TTS Italia Handbook 2006

The Future: Galileo
Italy has always supported Galileo since the first phasis of the project which has lead the European
Union to develop a satellite navigation system for civil use, independent, but interoperable with GPS.
Together with France, Germany and Great Britain, Italy is indeed one of the major sponsor of the
project, participating with 17,38% financing contribution, and Italian companies are directly involved
in the realisation of the project.
The conviction is that Galileo will have a
essential impact on the life of each
Italian citizen. Galileo will have a key
influence on the creation and
development of new mobility systems
and services, both for passengers and
goods transport, in a wider and wider
European context.
Galileo will encourage the integration
level of systems, transport modes and
networks, so allowing the user to use in
the most comfortable way all transport
modes to reach his/her destination, by
optimising route time.
Galileo benefits will be even more important for goods transport. Operators will be able to ensure the
customers a more and more efficient service and to control in a more effective way and in real-time,
their trucks, wagons or containers.
The availability of a common reference scheme for services generated by Galileo, can promote their
market development. So, realising the National Architecture ARTIST, Italy has created the conditions
to the maximum development of systems and services based on Galileo.
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