This group aimed to quantify levels of boat wakes in the Venetian canals over the past decade. The group found that both boat traffic and boat wakes are increasing, and will continue to increase. The group then examined several ways Venice could reduce these destructive boat wakes. The four possibilities include; changing the hull shape, enforcing speed limits, a taxi re-engineering plan, and a cargo re-engineering plan. If adapted, these proposals could reduce boat wakes by 57% in Venetian Canals.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Hastings, Samuel Scott
• Solomon, Alexander DeLong
• Petry, Stephen O.
• Bennett, Alexander Gottlieb

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Sustainability
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-122013-074812

Mot-clé

• Risk management
• Water resources development
• Transportation

Advisor

• Carrera, Fabio
• Hart, Frederick L.

Year

• 2013

Center

• Venice, Italy Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2013-12-20

Emplacement

• Venice

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright