Promoting accessibility in the urban planning system: FADP in Taranto Smart City Planning

This paper aims to investigate the role of sustainable urban mobility in the strategy of the new urban design development of the city of Taranto. Following Agenda 2030, the municipal urban planning system is finding a definitive shape, under the regular exercise of the new Masterplan. Therefore, we investigate the role of sustainable urban mobility in the process that brings to the Masterplan. In this urban planning process, we analyze the FADP (Free-Accessibility Design Plan), its genealogy process, and its development. The FADP is one of the first applied tools of the Urban Sustainable Mobility Plan (SUMP), and regards the entire downtown, which is made by three different parts, due to the particular geographical context and to the different shapes of the urban neighborhoods. The present search explains the methodology used to study this area, based on GIS analysis supporting the decision system. So, the different moments of acquiring data, collecting measures, and involving residents become the topics of the speech, in their innovative methodology GIS-based. Finally, the search epitomizes the role of FADP to enhance urban open space quality and attractivity of places.