Today, the advancing future can be seen in the most varied areas of society, but perhaps the greatest symptom of the change underway can be seen in the evolution of road mobility.
Just think, for example, of progressive vehicle electrification on two and four wheels or the many solutions related to environmental sustainability proposed by municipal administrations.
One of the most appreciated initiatives in large and small cities, is definitely the car sharing service: comfortable, easily accessible and shareable means of transport made available to citizens.
An innovative electric car sharing service in Lombardy
La Lombardia it is certainly one of the regions where sustainable and shared mobility runs fastest, especially in the provincial capitals. Among the various companies that offer a car sharing service, the one who is getting noticed is E-VAI which not only uses exclusively from a sustainable perspective electric fleets, but also proposes a sharing mode partly different and certainly innovative for two reasons.
- Il car sharing service di E-VAI is not facing only to citizenship but also to the municipal administration. The latter, in fact, has the possibility of using exclusively, during working hours, one or more electric cars which, in the evenings and on weekends, are available to citizens, thus optimizing the use of the vehicle.
- The strategic choice to introduce the car sharing service E-VAI even in small and medium-sized municipalities of Lombardy, with a view to creating a regional shared mobility network, which can also be integrated with other sustainable forms of travel such as rail travel.
The experience of E-VAI in the Municipality of Lecco: a small success to tell
Among the territorial entities belonging to the network E-VAI, a good example of success is offered by Municipality of Lecco which, on the initiative of mayor Mauro Gattinoni, decided to take advantage of the opportunity offered by E-VAI and introduce the electric car sharing service in the city. With a fleet of three electric cars (one intended for use by Municipality employees and the others at the complete disposal of citizens) e with the installation of the same number E-VAI Point for parking and charging vehicles in the municipal area, the city of Lecco is permanently entered “future mode”.
The solution proposed by E-VAI it proved to be ideal for Lecco, a transit city historically "blocked" between the lake and the mountains and in constant trouble with road congestion. The material impossibility of building new roads has been compensated through various alternative solutions linked to urban mobility, including the agreement with E-VAI. The Municipality of Lecco was therefore able to exploit it all the benefits of an innovative electric car sharing service.
- Benefits for citizens: with a simple registration to the service, the private user can use car with low environmental impact 24 hours a day, not just for travel in the city, but also when traveling to and from airports and railway stations. Added to this is the possibility of free access, where municipal administrations allow it, in limited traffic areas and to leave the vehicle for free blue and yellow parking lots, precisely by virtue of being able to drive a vehicle with zero CO2 emissions.
- Advantages for the Municipality: as well as having electric and ecological vehicles for the work missions of its employees in the area and the fundamental function of lightening the traffic load on the territory, the Municipality affiliated with E-VAI benefits from greater possibilities of territorial connection with other municipalities and with the most important transport infrastructures in the region.
All advantages that the Municipality of Lecco has been able to find, given data in hand. One number above all? It only took a few days since the introduction of car sharing in the municipal area, to increase electricity withdrawals from charging stations by 25%. charging stations installed.
A result that contributes to making the city of Lecco un example of administration committed to creating alternative and effective mobility models for the future.
