private vehicles used without ride-sharing and guarantee reduced fares, as well as by reaching agreements with the transport companies and municipal administrations.
  • Lower atmospheric emissions by promoting the use of cycle paths and other forms of low-impact transportation.
  • Offer innovative and sustainable mobility services by implementing and managing services aimed at the shared use of vehicles.

University car-sharing

The University of Bologna has completely renewed its fleet, introducing car-sharing as a new way of managing its vehicles. Service vehicles available to staff can be booked via the web through an application interfaced with the automated key release system, which replaces the paper register.

AlmaBike

Almabike is a unisex city bike specifically designed to meet the needs of university students. It's produced by the winning bidder of a specific tender and equipped with an anti-theft GPS sensor, as well as other quality features.

Reduced-rate public transportation subscriptions

Through an agreement with TPER to promote sustainable mobility in the urban and metropolitan areas of Bologna, new rates have been created for members of the university community to facilitate maximum use of public transportation as an alternative to private vehicles.

The projects

Concluded projects

  • U-MOB Life

    The universities of Bologna and Bergamo are joining forces for a video competition on sustainable mobility at UniBo

  • UniBo on Bike

    The proceedings of the meeting on the state of the art in cycling mobility in scientific, technological and sociological aspects, with a focus on Bologna.

  • WEB-ike

    The network of pedal-assisted bicycles connecting the railway station and university sites