02.10.24

SACBO PARTICIPATES IN EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK

Milan Bergamo Airport and SACBO, respectively the first airport and first airport management company in Europe to have received “BIKE FRIENDLY” certification, assigned in 2021, took part on BIKE TO WORK DAY on Friday 20 September, an annual event that promotes the use of bicycles for commuting between home and work and forms part of the programme of initiatives for European Mobility Week. It was an opportunity to encourage employees to pedal to work and illustrate the advantages offered by the bike room set up in the public area of the airport and open for the day to allow everyone to understand the utility of this space, which is available for passengers and bicycle enthusiasts.

Within this context, SACBO played host to two classes from the school “Istituto Caniana” of Bergamo, studying “Design for visual communication and advertising” as part of the particular focus on younger generations and with a view to raising awareness among the students on the strategic importance of a culture of sustainability.

The event began with greetings from the President of SACBO, Giovanni Sanga, and continued with an illustration of the sustainability model developed by the airport management company and based on the concept of “multimodality”, understood as a combination of means of transport for ground-based travel to and from the airport, including the use of bicycles and the network of cycle and cycle-pedestrian routes. The event also saw the participation of Francesco Baroncini, a Board Member of the European Cyclists’ Federation, who spoke via video from Brussels to stress the importance of the initiatives implemented by SACBO and Milan Bergamo Airport, as well as of raising awareness among younger generations on using bicycles as a daily means of transportation, a concept repeated by professor Gabriele Torri, a researcher from the University of Bergamo and member of the managerial team of Pedalopolis, part of FIAB, and by Nicola Eynard, an architect and tourist guide.