BELLUNO. The Dolomite passes, starting from Pordoi, Campolongo, Gardena and Sella, regulated by the Ztl, limited traffic areas, and the toll.
TOP SECRET There is an ambitious Sustainable Mobility Plan that the Provinces of Trento and Bolzano and the Veneto Region keep in the drawer. The three bodies have recommended not to disseminate it to the few (the mayors) to whom they have delivered it. There are probably fears of reactions to the revolution to which traffic in the valley and on the passes will be subjected, but the program really sings towards the ecological transition that the National Plan for Recovery and Resilience, requires the Pnnr. If anything, it is a question of reconciling it with the needs of tour operators. Last year, in August, up to 4,400 transits a day on the Dolomite passes around the Sella. Far too many, taking into account, among other things, that the pandemic had not disappeared. Traffic needs to be progressively reduced.
TOLL Hence, the Limited Traffic Zone will be introduced in the summer months of higher traffic with access only to the public transport service. The toll, on the other hand, will occur in the spring and autumn months of less traffic, with exemption for reserved categories and zero-emission vehicles (national regulations permitting). Excluding residents and guests with reservations. The transport of goods in the Ztl period will be allowed only before 9 am and after 5 pm, but in the future it will be possible only with electric vehicles and electric cargo. The transit request for ecological vehicles in the months of July and August and for the toll exemption will be easily accessible thanks to the app and website (access via Spid), with information and telephone support from the municipalities concerned.
THE REASONS The measure, which is not known when it will be introduced, is motivated by the fact that motorized traffic should ideally be reduced by 55% in the villages and on the passes, which corresponds to a reduction of 10 decibels of the equivalent level (LAeq), “Which for the human ear corresponds to a halving of perceived noise, with a consequent increase in the quality of life for residents and visits for guests”. This was supported by the Unesco Dolomites Foundation which prepared the study on the basis of traffic surveys, carried out especially last year. OBJECTIVES Here, then, are the proposed objectives: by 2030, thanks to the containment of cars and motorcycles, replaced by public transport, the congested road sections in the territory of the Pordoi, Sella, Gardena and Campolongo passes will be reduced by 100 kilometers .
ELECTRIC VEHICLES The study calculates that the number of daily journeys that will not be made by car must be 382,000; they will be replaced by those by bike, on foot, by ski lifts and by public transport. But here is the prospect that makes the operators of the passes tremble the most: in 2050 sustainable mobility on the Dolomite passes will be 80% in total; with a 20% share of electric vehicles.
ON FOOT AND BY BIKE By 2030, 4 people out of 10 will move on foot or by bike, 10 out of 100 will climb to altitude by bike, for which the construction of 60 km of cycle and pedestrian paths is expected within 9 years just to climb at the passes, plus 80 kilometers in the valleys. One visitor in three in 2030 will reach Pordoi rather than Campolongo, and the other passes, by local public transport; 18 travelers every 100 will take the bus downstream In 2030, an increase of 8 thousand passengers per day with public transport is expected, while the increase in the number of trips with local public transport will even be 630 thousand.
20% more guests will use the train to get to their destination. Better still if the train will arrive, in 9 years, in Cortina instead of Caprile. The Plan anticipates that in inhabited areas the speed limit will become 30 km per hour and will be 40 km per hour on the pass roads. But there is reason to breathe a sigh of relief: it will halve the number of road fatalities by 2030. minibus In the monitoring of last year, the Sella pass showed, in August, 4,400 transits per day; a few less than the other passes. Already, to reduce the impact of tourist traffic, the introduction of a free zero-emission minibus service is planned to connect the towns to the passes. Furthermore, once the parking areas outside the villages have been identified, the service will connect the parking lots to the centers and passes. This measure aims to drastically reduce tourist traffic. Furthermore, with the introduction of the single ticket, the use of the ski lifts to access the passes is facilitated and encouraged.