TTS Italia Handbook 2006

The Company
Autostrade per l’Italia
Autostrade per l’Italia, controlled 100% by the holding Autostrade S.p.A., is the biggest Italian
Concessionaire.
Autostrade per l’Italia, beside the management of 2.854,6 km of network in concession, controls in its
own right 8 Italian Concessionaires and 5 Service Companies. The network managed by the
Autostrade Group is 3.408,1 Kms, i.e. the 62% of the Italian tolled network.
ITS Expertise & Solutions
The main task of Autostrade is focused on ensuring the maximum flexibility of the motorway network
and to pursue the constant improvement of safety and security and quality of service offered to
clients, also by means of innovative services. One of the key aspects of the motorway network is the
diffusion of toll payment systems, which is the key element for traffic fluency. In particular the ETC
Telepass sysyem, operated by Autostrade in Italy since 1990, has gained a great success: today, the
distributed OBU are more than 5 millions and this result is due to promotional and development
activities parallel to the constant upgrade of technologies.
The Telepass system dramatically cuts the waiting times of vehicles and consequently motor
emissions, for reduced environmental impact. Besides, the Company is involved in the definition of
new application fields of Telepass technology, like the Limited Traffic Area control in many Italian city.
Autostrade per l’Italia has successfully exported its know-how; in fact Autostrade per l’Italia has
operated the Austrian dynamic free flow multilane system (2000 km of tolled road network for HGV >
3.5 t) by means of the Europpass Company, that, up to mid 2005 was controlled 100% by Autostrade
S.p.A.
Main ITS solutions proposed by Autostrade:
ETC solutions: a complete portfolio of turn-key technical solutions for all Road User Charging
Schemes, from the usual monolane configuration to the real multilane free flow, suitable for
motorway and urban mobility environments.
Access Control: the systems allow the control of limited traffic areas access, parking, interports
by means of the acceptance list check and to eventually start an automatic tolling process.
Autotraf: a new generation technology platform which integrates and coordinates the various
information sources making them accessible to the operators who monitor and manage the
network.
Autotraf Plus: Autotraf plus shows the status of traffic by means of messages displayed on the
VMS in a Branch Direction, based upon the Journey times application.
INFOMOVING: INFOMOVING is a broadcast information service with a satellite TV format.
SAFETY TUTOR: the response to the objective of increasing the level of safety in the motorway
network by means of the systematic control, direct and secure, of average and instant speed.
SIV (Traffic Information System): The SIV is the working tool for the Autostrade Group
Companies TCC used to manage events, May Day operations, Mechanic and Sanitary help and to
enhance the data exchange quality among Operators and Customers.
References:
Head office: Via Bergamini, 50 – 00159 Roma - Italy
Contact person: Paolo Giorgi
Email: paolo.giorgi@autostrade.it Phone: +39 055 4202522 Fax: +39 055 4202369
Website: www.autostrade.it
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