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To provide accessibility and pedestrian mobility in a city like Genoa is really hard work from many points of view: -
Morphological aspects: The
historical centre of Genoa, 3.000 mt long and 700 mt large, is very close
to the sea and to the hills, streets are narrow and steep (photo1-2).
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Social problems: These
narrow streets restrict the desirability and safety of the places and
their waste removal. Uninhabited and not attractive enough areas facilitate
the crime (photo 3).
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Limited parking areas: There
are not enough parking places especially for residents, with the consequence
of an uncivilised occupation of public spaces, difficulties in walking
for the pedestrians and impossibility of appreciating the historical and
architectural monuments (photo 5).
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Difficult transportation: Busses
pass only around the historical centre because streets are too narrow
to go in ; few lifts and a funicular join the centre to the hill where
the large urbanisation is.(photo 4).
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Overcrowded areas: Genoa
has 800,000 inhabitants. There are some overcrowded areas like Portello
Square where, in certain peak times, buses take on and drop 20,000 passengers
a day of whom 5,000 are daily users of Castelletto lift and S. Anna funicular.
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