Modelling the planned changes to the city of Potenza in order to accommodate the Limited Traffic Zone indicated that there would be:

•  A 55% decrease in the number of private vehicle movements into the historical centre in both the morning peak and an even greater decrease in the afternoon peak hours;

•  An increase in public transport use (from the current 10-15% to 40-50% in the project scenario) – increased use of the escalators equal to 400% due to Park and Ride and an increase of passengers on elevators achieving the full capacity ;

•  An improved level of service in terms of average speed and congestion in the historical centre which is also apparent on the entire individual transport network.

•  A reduction in the emission of atmospheric pollutants from traffic in the limited traffic zone by 50% in the morning peak hour and more than 90% in the afternoon peak (see below):

For a number of reasons it was not possible to implement the LTZ and these can be explored by Clicking Here