As the elderly continue to decrease in mobility, they persist in maintaining their antiquated vehicles. Actually, there are more and more old automobiles on the road, which pollute the environment. Electric vehicles are pricey and are not taking off, but the government is tripling the number of charge outlets, which is greater than traditional fuels. Travel has fallen by 11.7% in the previous 20 years. That wouldn't be so concerning if it weren't for the fact that the primary cause, the demographic decline, isn't going away for years. As a result, the traditional car is once again the preferred mode of transportation, while the electric vehicle struggles. Can buses and metros, whose systems are undergoing renewals, rectify the Italians' irrational obsession with automobiles? No: the country's aging also has an impact on the school population, and in a few years (by 2030), decreasing demand for student transportation will result in probable LPT losses in double digits, particularly in the south. This is the scenario described in the 20th Report on Italian Mobility by Isfort, the Higher Institute of Training and Research for Transport, which was presented today at CNEL in Rome, with the scientific support of the LPT associations, Agens and Asstra, the support of the NC Foundation, and the participation of the FS Group, Istat, and the Technical Mission Structure of MIT. According to the research, the total mobility rate is between 80% and 85%, with a decrease of roughly 4 percentage points between 2000 and 2022; the indicator peaked in 2017 (88.5%). The average daily per capita journeys of the mobile population increased to 38 km in 2008, and then a contraction process began, causing the indicator to fluctuate in the range of 25-30 km in recent years (with the exception of the physiological negative peak of 21.2 km recorded in 2020, Covid's year). The average daily per capita time devoted to mobility is approximately 60 minutes, with a re-peak value of 66 minutes in 2008 and a trough value of 48 minutes in 2020; the indicator decreased by more than 10% between 2000 and 2022.
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