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Deliverable D3.3.7: Mapping of EU ITS Action Plan areas

(Italy)

Jonathan Rossetti

February, 2013

Deliverable D3.3.7: Mapping of EU ITS Action Plan areas (Italy) 1

PROJECT INFORMATION

Title: Intelligent Transport Systems in South East Europe

Acronym: SEE-ITS

EoI Reference number: SEE/D/0099/3.2/X

Programme: South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme

Starting date: September 28th, 2012

Duration: 24 months

Web site: www.seeits.eu

PROJECT PARTNERS

No Name Short name Country

LP

Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

- Hellenic Institute of Transport CERTH-HIT Greece

ERDF PP1

Patras Municipal Enterprise for Planning and

Development S.A. ADEP S.A. Greece

ERDF PP2

AustriaTech - Federal Agency for

Technological Measures Ltd ATE Austria

ERDF PP3 Hungarian Transport Administration HTA Hungary

ERDF PP4

Bulgarian Association Intelligent Transport

Systems ITS Bulgaria Bulgaria

ERDF PP5 Intelligent Transport Systems Romania ITS Romania Romania

ERDF PP6 University of Ljubljana UL Slovenia

ERDF PP7 Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation

ITL Italy

EU ASP1 Hellenic Intelligent Transport Systems ITS HELLAS Greece

EU ASP2 ITS Hungary Association ITS Hungary Hungary

20% ASP1 Italian ITS Association TTS Italia Italy

10% PP1 Albanian Association of Urban Transport SHKTQ Albania

10% PP2 Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb

FPZ Croatia

http://www.seeits.eu/


DOCUMENT PROFILE

Document status: Final version

Deliverable code: D3.3.7

Deliverable title: Mapping of EU ITS Action Plan Areas (Italy)

Work Package: 3

Preparation date: 28/02/2013

Submission date: 29/03/2013

Total pages: 18

Dissemination level: Public

Author: Jonathan Rossetti

Contributors: Alexander Hausmann

Stefano Dondi

Evangelos Mitsakis

Abstract: This report aims at screening EU policies regarding the political and

commercial framework in Italy.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Intelligent Transport Systems can significantly contribute to a cleaner, safer and more efficient

transport system. A legal framework (Directive 2010/40/EU) was adopted by the European

Commission on 7 July 2010 to accelerate the deployment of these innovative transport

technologies across Europe. This Directive is an important instrument for the coordinated

implementation of ITS in Europe. It aims to establish interoperable and seamless ITS services

while leaving Member States the freedom to decide which systems to invest in.

The Directive establishes a framework in support of the coordinated and coherent

deployment and use of Intelligent Transport Systems within the Union, in particular across

the borders between the Member States, and sets out the general conditions necessary for

that purpose. The necessary standards to provide for interoperability, compatibility and

continuity for the deployment and operational use of ITS shall be developed in the mentioned

priority areas and for the priority actions. To that effect, the Commission shall request the

relevant standardisation bodies to make every necessary effort to adopt these standards

rapidly.

This report aims at screening EU policies regarding the political and commercial framework

in the different SEE-ITS countries. A basis for the analysis will be the EU ITS Directive, which

identifies the following priority areas for action regarding ITS services:

• Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data

• Continuity of traffic and freight management ITS services

• ITS road safety and security applications

• Linking the vehicle with the transport infrastructure

There will be one conclusion for all reports of Task 3.3, carried out in a separate document.


CONTENTS

1. Introduction ___________________________________________________________ 6

2. Legal framework ________________________________________________________ 7

2.1. National ITS law ____________________________________________________ 7

2.2. Prohibiting legislative elements _________________________________________ 7

2.3. Influence on commercial and private initiative _____________________________ 7

3. Stakeholders involved ____________________________________________________ 8

3.1. Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure _________________________________ 8

3.2. ITS associations _____________________________________________________ 8

4. Policy framework ______________________________________________________ 10

4.1. National ITS action plan _____________________________________________ 10

4.2. Other relevant national policy documents _______________________________ 10

4.3. Organisational and financial barriers ____________________________________ 11

4.4. Funding __________________________________________________________ 11

4.5. National standards _________________________________________________ 12

4.6. Vulnerable road users _______________________________________________ 12

5. Cooperation aspects ____________________________________________________ 14

5.1. European and regional cooperation ____________________________________ 14

5.1.1. ITHACA ITS __________________________________________________ 14

5.1.2. SERTI project _________________________________________________ 14

5.1.3. COMPASS project _____________________________________________ 14

5.1.4. SCUTUM project ______________________________________________ 15

5.1.5. P3ITS project _________________________________________________ 15

5.2. Measures for public awareness ________________________________________ 15

6. SWOT analysis ________________________________________________________ 16

6.1. Strengths _________________________________________________________ 16

6.2. Weaknesses ______________________________________________________ 16

6.3. Opportunities _____________________________________________________ 16

6.4. Threats __________________________________________________________ 16

7. Conclusion and next steps _______________________________________________ 17


ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMINOLOGY

CO2 Carbon dioxide

DG TREN Directorate-General for Transport and Energy, now part of the

Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE)

EC European Commission

eCall Emergency calling system for vehicles on European level

EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, a European

Differential Global Positioning System

ERTICO ERTICO - ITS Europe is the European organisation that funds

ITS research and defines ITS industry standards

EU European Union

FMCG Fast-moving consumer goods

FP7 The Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union for

the funding of research and technological development in

Europe

GALILEO European satellite navigation system

ICT Information and communication technologies

ITS Intelligent Transport Systems

SEE Southeast Europe

SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

TTS Italia Italian Association for Telematics for Transport and Safety

Vulnerable road users Non-motorised road users (pedestrians, cyclists) as well as

motor-cyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility

and orientation


1. INTRODUCTION

Based upon the information each project partner provided in the questionnaire of Task 3.3,

this report performs a screening of policies in the SEE-ITS countries regarding the political

and commercial framework with respect to the EU ITS Directive and shows influences on the

commercial and private initiative regarding ITS implementation. It analyses instruments and

measures for ITS deployment such as laws, action plans and other policy related documents

as well as possible barriers for successful implementation of ITS applications and services. The

national funding landscape is analysed as well as current possible measures for vulnerable

road users, future European and regional cooperation and measures for public awareness

regarding Intelligent Transport Systems. Ultimately, a SWOT analysis is carried out and based

on it, next steps are evaluated.


2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK

This chapter includes the description of the legal and commercial framework in Italy,

especially focusing on the dedicated ITS law but also on how the legislative framework

corresponds to commercial and private initiatives related to ITS deployment.

2.1. National ITS law

Currently, the law concerning ITS is not really dedicated, but it is included in the article 8 of

the law (18 October 2012, n.179) “Further urgent measures for the growth of the nation”.

This law has been defined by the Ministry Council in order to counteract the economic crisis.

It includes several measures linked to different sectors of the Italian economy. Article 8

transposes the European Directive 2010/40/UE.

In particular, two aspects are considered relevant by the article:

• An interoperable electronic ticketing (technical rules for public transport agencies will

be adopted during the 90 days after the publication )

• A database of information on infrastructure and services collected by the

infrastructure managers, owners of transport and logistics nodes (freight villages,

ports, …) and parking areas. Design, realisation and diffusion requirements will be

adopted during the 60 days after the publication.

A specific law, taking into consideration the “proposal” for a National Action Plan is expected

to be approved by the end of March 2013. The implementing decree on ITS was published

on 26 March 2013.

2.2. Prohibiting legislative elements

All official documents in Italy related to ITS deployment are binding in case of a change of the

political framework. There are no legislative elements in Italy that would prohibit the

adoption of the EU ITS Directive.

2.3. Influence on commercial and private initiative

There is no specific information regarding this matter in Italy, but the current political and

economic problems do not positively affect the commercial and private initiative on ITS

implementation.


3. STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED

The following organisations and authorities are involved in planning, financing and

implementing ITS in Italy.

3.1. Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure

This is the department of the Italian Government, which is responsible for funding and

national decision making regarding all transport infrastructure networks (road, highway,

railway, port, airport) and expressing the general plan of transport and logistics, as well as

plans for the transport sector including urban mobility plans.

