ITS in Italy - TTS Italia
ITS in Italy - TTS Italia
ITS in Italy - TTS Italia
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<strong>ITS</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Italy</strong><br />
<strong>Italy</strong> is one of the European Countries characterised by the highest traffic levels with 975.992 million<br />
passengers /Km per year. 92,23% of them chooses road transport. Goods transport to more than 50<br />
Km distance amounts to 243.390 million tons per year and 64,85% is conveyed by road [Source:<br />
Conto Nazionale delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti, data updat<strong>in</strong>g 2007].<br />
Forecasts show that transport<br />
demand will <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> the next<br />
years and the risk is that transport<br />
costs will become unsusta<strong>in</strong>able.<br />
The National Plan for Transport and<br />
Logistics - PGTL, officially issued <strong>in</strong><br />
2001, by the <strong>Italia</strong>n M<strong>in</strong>istry of<br />
Infrastructure and Transport, has<br />
s<strong>in</strong>gled out a series of strategic<br />
measures to fit the National<br />
Transport System to the new trends<br />
<strong>in</strong> travel and transport, <strong>in</strong> a time<br />
horizon up to 2010.<br />
The aim is ensur<strong>in</strong>g to citizens and goods the possibility to travel safely, efficiently and compliantly<br />
with environment by us<strong>in</strong>g all transport modes. All this cannot be reached simply by build<strong>in</strong>g new<br />
<strong>in</strong>frastructures, but by consider<strong>in</strong>g transport as an “<strong>in</strong>tegrated system”, where <strong>in</strong>formation,<br />
management and control work <strong>in</strong> synergy, so optimis<strong>in</strong>g the use of <strong>in</strong>frastructure and logistic<br />
platforms.<br />
<strong>ITS</strong> play a lead<strong>in</strong>g role <strong>in</strong> such a strategic approach. They are the key tool to <strong>in</strong>tegrate mobility<br />
systems and services and to develop new solutions for a better efficiency, productivity and especially<br />
safety of transport system.<br />
Trials performed until now <strong>in</strong> <strong>Italy</strong> show that <strong>ITS</strong> are a priority for our economy and competitiveness.<br />
They make our cities more liveable and they help us to protect our artistic heritage from pollution.<br />
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<strong>TTS</strong> <strong>Italia</strong> Handbook 2008