Table 2: The main differences between the traditional transportation urban plan and the SUMP according to the EU Guidelines.

MOE / Scenario No Underpass Short Underpass Long Underpass
Average reduction of vehicles queued -20% -30% -35%
Vehicles average waiting time at the intersections variation From 0 to - 0.5
minutes per vehicle
From -0.8 to - 1.4 minutes per vehicle From -2.4 to - 3.2 minutes per vehicle
Vehicles fuel consumption in crossing the study area variation -0.005 € per vehicle -0.08 € per vehicle -0.20 € per vehicle
Vehicles pollutant emissions variation 500 g of equivalent CO2 per vehicle 500 g of equivalent CO2 per vehicle -500 g of equivalent CO2 per vehicle
Realization cost
(2017 price)
1 million € 10 million € 13 million €
Net Present Value (NPV)
(2017 price)
-0.4 million € for 6 years
1.2 million € for 20 years
16 million € for 6 years
28 million € for 20 years
40 million € for 6 years
70 million € for 20 years
Pay Back Period (PBP) 10 years 6 years 3 years