3.2. ITS associations

The main national association is TTS Italia, the National Association for Telematics for

Transport and Safety. TTS Italia members are important national actors in the field of ITS.

Among members there are public entities, local administrations, urban and extra-urban

mobility managers, local public transport operators, motorway operators, mobility service

providers, vehicles manufacturers, advanced technologies and components producers, freight

villages, research centres and universities. Members are divided in Founding Members,

Premium Members, Ordinary Members, Universities and Local Administrations.

Founding Members are:

• ACI

• Atac

• Autostrada Brescia – Padova

• Autostrade Tech

• Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti

• Mizar Automazione /Gruppo Swarco

• Satap -Autostrada Torino-Milano e Autostrada Torino-Piacenza

• UbiEst/Targa Infomobility

TTS Italia is a meeting point as well as a landmark for exchanging and comparing positions,

interests, priorities both for all members and for all the actors contributing to the

development and realisation of ITS.

From constant dialogue comes the consensus on the modalities of actuation, on the strategies

to adopt, on the technologies to use within short, medium and long term. TTS Italia takes

part in round tables, spreads the European Directives, proposes and supports the

development and the management of projects also through the collaboration with other

subjects, ensures the participation of its members in the most important congresses and

workshops all over the world and promotes the activities of the sector at national and

international level through appropriate communication strategies.


The Technical-Scientific Committee of TTS Italia organised its activities in four workgroups,

according to the four priority areas of the ITS Directive:

1) WP1 - Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data

2) WP2 - Continuity of traffic and freight management ITS services on

European Transport Corridors and in conurbations: focussing on ITS services

for traffic and freight management, and especially on the aspects related to continuity

and interoperability on European Transport Corridors and in conurbations

3) WP3 – Road Safety and Security: intensifying the aspects related to eCall

implementation at national level and defining the measures needed for information

and booking service for safe parking areas for trucks. It also aims at proposing the

due actions for ITS applications related to advanced systems for driving assistance and

safety for vulnerable users

4) WP4 – Integration of the vehicle into the transport infrastructure: defining

the necessary measures to integrate several ITS applications into an open on-board

platform through the analysis of potential applications of cooperative driving systems

at national level and the promotion of national Field Operational Tests.


4. POLICY FRAMEWORK

This chapter focuses on the instruments that are utilised in Italy to implement or facilitate the

implementation of ITS. It also includes national funding programmes and standards used.

Furthermore possible barriers as well as measures for vulnerable road users are emphasised.

4.1. National ITS action plan

The national ITS action plan (“Piano d’Azione ITS nazionale”) has been issued in the

December 2012 and identifies the national priorities till 2017. The plan is a position paper

(proposal) elaborated by TTS Italia under request of the Italian Ministry of Transport and

Infrastructure. The proposal is currently under evaluation and it is planned to be approved by

the end of March 2013.

The plan goes beyond the EU priorities and defines necessary actions at general level to

support the coordinated development of ITS in Italy:

• Revision and updating of the national ITS framework

• Promote the elaboration and utilisation of reference models and technical standards

for the design and implementation of ITS systems

• Promote the implementation of ITS on the national road network

• Introduce a classification of the service level for the national road network,

considering available ITS systems for information, management and safety

• Launch a system for measuring and monitoring the benefits of using ITS applications

(database of benefits)

• Networking transport platforms

• Create the conditions for the utilisation of services provided by navigation systems

• Increase the implementation level of telematics systems on vehicles.

4.2. Other relevant national policy documents

There is the National Logistics Plan 2011-2020, elaborated by the National Council for Road

Transport and Logistics and its relative Scientific Council, with a large participation of

sectorial operators. It is a tool for bringing about needed changes of logistics and transport

policies and to define short and mid-term strategies in order to increase the competitiveness

of the country.

The plan identifies ten strategic guidelines for interventions, characterised by 51 actions

linked to different issues of Logistics and Transport sector, including laws, regulations and

tools for the assessment of benefits.

On 29 May 2012, the National Council for Road Transport and Logistics approved a

document concerning the first steps for the implementation of the National Plan for Logistics

2011/2020. This includes four operational proposals that were submitted to the attention of

the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, for the needed assessments of the Parliament.


• Proposal 1 – Customs Single window

• Proposal 2 – City logistics as grown factor

• Proposal 3 – From Ex-Work to Carriage Paid to

• Proposal 4 – Reducing empty return trips and waiting time for loading and unloading

The National Logistics Plan 2011-2020 acknowledges the pivotal role played by ITS in the

development of the sector by devoting a strategic line to this topic entitled ‘Telematics

platform, ICT system and Galileo project’.

Direct Actions:

• Action 07: National Plan for ITS

• Action 26: Database of quantities and flows and realisation of an “Atlas for Logistics”

• Action 43: Telematics platform for logistics (priority)

o Area: application of traffic management systems and definition of a European

System of Information

o Objectives: integration with Europe, accessibility to transport operators,

definition of a database on quantities and flows

• Action 36: Best practices for FMCG chain

• Action 37: Best practices for Pharmaceutical chain

• Action 38: Best practices for Electronics/Appliance chain

• Action 39: Best practices for Automotive

o Area: make efficient multimodal logistics chains, in order to promote

environmental transport modes

o Objectives: interoperability, development of high quality chains

• Action 41: From the freight plan to urban mobility

o Area: urban logistics system with low CO2 emissions

o Objectives: development of supporting services for transport, logistics and

environment on both national and regional/local level

4.3. Organisational and financial barriers

Due to the economic crisis in Italy there are many national spending cuts. Both the legislative

elements considering ITS and the national ITS Action Plan aim at solving the problem of

financing through the creation of a National Fund for ITS implementation. Moreover the

national ITS Action Plan aims to set a system for measuring and also awarding the benefits of

ITS solutions.

4.4. Funding

In the last ten years different funding programs were launched in Italy:

• Elisa Program (2007-2012)

• National Operating Programme for Transport (PON, 2006-2007 and 2007-2013)

• Industry 2015 – Action Sustainable Mobility (2007-2012)

• Smart Cities and Communities (since 2012)


The Elisa Programme ended in the 2012 as well as the Industry 2015 programme did. The

Transport PON will be finalised in 2013. At the moment there are no calls for proposals.

The Smart Cities and Communities Programme has been launched by the Ministry of

Innovation, Research and University (MIUR) in 2012. Currently there is no official “end” of

the programme defined. Both the Transport PON and Smart Cities and Communities

Programme are co-financed by the European Commission (European Regional Development

Fund - ERDF). It should also be mentioned that some projects are financed at local level as

well by regions, provinces and municipalities. Moreover many companies and organisations

are involved in European projects.

4.5. National standards

An important project financed by the government is UIRNet, a telematics platform designed

to improve the efficiency and safety of the entire Italian logistics system, bringing considerable

benefits both for individual users and the system as a whole. The platform will offer a diverse

series of info-mobility services and actions, information on interoperability and special

services for hazardous goods transport management. It aims to create a network of services

for the transport and logistics sectors. The system aims to directly involve haulage

contractors, integrated logistics centres and associations. The project has two main

objectives: to improve efficiency of freight village services and to increase safety standards

throughout the entire process chain.

UIRNet offers a wide range of services for all logistics operators. The services section

includes basic information, weather and traffic updates:

• Smartruck: is designed to offer to road transport companies a range of services to

improve fleet management

• Control Tower: allows terminals to extend their ability to control the supply chain,

improving the efficiency of storage and loading/unloading operations by integration of

road transport fleets.

• Booking: an additional package of Control Tower and allows the booking of services

available at UIRNet.

• Gnoscere: this powerful analysis tool offers users a range of useful information for the

measurement of the supply chain processes managed by companies and organisations

that deal with logistics.

• Freight Taxi: allows a transport providers and customers to secure additional business

opportunities.

• Dangerous goods: a tool for the management of dangerous goods.

