Anas at the XIV International Congress Winter Service and Resilience

February 7-11 2022, the 16th Winter Viability Congress was held, organized by PIARC 4 years.
As usual, Italy was present both in the technical sections, with thematic reports, and in the Exhibition, with the Italian Pavilion where the main members were hosted.
For the first time an international PIARC event was held on a virtual platform to cope with the logistical and travel difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
More than 780 delegates in the five days of the Conference with technical sessions and the awarding of the best technical papers presented from all over the world.
Italy participated in the International Exposition with its own pavilion together with Spain, USA, France, Canada, South Korea and Japan.

The Italian Pavilion hosted the stands of Anas bringing to the attention of Congress, along with other member countries of the Association such as USA, France, Spain, Canada, Korea and Japan, the best practices that are the flagship of the road company.
On the topic of road management in winter conditions Anas presented the Road Winter Information System (RWIS) developed together with Bucher Municipal - Giletta, also a PIARC member and present in the Italian Pavilion.
A "smart road" must use technological evolutions to improve and optimize maintenance activities and, in particular, the management of winter activities.
The efficient and effective management of Winter Maintenance can only derive from the information related to current/future weather conditions and road surface conditions, as well as from the data related to maintenance operations recorded by the equipment in the field. Thus, this information is a prerequisite for the decision-making process underlying strategies and operations for winter event management and the management of responsible personnel.
The winter maintenance authority is responsible for, among other things:
- Constant monitoring of weather conditions.
- Constant monitoring of road surface conditions.
- Monitoring the location and status of maintenance vehicles.
The Road Winter Information System (RWIS) is a software tool that collects all available data on weather, road conditions, traffic, and operational tools to support decision making in winter road maintenance management. RWIS integrates current data from roadside weather stations, weather radar and satellites, cameras, mobile roadside weather stations, national, regional or inland weather service.
The RWIS system provides a comprehensive overview of historical weather data, current real-time data, forecasts, and road surface condition data. The system can include models that provide not only weather forecasts, but also specific forecasts regarding the road surface.
The AOS system has an application that allows the connection of a number of mobile sensors to update road conditions in real time, sending the following information:
AOS, connected to Smart Road, downloads all information related to road conditions:
- Road temperature.
- Air temperature.
- Road condition (wet, dry, ice, snow, etc.).
- Friction value.
- Section of road in salting operation.
- Section of road already treated.
- Section of road in snow removal operation.
- Section of road already cleared of snow.
This information is displayed in real time on traffic panels or directly on the smartphones and navigation systems of road users.
The AOS can also receive all information about the state of the road from traffic (vehicles driving on the section of road under consideration). In the future, self-driving cars will be able to determine more parameters related to actual road conditions. The AOS will use these in addition to existing data, to define the best operating parameters. For more information, click here.

The Smart Road
Still on the subject of digitization of the road infrastructure, the Anas Smart Road was presented, a project that has already been widely implemented and tested on some of the company's roads.
The Anas Smart Road project is an enabling technology for the development of Smart Mobility and preparatory to future scenarios of autonomous driving of vehicles.
The project, aimed at improving road safety and making traffic flows more efficient, is based on a complex digital platform that is articulated on the road network as a nervous system with the support of technologies such as IoT (Internet of Things), AI (Artificial Intelligence), Big Data and advanced sensors through the development of the national ultra-broadband network.
In line with the guidelines received from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, Anas has started to conceive Smart Roads well in advance in Europe. The goal is to provide the country with an efficient road network, progressively improving and open to the new challenges of the future: from electric power to assisted driving and beyond, as in the case of self-driving vehicles. For more information, click here.

Passive safety and environmental and acoustic mitigation
On the subject of passive safety and environmental and acoustic mitigation, Anas presented the new anti-noise barrier and DYNAMAP, a cutting-edge noise pollution detection system.

A.N.A.S., acronym for Anti-Noise Acoustic Screen, is a project that aims to develop a sustainable noise reduction device suitable for road transport infrastructures. The project aims to facilitate the implementation of noise mitigation measures in ordinary critical scenarios, according to environmental and landscape constraints. The central idea of the project is based on the development of a sustainable, modular and flexible shielding solution, with its own visual identity, adaptable to different environmental and territorial contexts and equipped with interchangeable panels in different materials. To do so, a preliminary sustainability analysis based on commercial products was carried out in order to identify the most suitable and environmentally friendly commercial solutions. The analysis was carried out using a simplified procedure described in the European project QUIESST, in which the main types of noise barriers were analyzed in terms of social, environmental, economic and technical impact. The sustainability analysis was performed using the simplest and most intuitive method, namely the SAW (Simple Additive Weighting) linear additive model. The evaluation criteria were retrieved from the QUIESST project and the necessary data were provided by noise barrier manufacturers. The results of this preliminary analysis allowed us to obtain key information on the sustainability of various solutions and materials. This information was used to guide the design of two prototype noise barriers, called CLIP and STRIPE.

In 2014, the DYNAMAP project took its first steps toward developing a system capable of detecting and representing the acoustic impact of road infrastructure in real time. The goal of this project is to facilitate and speed up the updating of noise maps that, according to 2002/49/EC on environmental noise, must be delivered every five years. To this end, an automatic monitoring system, based on low cost custom sensors and a software tool implemented in a general GIS platform, has been developed and built in two pilot areas located along the A90 freeway surrounding the city of Rome (Italy) and within the agglomeration of Milan (Italy).
After more than four years of work, focused on system design, hardware and software component development, construction and testing of the pilot systems, the project is now approaching the final phase, where the accuracy, reliability and sustainability of the system will be evaluated.
All the products and projects presented by Anas are aimed at the digitalization of road management in view of the automation of driving. A road that is not only safe but also usable and shared.

MaaS in Alto Adige with OpenMove

The challenge OpenMove has taken up is the creation of the South Tyrol passenger information platform, which is divided into the following four main activities:
• integration of data and mobility services of the territory;
• implementation of the journey planning engine;
• release of APIs for the use by third parties;
• development of the highly configurable front end portal in terms of layout and functionalities.
The work is part of the MENTOR project, funded by the Interreg-V-A Italy-Switzerland program, coordinated by the Municipality of Merano and carried out in collaboration with NOI Techpark, SASA, the Municipality of Brig-Glis in the Canton of Valais and Postauto. The goal of the project, which started at the end of 2018, is to demonstrate the potential of “Mobility-as-a-Service” (MaaS) in the two pilot municipalities, representative of the Alpine environment.
NOI (the in-house agency of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano in charge of stimulating research activities, promoting scientific innovation and acting as a reference point for Information Technology in the South Tyrolean territory) intends to invest in MaaS to reduce the use of cars private sector in favor of more sustainable modes of transport, in line with its mission to develop new products and services, generating widespread value on the territory and across borders.
The initial context of this project featured the following requirements:
• the availability of data in the so-called Open Data Hub, an open data aggregator that aims to support the implementation of innovative platforms for the province of Bolzano;
• the will to focus on open source technologies supported by a strong developer community: OpenTripPlanner for intermodal route calculation, Pelias for geocoding and Docker for the deployment of the solution;
• the desire to replace the previously used portal to take advantage of the new features available, improving the user experience, allowing easier integration of additional information and optimizing data exchange in order to minimize client-side processing and make the application efficient even in the case of hardware with limited performance.
Particular attention was paid to the specificities of the South Tyrolean territory, a border region between Italy and Austria with a strong tourist presence and therefore with the natural predisposition to Italian, German and English trilingualism.

The solution
The platform amounts to a Level 1 MaaS solution, which – according to the MaaS topology – considers the systematization of multiple transport services featuring passenger information and route planing and that represents the starting point for possible evolutions towards Level 2 MaaS scenarios, which also integrate booking and payment functionalities, and Level 3, which also include fare integration.
The new user portal integrates a number of passenger information features, in particular:
• an intermodal journey planner, with the ability to customize searches through a series of highly configurable settings;
• a rich interactive map with different levels of data visualization, optimized for the specific transport services considered in the project;
• dynamic timetables to show arrivals at the stop in real time.
Fundamental to the success of a MaaS project are effective intermodality and real-time characteristics, which allow the ridership to rely on a complete and reliable travel companion.
The project developed by OpenMove, based on these cornerstones, is structured upon the following components visible in the figure.

