ABSTRACT
The author demonstrates that the cycle path can be an environmental infrastructure capable of responding to both the needs of slow mobility and to contribute to a better collection and management of water in urban areas. Applying it to Montesilvano, in Abruzzo, involved integrating a multiplicity of lines of action. The cycle path is a work that relates to the places it passes through establishing privileged relationships with the public space and opening the interdependence between infrastructure and environment. The author offers and proposes different concepts about traffic engineering which have imposed the idea that to solve mobility and accessibility problems, one had to invest only in big infrastructure networks. As well as Montesilvano, the chapter also explores other global destinations – in Europe (Copenhagen), in the USA (Boston, Philadelphia and San Rafael) and in Australia (Melbourne).
This chapter demonstrates the role of slow mobility - such as cycling - and how it can fit into and be supportive of the wider ecological environment.
