Livorno Joins the European Mobility Week Once Again
Once again this year, Livorno will take part in the European Mobility Week, a city-wide initiative taking place from September 16 to 22.
Now in its fourth edition, this much-anticipated environmental campaign is promoted by the European Commission and coordinated in Italy by the Ministry for the Environment, with the aim of raising awareness among citizens about responsible and eco-friendly mobility choices.
The City of Livorno will organize the events in collaboration with several local associations, including FIAB Livorno, WWF’s Pandaciclisti, and the Vivi San Jacopo Association.
A rich calendar of events was presented during the press conference held on Tuesday, September 13, at the City Hall, by Mobility Councillor Giuseppe Vece, together with Alessandro Franchi, President of the Province of Livorno, and representatives from the participating associations, including Luca Di Fonzo (President of FIAB) and Graziella Rossini (Pandaciclisti / CNR-IBIMET).
Throughout the entire week, the Institute of Biometeorology (CNR) will run a low-cost environmental monitoring network, actively engaging citizens to raise their awareness of environmental risks and sustainable practices. Two volunteer technicians from the Institute will travel around the city with the Sensor Web Bike, a bicycle equipped with sensors capable of measuring key air quality indicators such as temperature, humidity, CO₂, and ozone (O₃).
This mobile monitoring system uses the open-source Arduino platform combined with low-cost sensors to collect environmental data, which is transmitted in real time via GPRS and made available online through the SensorWeb HUB / Urban Climate platform.
