Studi per il Piano Generale della Mobilità Ciclistica

This paper presents the early outcomes of the studies carried out in the domain of the institutional collaboration between the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, the University of Cagliari and the Politecnico di Torino, in view of the Piano Generale della Mobilità Ciclistica established by the law no. 2/2018. The study proposes a systemic approach to the strategic planning of the national cycleways network, integrated with the territory and with other forms of soft mobility. The increasing diffusion of cycling tourism and the need for new mobility models, also highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic, poses the challenge of activating a physical, "soft", "inclusive", and widespread national infrastructure aimed at triggering new opportunities for economic growth as well as the relaunch of internal areas and the promotion of a sustainable bike-oriented tourism.