4.6. Vulnerable road users

The National Logistic Plan for Road Safety (Piano Nazionale della Sicurezza Stradale – PNSS)

includes priorities for 2020. IT is currently in preparation according to indications given by the

European Commission, which provide seven specific areas. One of them concerns the


protection of vulnerable road users. Specific measures for vulnerable road users defined in

the National Logistic Plan for Road Safety, are:

• Moderating speed in urban areas by encouraging slow mobility with 30 km/h zones,

traffic calming interventions like raised pedestrian crossings, extension of the

platforms at the crossings, humps and narrowing of the carriageway.

• Protection:

o Creation of safe pedestrian paths, barriers, crossings raised, continuity of paths

o Realisation of safe cycle tracks and ensuring the consistency of the cycle path

network

o Creation of safe crossings for pedestrians and cyclists: traffic lights at pedestrian

crossings, islands jacket, light crossings, barriers for pedestrians, advanced stop

line for cyclists at signalised intersections

• Visibility: Defining rules for improving the visibility, information campaigns for users

concerning the use of devices to enhance visibility

• ITS systems: fixed lighting systems to identify the cycle paths and ad hoc lighting

systems that detect the presence of pedestrians.


5. COOPERATION ASPECTS

This chapter concentrates on cooperation agreements of Italy in the course of ITS

implementation (joint research, data exchange, co-financing, etc.) at regional and European

level, but also on measures undertaken for public awareness.

5.1. European and regional cooperation

5.1.1. ITHACA ITS The DG TREN of the European commission has launched and supported Euro-Regional

projects as an action of support for the deployment of the Trans European Road Network

(TERN). Greece, South of Italy, Romania and the southern corridor and areas toward east are

missing and European Institutions seem to be positive about the definition of such a new

project covering the missing areas, as a completion of the frame in which to develop its

policies for seamless and safer ways for transport.

5.1.2. SERTI project SERTI was one of seven Euro-Regional programmes initiated by DG-TREN with the aim of

improving the quality and continuity of services on the European road network. The SERTI-

MIP programme extended over the six-year period 2001-2006 and represented a total

investment of EUR 160 million of which EUR 30 million is European funding. The 25 SERTI

partners were implementing traffic management and user information services using ITS to

improve safety and comfort on the road corridors linking Germany, France, Spain, Italy,

Switzerland and Andorra: 5000 km of motorways and main roads, 20 regions in six countries.

Traffic comprises a considerable proportion of foreigners on the different national networks,

with the following significant characteristics: periods of heavy migration, regular cross-border

and considerable HGV (heavy goods vehicle) transit traffic. User information services, cross-

border traffic management co-operations, data broadcasting, data exchange and traffic

management equipment… Since 1997, considerable co-operation and co-ordination has been

developed on both a national and European scale to improve safety and reduce congestion on

the SERTI network.

5.1.3. COMPASS project COMPASS (optimised CO-Modal PASSenger transport for reducing Carbon emissions) is a

project of FP7 coordinated by the Napier University of Edinburgh with the aim to integrate

passenger transport modes and travel information services through the analysis of social

behaviour, mobility patterns and business models as basis for the decarbonisation of the

European transport system. COMPASS has started on November 2011 with a duration of 25

months. TTS Italia is leader of business models and dissemination activities WPs.


5.1.4. SCUTUM project SCUTUM (SeCUring the EU GNSS adopTion in the dangeroUs Material transport) is a

European Research & Development project, coordinated by Telespazio, aimed at a wide

adoption of Satellite Navigation EGNOS/Galileo based technology and services for the safe

hazardous goods transport management. In the project, TTS Italia supported Telespazio in

the management and dissemination activities.

5.1.5. P3ITS project P3ITS (Pre-commercial Public Procurement for ITS innovation and deployment) is a

European project coordinated by ERTICO. TTS Italia deals with the activities for needs and

requirements for the innovation and deployment conditions of cooperative ITS services. TTS

Italia also supports the activities related to the consolidations, recommendations for

stakeholders and roadmap for implementation thereof. The project started in January 2010

with a duration of 18 months

5.2. Measures for public awareness

There are no specific measures to enhance public awareness for Intelligent Transport

Systems in Italy.


6. SWOT ANALYSIS

In this chapter the results of a SWOT analysis of the ITS actions in Italy at policy, legislative

and organisational levels are presented.

