MOBILITY
Implementation of public bike system in Treviso
As part of the REMEDIO project, the public bike-sharing system of Treviso, previously mainly developed in the historical city center of Treviso, has been further expanded with 9 stations along the peripheral West Road, the pilot area that REMEDIO project would like to transform in a Horizontal Condominium.
Challenges addressed
- Traffic congestion (especially during the winter season)
- Air and noise pollution
- Social exclusion of peripheral communities of middle sized urban areas
- Ownership of urban community of a peripheral area to the city
Main objectives
- Improve the environmental conditions.
- Promote bicycle as an alternative to private cars and buses.
- Provide a soft mobility service to the communities leaving and travelling along the West Road
- Increaseownership of urban community of a peripheral area to the city
- Improving healthy life style thanks to active mobility
Facts
Project type Extension of the urban bike-sharing system to the
Promoter REMEDIO Project
Collaborators Municipaity of Treviso
Start date November 2018
Funding Interreg-MED
Website Treviso bike sharing system
Project description
In the city of Treviso, the bike sharing service (TvBike) has been activated since 2010. At the beginning, it was realized through a co-financing by the Veneto Region and the Ministry of the Environment. In 2010 it had 14 stations and 108 docking columns. Later, in 2014, it was upgraded with investments by the Municipality and Ministry of the Environment, reaching 22 stations and 228 docking columns.
Thanks to the MED REMEDIO project, in 2018 the system was further expanded with 9 stations with 72 docking columns along West Road, reaching a total of:
- 31 stations;
- 300 docking columns;
- 135 bicycles.
