Innovative electric bike-sharing services for the promotion of sustainable connections among small touristic ports and inland: the Ravenna port case study

Bike sharing systems have been proposed by municipalities as sustainable transportation solutions. On the other hand, a crescent awareness towards sustainable tourism is traceable also among travelers, which value bike sharing for tourism trips under determinate conditions. The paper presents a robust review on issues and solutions proposed to face transportation topics on similar contexts. A special focus is then provided to a pilot test case conducted in the city of Ravenna, Northern Italy during the 2018, in the framework of the Interreg Italy-Croatia project Moses. The potential of an innovative and flexible electric bike-sharing service supported by the use of a Mobile Depot, where bicycles are stored, charged and undergo maintenance is presented.