We believe in a sustainable Ispra site that allows staff to use efficiently different means of transport. Transport is a key factor as it has a strong impact on our site’s emissions and we therefore need to take care both when we commute to work and for our missions. At the same time, we also want to be fully and efficiently connected to the neighbouring transport networks. We need multimodal sustainable mobility to keep our site attractive and to live in an area that has limited public transport.
R&D plays a fundamental role in supporting the good choices of the site management and contributing by suggesting further improvements to reach our relevant goals within our ambitious mobility policy. Only intelligent, networked, autonomous and shareable solutions will fulfil the requirements. Whether innovative, unique solutions or optimization of existing applications.
What we already have on-site:
Service bicycles
Recent on-site improvements for mobility include the introduction of service bicycles. However, there seems to be some room for improvement given that these are still not very visible. R&D will keep its eyes open for what is the key multimodal means of transport within the site for short movements.
Also worth mentioning, the good work performed at building 101, allowing for an easy accessible bicycle parking at the entrance of the building.
Recharging e-cars
We now have 2 permanent off-site car-recharging points (at the customs and at the main entrance). These are supplied by Enel-X with the standards Type2 Mennekes, the most used in Europe for e-cars charging and type 3A for light vehicles.
Of course, we are proud to host on the Ispra site relevant JRC projects as the Living lab for Tomorrow’s mobility Living Lab for Testing Digital Energy Solutions (DES-Lab). Hopefully these will allow us to take advantage of their presence on-site as is the case for recharging e-cars for the DES-Lab (see above).
Public busses stopping at the JRC main entrance
Ispra Site management delivered on having two bus lines reach the JRC Ispra main entrance, namely lines N18 and N21. Apparently, a third bus line (N20) will also reach us. Foldable bicycles can be taken on board.
These bus connections will allow an easier access of the site for staff and visitors, and will also help everyone who lives close to the JRC be able to reach major destinations (incl. the Malpensa Airport, the Milan main train station etc.) without the need to get his/her private vehicle.”
“Bicycle to work” project: an outlook on future mobility
Conclusions
As you can see, in the last three years a lot has been achieved and new challenges lay ahead. Nevertheless we'll continue to push for a broader vision on mobility at the Ispra site and around the Ispra area, to improve connections to the major transport hubs.
