Brixen/Bressanone in South Tyrol, Italy is aiming to become more people-centric. The main goal is to reduce car traffic in the city center.
Via Bastioni Minori (Kleiner Gasser) has been upgraded into a living street where cars are considered “guests”.
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Bressanone Brixen, a small Italian city of 20,000 people in South Tyrol is becoming more livable thanks to changes in mobility and urban spaces. In this video we’ll explore how a street close to the historic center has been upgraded into a living street.
It’s one of the first examples in Italy of the shared space urban design. You’re watching Shared Spaces. The street is Via Bastioni Minori or Kleiner Gasser in German and a section of two other streets. This area is the gateway to the historic center which is already carfree. There are
Numerous shops and restaurants, the University Center, the tourist office, the post office and it’s also used to safely reach the city’s new mobility center located further south with the new all-pedestrianized front square, a new bus station, a thousand protected parking spaces
For bikes. In 2022 it was given the “best train station of the year” award. I will definitely make a specific video about this topic. The main bus line goes through the new shared space with a 15-minute frequency from Mondays to Fridays and every 30 minutes on other days.
The upgrade took place in mid 2019 and after a year it became a one-way street, however it remains a two-way street for bicycles and city buses. The aim was to provide safety for all road users. A space where people can enjoy walking. The removal of some car parkings made
It possible to widen the pedestrians section and with a single level pavement the walkable space becomes visibly even larger. The speed limit has been reduced to 20 kmph and priority goes to pedestrians first then to cyclists and finally to vehicles which must behave as guests. This is the basic concept of the
Shared space Urban Design where cars are allowed but no longer predominant. The design allows an exclusive pedestrian use as demonstrated during the Water Light Festival in summer 2023. This project is part of a broader traffing limitation plan. Given the success the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan believes it’s time to transform the street
Into a restricted traffic zone and finally eliminate the shortcut traffic and move it to the former State Road already at 30 kmph, which is still busy at certain times of the day, but more specifically towards the new western Ring Road. I’m personally sure about
These choices and the municipality agrees. When asked for a better access to a nearby parking the municipality answered, quote on quote, “The administration knows that a lively and vital commerce is a decisive factor for the attractiveness of a historic center. Equally
Important, however, is that more and more visitors are preferring public transit and bikes instead of cars. I pass through here often during the week and despite the initial doubts the new space is undoubtly appreciated by the citizens and numerous tourists and today is a
Lively place where thousands of people walk and cycle every day. And it’s definitely safer than before.
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