Poreč – Parenzo SEAP revision (Sustainable Energy Action Plan revision) states that, in the total energy consumption (2017), the transport sector accounts for a share of 46.61%, and it is responsible for 58.87%, or more than half of the Town of Poreč – Parenzo total CO2 emissions. Having in mind the fact that Town of Poreč – Parenzo (according to the official 2011 data) has a population of 16 696 inhabitants, which, during the Summer, with the tourist population, rises to a number of approximately 100 000, causing the number of vehicles to multiply to an extreme level.
This causes excessive number of vehicles within the city centre perimeter, traffic jams cause people to spend a great deal of time in their vehicles while searching for free parking spaces. This in turn causes elevated CO2 emission levels, air pollution, etc.
At the moment, the town of Poreč-Parenzo area is not covered by a public transport service. Having in mind the traffic challenge that we are facing, development of sustainable public and multimodal passenger transport concept will be a great starting point and a pilot action that will provide us with valuable information and data on how to further develop entirely green and CO2 emission free e-public transport.