A well-known open source intermodal journey planning engine has been adopted, namely OpenTripPlanner (OTP), which is already in use by multiple mobility information providers worldwide.
OTP is able to acquire numerous types of transport service data as inputs:
• Public transport (GTFS and GTFS-Realtime format)
• Bike sharing and other micromobility sharing services (GBFS format)
• On-demand transport (GTFS-Flex format)
The application uses maps that describe the road network of a given area in the form of files in OpenStreetMap format (OSM/PBF) and digital elevation model (DEM) to elaborate more detailed walking or cycling routes.
Furthermore, some additional modules have been built to make possible the integration of real-time data from:
• Parking facilities
• Parking sports monitored by IoT devices
• Car sharing services
Thanks to the numerous endpoints exposed by the REST API and the GraphQL functionality, it is possible to consult the transport data processed, plan a route or generate isochrones. Therefore, thanks to the APIs developed by OpenMove, it is also feasible to create new front ends dedicated to specific needs or to certain areas and contexts: for example, a planner for cycle routes only or a portal that focuses on the city’s electric mobility.

The benefits
The realization of this solution, now available at the addresses mobility.meran.eu and mobility.bz.it, made us reflect on the following lessons learned:
1. The user is at the center of the mobility scenario
A uniform and consistent user-centered design approach led to an improvement in the user experience and performance of the application compared to the previous solution, optimizing UX and UI for mobile use and for impaired users. There are multiple display layers that can be activated and deactivated at will and many configuration options of the route calculation engine, so as to allow users great flexibility in planning the route. The new portal also improves multilingual support, in order to make the solution expandable and easy to use even in tourist contexts.
2. The importance of data standards for modeling transport services
Designing a MaaS platform nowadays requires considerable architectural work to ensure scalability in the addition of new transport services, flexibility in considering different use cases, increase of the usage volume and extension of the geographical perimeter.
The most widely used de facto standards on the market (GTFS, GTFS-Realtime, GTFS-Flex, GBFS) are sufficiently extended and flexible to cover the description of all the mobility services currently present in modern cities: their native availability and support therefore enables quick integrations and effective implementations.
3. Intermodality and real-time fruition are the cornerstones of tomorrow’s sustainable mode
The solution aggregates a large variety of fully integrated transport services into a single platform, thus allowing effective intermodality (i.e. considering modal changes within the route):
• bus
• train
• personal bike
• car sharing
• bike sharing
• on-demand service
• EV charging
• e-scooters
• parking on the street and in facilities
For example, park&​​ride scenarios are considered (i.e. the use of the car to reach the train or the bus station): it is an interesting case because the platform combines traffic data, real-time parking availability and estimated time of arrival of the train. In the case of bike&ride, the system considers the availability in real time at the bike sharing stations and favors the safest roads for two wheels.
Ultimately, the South Tyrol intermodal passenger information platform created by OpenMove represents one of the most advanced solutions available on the market today.
A particular consideration deserves the choice of open source within this project. Our tech team contributes to the development of open source technologies on a regular basis, taking advantage of the large developers community already active in the smart mobility sector.
Proud of the results achieved, we decided to share a glimpse of our technology, releasing the source code of the portal and of the integration modules on a public repository (available at this address) with an open license, so that many other entities can enhance their passenger information solutions or contribute to the enrichment of the functionalities of our project.

The YOUMOBIL project – Relaunching youth mobility in rural areas in a time of pandemic

The INTERREG Central Europe "YOUMOBIL" project has been fulfilled at the end of March 2022. It started in April 2019 and T BRIDGE - ordinary member of TTS Italia - is one of the eight project partners located in six different European countries.
Poor and inefficient mobility options in rural and decentralized areas are the most frequent reasons why young people choose to leave their area of ​​origin and migrate to the larger cities in their region or even beyond, intensifying the population decline that concerns most of the rural areas of Europe.
The YOUMOBIL project, therefore, aims to reverse this trend.

Collaborating directly with young people, T Bridge coordinated the experimentation activities of five pilot projects from as many European locations.
The proposed solutions range from on-call or DRT / taxi services at low demand times, to the improvement and creation of apps to promote local public transport, to innovative loyalty program services and even night transport, addressing primarily young inhabitants of the rural realities but also aiming at the creation of benefits for the whole community.

In addition to this, further six investment actions have also been tested and they are highlighting the potential of the active co-participation of young people in the revitalization and enhancement of public buildings and dismissed or abandoned spaces on the railway, creating functional solutions for the well-being of the whole local community.
The solutions and trials were promptly adapted to the new mobility needs that emerged in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As this is a mobility-based project, the impact of the pandemic has been very significant. The restrictions have in fact affected the mobility of everyone and in particular those of young people.

