Abstract
The relationship between the institutional (established in law) and non-institutional initiatives (not supported by law) that improve the public transport system is currently a debated topic. The purpose of this paper is to identify the most relevant aspects of this relationship during an emergency event, namely the paradigmatic case study of the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, which occurred in August 2018. The investigation, according to a consistent methodology widely used in the literature, is made up of a selection of interviews with professional figures particularly involved in institutional structures, drawing on qualitative results, and compared with official statistics. The events that occurred in Genoa, during the phase of reorganization of the urban transport service and the circulation in the city, underlined how the response of citizenship is a crucial element, including from the governance point of view. Analytic and observational findings reveal that non-institutional initiatives smooth major criticalities where formal institutions can only produce sub-optimal transport solutions (because of the limited means they own by virtue of the moment of emergency), providing evidence that the two modes of governance are absolutely complementary.
Highlights
One of the crucial factors of cities that want to compete at an international level is the efficiency of the public transport system [1,2,3,4])
Plan recommended by European Commission (SUMP Guidelines, updated 2019) and the institution of metropolitan areas all over Europe, thought with a specific jurisdiction on the commuting systems
Different entities in charge of supervising the transport problems affected by the transport event were questioned and they provided indications regarding their competence
Summary
One of the crucial factors of cities that want to compete at an international level is the efficiency of the public transport system [1,2,3,4]). Literature identifies several critical points in the urban mobility sphere where sub-optimal transport solutions were being delivered and where better collaborations are expected in order to set up new measures and policies that consistently change operative planning [5,6]. Authors are still debating whether institutional changes have had a beneficial or adverse effect, and whether any of the current structures provide a more effective framework for policy development and implementation [7,8].
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