Arterials are high-capacity roads that connect centers and are designed to distribute large amounts of traffic as smoothly as possible. The concept emerged with the rise of mass motorization to accommodate the growing car mobility and ensure accessibility to sprawling residential and industrial areas. However, their development came at the expense of other users, public space, air quality and economic vitality.
With growing challenges linked to climate change, urbanization and social inequality, the role of these major arteries is questioned in favor of the development of Green Multimodal Corridors. The implementation of these corridors is a complex multifaced challenge and requires new integrated approaches to mobility planning, public space design, greenery, stormwater management and governance.Â
Thanks to Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, the western area of Turin was directly connected with the center of the metropolitan capital through the implementation of the Metro line. This line is currently being extended towards the outer region within the core of Zona Ovest. This represents a window of opportunity to rethink the mobility system into a more sustainable and less car-centric one by focusing on cycling and walking as viable daily modes of transport for all types of commuting, study and leisure trips. Within this context lies the retrofitting of the urban highway Corso Francia, the longest straight urban avenue in Europe (13 km), into a multimodal green corridor that links up and reappraises multiple landscape, cultural, natural and historical assets present in the area.
In conclusion, our goal is to learn and exchange new approaches to Corridor planning and to find innovative concrete solutions to enable and sustain these large-scale green infrastructure transformations.
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