| PHASES
1. Co-ordination and project management
(01/98-12/99)
The City of Modena, being the leader
of the project, is in charge with the project management and project co-ordination.
This implies:
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to keep a constant relation with the European
Commission
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to organise regular meetings of the partners
of the project
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to monitor the implementation of the project
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to draft all the technical and financial
reports required by the European Commission.
2. Identification and selection of
the areas (02/98-09/98)
Identification and selection of the
three areas of the City of Modena which will be equipped to create parking
and recharging areas for electro-muscular vehicles. Feasibility assessments
for all areas will be made.
3. Identification and selection
of the sample of the users (02/98-05/98)
The identification of the thirty users
was made through the publication of a public call which specified the necessary
requirements.
The selected citizens have signed
an agreement with the City of Modena in order to settle all the aspects
concerning the experimentation.
The citizens committed themselves:
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to use the vehicles during their daily
transfers, for at least 150 km per month
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to keep the vehicles in safe places, to
avoid theft
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to take care of the recharge of the batteries.
4.Identification and purchase of the
vehicles (02/98-09/98)
The selection of the vehicles that
bought by the City of Modena was made on the grounds of a survey and an
assessment of the available technologies and vehicles.
The City bought 20 bicycles and 10
tricycles of different brands, in order to compare the different performances.
Each vehicle is equipped with a black
box, in order to collect a series of technical information (consumption,
speed, km, etc.) which are relevantoto evaluate the different performances.
5. Transport service experimentation
(10/98-09/99)
The experimentation started officially
on October the 1st. The vehicles were given to the users and they started
using them in their transfers.
The City of Modena meets regularly
the users to see if there is any problem, difficulty or request.
6. Dissemination of results (01/98-12/99)
The initiatives for the dissemination
of the results of the project will take place all through the 24 months
of the project:
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Ex ante awareness campaign:, information
and awareness raising activities were implemented in order to involve the
citizens in the project.
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In itinere campaign: during the implementation
of the service it will be important to maintain high the level of interest
of the citizenship, thanks also to the publication of articles on technical
magazines and on local newspapers. Also information material will be published.
The City of Modena takes part in initiatives
and events both in Italy and abroad to present the project.
A constant flow of information on
the project is ensured by constant updating on the web site of the project.
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Ex post campaign: once the project is
over, the City of Modena will organise and host an international conference
to present the results achieved by the project as far as technical results
are concerned as well as form the point of view of the satisfaction of
the users. The conference may be accompanied by an exhibition of electro-muscular
vehicles.
EXPECTED RESULTS
The Speed Bike project sets out to
test the reliability and success of an alternative means of transport among
the citizens of Modena. The project also wishes to encourage a widespread
use of such vehicles, in order to help solve some of the problems which
daily beset urban life.
Electro-muscular vehicles will have
to demonstrate their functionality on urban routes and cycle paths, with
a big reduction of physical effort and an increase in the speed of travel,
especially in relation to normal bikes.
The project is also the occasion to
test photo-voltaic recharging stations and equipped parking areas, to assess
the practicality of cycle paths and finally to improve the integration
with public transport. |
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