SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To show how the distribution of goods is organized in the city of Padua in order to reduce traffic in the city center and vehicle emissions into the atmosphere.

COMPANI PROFILE
Operative since April 21, 2004, Cityporto of Padua is a project aimed at rationalizing the distribution of goods so as to contribute to the decongestion of traffic within the city center.
The project is promoted by the Municipality and Interporto di Padova, in collaboration with the province, the local Chamber of Commerce and A.P.S. Holding S.p.A. - Mobility Division. Cityporto of Padua is one of the few projects of this kind successfully operating in Italy. It also involves private transport operators.
The project Cityporto works on three aspects: the reduction of trucks for effective delivery in the city center, the rationalization of freight flow and optimization of vehicle capacity, and the use of low-emission vehicles (mostly methane and LPG).
The model that the Cityporto of Padua is based on is extremely simple: the transport operators (couriers and enterprises) deliver the goods to a logistics platform (a warehouse property of Interporto), located in the city surrounds, where they are temporarily stored; ecological vehicles with low environmental impact depart from there to distribute goods in the city center (the “final mile”).
The vehicles used are allowed to travel in the reserved lanes in the city center and have 24-hour free entry and parking inside the Z.T.L. (limited traffic zone).