Slow mobility-based representation of coastal territoryThe Costa dei Trabucchi case study

This research explores the relationships between the representation of digital models and mobility flows related to a coastal territory. The aim is creating a synergy between travel data and their representation, in order to optimize the territorial development strategies of soft mobility. A combination of GIS and Computational design digital tools has been used to achieve this goal. The case study selected is the set of municipalities on the Abruzzo coast, ranging north to south from the territory of Ortona to San Salvo. The choice of a case study limited to the coast was determined by the need to make different flows coexist between the summer and winter seasons. In the analysed territorial ecosystem, a useful strategy was developed to integrate private transport with an apparatus that facilitates soft mobility. To this purpose, seasonally adjusted isochrones were developed from the urban centres of the eight municipalities considered. The calibration of the isochrone was elaborated (Schantz and others, 2017) by calculating an area reachable by bike with a travel time of 25 minutes. The overlap between the isochrone of contiguous municipalities provides information about the areas where the cycling network needs to be implemented in intra-municipal and inter-municipal mobility. Finally, the studies carried out show that these overlapping areas are not localised as would be conceivable on administrative borders.