6.1. Strengths

• Italian private companies are heavily present in the field of ITS.

• There is a strong commitment of research and development to support the

implementation and utilisation of new technologies applied to the transport sector.

6.2. Weaknesses

• The main weakness is the difficult situation of the Italian Economy that doesn’t allow

consistent financing for projects and applications.

• For long time in Italy an overall view of the ITS development and implementation has

been missing. This is now a task of the national ITS Action Plan.

6.3. Opportunities

• Italy is one of the countries with the highest density of traffic, so actions in the field of

ITS are even more important than elsewhere.

• Road transport is still the dominant share, so it is necessary to improve efficiency and

safety of the road network.

• Intelligent Transport Systems are able to facilitate interoperability in order to

encourage private companies to increasingly develop multimodal applications.

6.4. Threats

• Compared to other EU-countries there already is a technological and organisational

backlog in Italy while ITS development in other countries is progressing.

• Improper and uncoordinated use (and addressing) of funding sources

• There is a lack of sustainability of ITS innovation without collaboration between

public organisations and private companies.

• Risk for a negative gap compared to the main European countries if the national

action plans don’t immediately turn into practice through real actions


7. CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS

Based on the SWOT analysis, this chapter contains possible options for improving the process

of ITS deployment in Italy.

Italy has a very high density of road traffic, so actions in the field of ITS are possibly more

important than elsewhere. Consequently there is a big impact to be expected after setting

the first measures. Intelligent Transport Systems are able to facilitate interoperability in order

to encourage the development of multimodal applications. With the big share of road

transport in Italy, users will be encouraged to switch to more environmentally friendly modes

of transport and thereby shaping everyday mobility more efficient by utilising each mode’s

respective benefits.

For this to be achieved it is essential that the users know about the advantageous impacts ITS

can have on their daily lives. However the proposal of the Italian ITS Action Plan contains

important organisational and technological elements it lacks measures for creating and

increasing user knowledge about ITS. As soon as users become aware of the benefits of

Intelligent Transport Systems the demand for ITS applications and services will increase. At

this point it will be very useful to already have a certain range of ITS products available that

have been developed within a supportive organisational and political framework.

There is no dedicated ITS legislation yet but there are some elements considering ITS

included in the law “Further urgent measures for the growth of the nation”. The legislative

element regarding interoperable electronic ticketing seems to be a good one in principle, but

may be too specific considering the current status of ITS deployment in Italy with a quite

large number of isolated applications, inconsistent financing and little collaboration between

public organisations and private companies. The second point calling for a database of

information on infrastructure and services however seems to follow a holistic approach which

is very likely to turn out as an advantage for Italian ITS deployment.

Regardless it does not seem sensible to treat an extensive topic like ITS within another even

more extensive subject like measures for the growth of a nation. A dedicated ITS law would

facilitate the holistic approach that is necessary for successful ITS deployment.

There appears to be a lack of political commitment to ITS in general which consequently

does not positively affect the commercial and private initiative on the implementation of

Intelligent Transport Systems. Yet the governmental initiative apparently is more consequent

when it comes to logistics. There is a National Logistics Plan that defines measures until 2020

and specifically acknowledges the pivotal role of ITS in the development of logistics.

Furthermore there is the governmentally financed telematics platform UIRNET, designed to

improve the efficiency and safety of the entire Italian logistics system.

Otherwise, the main impetus on ITS deployment comes from TTS Italia, both on national and

international level. This association comprises important national actors in the field of ITS, like

public entities, local administrations, public transport and motorway operators as well as


mobility service providers, vehicles manufacturers, research centres and universities. Its

activities involve taking part in round tables, proposing and supporting the development and

management of projects, participating in congresses and workshops and promoting the

activities of the ITS sector at national and international level through appropriate

communication strategies.

All these activities are headed in the right direction however there is obviously a significant

lack of political participation and commitment. It cannot be the task of an association like TTS

Italia or any other national ITS association to be responsible for ITS deployment without

political support. Policy is obliged to create suitable organisational and legislative structures to

encourage a sustainable implementation of ITS services and applications by manufacturers,

operators and service providers.

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