Through an international online questionnaire and Big Data analysis on mobility, the project had the opportunity to analyse the change occurred in the European context. Understanding how the people’ needs and habits evolve, allows us to identify innovative, tailor-made and, above all, effective solutions for the communities.
In the metropolitan area of Modena, with the collaboration of the partner aMo - Modena Mobility Agency - and using Floating Car Data (FCD), it was performed a cross-analysis of the data collected from the online survey and the data from the private vehicle fleet circulating in the town. It was focused on the mobility to the main High schools of the town.
Briefly, according to both the COVID-19 survey and the FCD analysis, indeed, the significant impact of the pandemic is characterized primarily by a generalized decline in mobility and an increase in the frequency of use of cars.
Furthermore, comparing the FCD mobility variation between 2019 and 2021 towards Modenas’ high schools and towards Modena in general, the analysis suggests three types of trends:
- A similar decrease;
- A slight increase compared to city mobility. This suggests that car has captured the demand from public transport;
- A much more noticeable decrease. In this case, it should be noted that it took place in areas where a new cycle path has been inaugurated. Therefore, it is possible to assume that, if adequate transport alternatives (e.g. cycle paths) are available to the public, car users are inclined to a different modal choice in favour of more sustainable modes.
The analyses were shared among the stakeholders and with young people in summer schools, at conferences and these were promoted in the form of "toolbox" and operative guidelines, in order to capitalize on the solutions studied and applied. The entire detailed documentation and contact details of the partners are available on the project website.

Active Mobility: RSM promotes Bicycle Heroes
The city of Rome through Roma Servizi per la Mobilità (RSM), TTS Italia ordinary member, will involve middle school children to contribute to the design of urban cycle paths and promote active mobility. The project called "Bicycle Heroes" (Youth Voices for Active Mobility) started at the end of January and is supported by EIT Urban Mobility and co-financed by the European Union.
It will see the cities of Rome, Lisbon and Dublin, over the course of 2022, united in creating solutions to the barriers that students face on a daily basis to reach school on foot or by bicycle. The program has been successfully pioneered by the coordinating organization BYCS in the past five years in the Netherlands. BYCS is an Amsterdam-based global NGO that supports community-driven urban change through cycling.
The project manager for RSM Francesco Iacorossi declared “Bicycle Heroes is also linked to our Desire and Strade Scolastiche initiatives and is the perfect continuation of the Handshake project. We will work with groups of children aged between 10 and 15, to provide the tools that allow them to redesign the city space and improve their movements. It is essential that children influence the design of these patterns: they are the ones most affected and they are the voice of the future.
In this project, the children of the three partner cities will identify the obstacles and advantages of active mobility. They will develop and design solutions as part of a design competition that will be exhibited to the public. The students will then supervise the implementation of an idea selected in collaboration with the main interested partners. The project also aims to increase awareness, ownership and involvement in the challenges and solutions of mobility, both for children but also within the general population ".

Source: Ferpress

Gender Mobility: the SWARCO survey
SWARCO, TTS Italia founding member, believes in raising the visibility of women in the ITS sector, while improving diversity and inclusivity across all aspects of the mobility management. With regards to gender data gap in transport we understand this topic deserves a lot more attention and in-depth discussions. Even though the data is getting more and more conclusive, in practice there is still a lot to be done to ensure transport systems are inclusive and sustainable from all perspectives - this affects all areas, for example urban planning, policy, traffic management, new technologies and infrastructure.
SWARCO launched a short survey (3 minutes required) by 31 March 2022, in order to support bridging the above data gap and understand more about women’s needs in transportation.
For the survey, click here.

Source: SWARCO

Iveco-Hyundai: agreement on e-Mobility, hydrogen, automation and digital
First agreement for the “new” Iveco, TTS Italia ordinary member, after the spin-off from Cnh Industrial. In recent days, the leaders of Iveco and Hyundai signed a memorandum to explore possible collaborations on the propulsion front, in particular in the power and hydrogen power supply, and then on the digitization of vehicles. The document aims to "explore possible collaborations in terms of shared vehicle technology, joint procurement and reciprocal supplies", reads the note announcing the agreement to operate jointly in different areas.
"The memorandum is a preliminary step in evaluating the potential for the two groups of cooperation in the fields of technology and platforms, including components and systems - they explain from Turin - among the areas of possible mutual interest there are propulsion systems and electric platforms, including fuel cell systems, vehicle automation and connectivity for commercial vehicles”.

