Politecnico di Milano has the Home-Work/University Commute Plan (HWCP), a document that represents the response to a regulatory requirement, introduced in Italy by the Decree of the Ministry of the Environment of 03/27/1998.
D.L. n.34 del 19 maggio 2020 converted by Legge n.77 del 17 luglio 2020, and Decreto attuativo 12 maggio 2021 have broadened the range of companies and public administrations involved in the implementation of mobility management activities and modified the contents envisaged for the HWCPs.
2024 edition of HWCP of Politecnico di Milano
The current HWCP – Home-work/university commute plan (2024 edition), approved by the Academic Senate on 22 July 2024 and by the Board of Governors on 30 July 2024, is configured as an update, in line with recent legislation, of the previous HWCP 2021, with 2023 context data and transport demand analysis data from the 2022 Mobility Survey.
The result of a participatory process which saw the involvement of over 70 members of the technical-administrative staff, the plan is aimed at reducing the use of private motorized vehicles by workers and students and has a key role in achieving the objectives concerning the the scope of mobility contained in the 2023-2025 Strategic Sustainability Plan.
The document, after a brief introduction, is divided into the following sections: reference legislation, context data on mobility, analysis of the supply (with also planimetric detail) and demand for transport (results of the 2022 mobility habits questionnaire), actions to incentivize sustainable mobility, estimate of the impacts of the strategic actions envisaged by the PSCU, conclusions.
Starting from the analysis of the modal share, also taking into consideration the changes that have occurred compared to 2019 and all the results emerging from the 2022 survey, various strategic actions have been identified (some already financed, others to be financed) aimed at promoting the use of alternative transport methods to the use of private motorized vehicles, also with an effect on the reduction of CO2 emissions.
In particular, the "promotion of cycling mobility" area of intervention, based on the propensity to change towards more sustainable travel methods that emerged from the compilation of the 2022 survey, is the one for which the greatest funding was recognised, specifically aimed at increasing the number of dedicated infrastructures (the construction of 800 new bike stalls is expected).