Sustainable Mobility Planning in Bologna: Towards Resilient Cities Between Climate Change, Health Emergency and Social Challenge

Bologna and its metropolitan area can be considered a paradigmatic case of a thriving community, a surprising cradle of policies, plans, and projects conceived, developed and implemented following the idea of an emerging identity as a ‘small metropolis’ based on resilience, cohesion, attractiveness, and connectivity to be pursued through the construction of innovative tools in which mobility networks are not conceived as a sectoral dimension but as a crucial bridge connecting polis to civitas and urbs. Reflecting on the meaning of urban resilience through the Bologna case and, in particular, the city’s mobility planning tools, this article elucidates the integrated approach of mobility strategies between public, green and movement spaces in the framework of climate changes, pandemic issues, and social challenges. The focus is on the Bologna mobility plans and projects, whilst finally drawing some lessons for new scenarios to be explored in the future.