ITS in Italy - TTS Italia

In the new 2007-2013 programme, the seven existing Euro-regional projects have been merged in
one truly pan-European project, EASYWAY, where 21 Member States
are participating. It is the first Europe-wide ITS project for harmonised ITS deployment. The
structure of the previous projects has been kept for optimising the efficiency of the deployment. Italy
has added a new area, the ITHACA area, involving southern motorways in connection with southeast
Europe. The Italian Ministry coordinates all four participations.
The purpose of the Italian involvement is to improve the quality of the services and to guarantee the
interoperability of such services across national borders, with the aim of reducing the number of
accidents and improving safety.
ITS for urban traffic management
ITS for urban mobility management are in place in the major
Italian cities, as Rome, Turin, Naples, Genoa, Florence,
Bologna,.…., with significant benefits obtained in several cases.
In Rome in 1999, the Administration of the City promoted the
realisation of an Integrated ITS System for traffic monitoring
and control which core is the is the Mobility Control Centre,
installed at ATAC (the Agency for the Mobility Services of the
City of Rome) headquarters.
The 5T system in Turin is one of the most advanced mobility
management system in Europe. The system is able to control
all the mobility issues in the Turin area and has been measured
to increase Public Transport commercial speed (+ 17%) and to
reduce Turin citizen travel time (-21%) improving traffic fluidity
and providing real time information.
Italian Cities are historical cities.
The problems connected to the
increasing demand for mobility,
peculiar to each urban area, are
then made even graver by the
structure of our cities which are
not fit to vehicle traffic. The
consequence is a negative quality
of life, in terms of comfort, safety,
pollution and time loss in
congestions.
ITS can contribute to reduce
significantly these negative effects
and it is for this reason that the
majority of the Italian Local
Administrations has chosen to
invest in the development of ITS
applications. All this for the benefit
of the citizen and the artistic
estates.
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TTS Italia Handbook 2008