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Further on from the study, an application to a real study case was carried out. Taking Turin as a case
study and using the method described above, an ARTIST scheme based on P.U.T objectives was
deployed and measured the efficiency of the present ITS operating in Turin.
The second study aimed at developing both the Logical and the Physical Architectures of the “Urban
freight transport management module”, and a practical application was analysed for the city of Rome.
The study was performed in association with the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
The National ITS Strategic Plan
TTS Italia, on request of the former Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport, has worked out the
first draft of a National ITS Strategic Plan.
Actually, eve n though the ITS sector has been active in Italy since the Eighties, our Country still lacks
a political and strategic reference Plan to point out ITS priorities in the short/medium term, the
objectives to achieve, the actions needed to attain them and the expected benefits. This Plan should
take into account the challenges settled by an increasing traffic demand which is changing in
accordance with the social models, the national competitiveness and the European goals about safety
and the balance between modes of transport. Moreover, the Plan should also create the technological
and normative conditions to facilitate the Italian ITS development starting from the National ITS
Architecture ARTIST.
Therefore, Italy needs a national ITS strategy that sets up:
the short/medium term priorities;
the measures necessary to realize them;
the organizational and financial instruments;
the mechanisms for promoting the adoption and the maintenance of the ITS systems
and services on the basis of achieved benefits;
the need of training.
TTS Italia has perceived this need and, together with the Ministry, has elaborated a proposal of an
ITS Strategic Plan to be submitted to Public Institutions. The aim of this initiative is to provide
Institutions with a debate platform able to stimulate the creation of an ITS national policy, to accept
the challenges of the increasing transport demand and the enlarging markets, to face the national and
European interoperability needs. Ultimately, thanks to this proposal, the transport system will not be a
difficult nor critical field anymore, but a powerful engine for the Country’s growth.
The document is the result of a discussion and comparison process which involved all the main actors
interested in ITS, such as Institutions, Companies, Research bodies. It has the aim to point out a set
of thematic priorities based on the macro objectives of national transports and also to present a set of
possible measures and the instruments to realize them.
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