Public transportation
Turin has an extensive public transportation network that, through a combination of subway, bus and streetcar, reaches all major university sites. The Metropolitan Railway Service also allows staff and students residing in the municipalities of the Turin belt to forgo the private car.
The University of Turin continues its journey towards environmental sustainability with initiatives that benefit its community: as part of its policies,
Turin has an extensive public transport network that, through a combination of underground, bus and tram services, reaches all the main university campuses. The Metropolitan Railway Service also allows staff and students living in the municipalities surrounding Turin to give up their private cars.
The subway, "metropolitana" or "metro", connects Collegno, a town in the west side of the city, with Lingotto Expo and enables one to cover in 20 minutes a distance that would take more than an hour on the ground.
More information is available on the GTT website.
How to move around the city in a sustainable way
UniTo has more than 120 sites and facilities located in seven main poles between Turin and the municipalities on the outskirts and every day the university community - students, lecturers and technical-administrative staff - covers more than 100,000 kilometres for home-work journeys and between the various sites.
The University of Turin promotes various forms of sustainable mobility as part of its commitment to environmental sustainability and proposes initiatives to encourage the use of public, shared and non-motorised transport.
Among the virtuous ways to reach the UniTo sites, an optimal solution is the multi-modal combination of public transport and bicycle, in cases where the distance to be covered by bicycle is excessive and the bus or train does not stop in front of the house.
The bicycle is a friend of the environment and quality of life because it is the vehicle that allows maximum efficiency of movement without requiring the consumption of fuel or other energy sources, while occupying the minimum possible space (little more than that of the person himself). For these reasons, it has become a typical tool in policies to reduce motorised traffic in cities all over the world.
UniTo is also working in this direction: it is preparing a series of incentive measures relating to parking, the use of bike sharing, and the identification of cycle paths between university sites.
Turin is equipped with a modern and very well organized bike-sharing system called TO-BIKE and enables you to pick up a bicycle in one of the 116 TO-BIKE stations scattered all over the city and give it back to the TO-BIKE station closest to your destination. It is very cheap and gives you the chance to explore the city along unconventional routes! Different subscription plans are available.
The use of shared vehicles, such as bicycles, scooters and cars, which are easily available in the city, encourages people to leave their private vehicles at home for their daily commute.
UniTo promotes shared mobility and has set up various agreements with local operators offering discounts and concessions for the university community. The agreements are the result of the inclusive “Muoviti bene con UniTo” (Move well with UniTo) initiative, launched in 2021 to develop a range of services that best meet the needs of the university community and encourage a real change in mobility habits with a lower impact on the environment.
Carpooling private cars, grouping passengers who make the same journey at the same times, is another way to keep traffic under control. UniToGo will try to map informal car-pooling experiences already active within the University, to assess the feasibility of a future organisation of the practice at company level.
For longer journeys, e.g. to non-metropolitan locations, you can use car-pooling services, sharing the car of a colleague making the same journey.
Given the complexity of reaching the Orbassano campus by public transport and active mobility, many people choose to use their cars. To reduce the number of cars on the road, it is possible to share the journey by adopting a comfortable, safe and convenient transport alternative. Since 2022, a carpooling trial has been underway for students and staff at San Luigi in Orbassano, organised by the Mobility Manager, Sustainability Area, University Green Office and student representatives from the Departments of Clinical and Biological Sciences and Oncology.