Source: LA REPUBBLICA

Iveco: over 200 buses to Prague public transport
Over the next five years, Iveco Group, TTS Italia ordinary member, will supply DPP, the Prague public transport company, with up to 100 Standard vehicles, up to 10 Standard + vehicles and up to 143 articulated buses. The maximum total volume of all three won contracts is nearly NOK 1.591 billion, while the estimated value of all three contracts was NOK 1.814 billion. All competing vehicles are equipped with full vehicle air conditioning with heating, are equipped with automatic passenger counting device, camera system including interior monitoring, a frontal crash and reversing camera, articulated vehicles have also side cameras. They meet all PID quality standards, will be equipped with a comprehensive information and check-in system, and supplied with a new uniform PID design. The manufacturer will supply all three bus types with automatic transmission and Cursor 9 engine with HI-SCR technology, which allows the vehicles to meet Euro 6, step E emissions standards without the use of EGR (without gas recirculation). combustion) and guarantees very high conversion efficiency of nitrogen oxides at over 95%. The manufacturer guarantees a duration of 12 years for all three types of used buses, the guarantee for all vehicles is 5 years.

Source: Ferpress

IVECO takes a further step towards connected and autonomous driving with the ENSEMBLE project
As a member of the ENSEMBLE consortium, IVECO, TTS Italia ordinary member, participated in the development and use in real traffic conditions of a multi-brand platooning technology, agreed between all major truck manufacturers in Europe.
The 46-month project was co-funded by the European Union and demonstrated that platooning could play a key role in achieving sustainable transport and opening up towards multi-brand platooning and autonomous driving. improving fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, road safety and traffic efficiency.
The ENSEMBLE project, co-funded by the European Union and led by the Dutch independent research organization TNO, was launched in June 2018 with the aim of developing, testing and validating a secure multi-brand platooning technology, demonstrating its feasibility. of use in real traffic conditions and integrate C-ITS communication services. To achieve this, the consortium brought together the six largest truck manufacturers in Europe, the ERTICO ITS Europe organization (Intelligent Transportation System), the European Association of Automotive Suppliers and knowledge partners such as Gustav Eiffel University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
The project ended and the results were presented by the ENSEMBLE consortium at its latest public event, which took place in Brussels on March 17th. The project led to the development of a multi-brand technology agreed between the participating truck OEMs, which included the specification of a secure vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication protocol in order to ensure the correct behavior and response of every truck in the platoon in every traffic condition. This technology was successfully deployed in real-world traffic conditions on 23 September 2021 in Spain, in the Barcelona area, when seven trucks prepared by the participating manufacturers drove together in a fully coordinated platoon.
With the ENSEMBLE project, two platooning functions have also been defined: Platooning as Support Function (PSF), based on a tested technology and able to manage all situations in an existing traffic condition, Platooning as Autonomous Function (PAF), the intermediate step in the path towards a completely autonomous truck, which at the moment has been defined only in theoretical terms.
On the occasion of the event, Valerio Liga, IVECO's Advanced Engineering CCAM Project Manager, said: "With the ENSEMBLE project we have taken an important step forward on our path towards connected and autonomous driving. The fruitful collaboration between leading vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, research centers and universities in Europe has enabled us to demonstrate that multi-brand platooning can work under real conditions. However, the full potential of platooning can only be achieved when the human driver at the wheel of the following trucks is no longer required (or when their service hours can be extended) and the technology will be further developed to allow shorter distances between the vehicles. All this will result in better aerodynamics, lower fuel consumption and higher transport capacity (higher density of vehicles in the truck lane). This is the goal we want to achieve with Platooning as Autonomous Function (PAF). Finally, even if the functionality of platooning will not have a future in itself, the studies we have conducted and the technologies developed thanks to this project will be useful for fostering the development of connected and autonomous driving in Europe in the years to come ".

Source: Iveco

MaaS: on April 6 the OpenMove webinar on "MaaS in action"
The “MaaS in action” webinar, organized by OpenMove, TTS Italia ordinary member, will be held on 6 April at 10.30.
The webinar aims to deepen, touching first hand, three MaaS projects developed by OpenMove and currently active on the Italian territory:
- MaaS level 1 - Infomobility and Trip Planner
- MaaS level 2 - Reservation and payment
- MaaS level 3/4 - Fares bundle - public incentives
The webinar will be in Italian and the access data will be sent to registered users only.
To participate, click here.

Source: OpenMove

MaaS: the new OpenMove case study in Veneto
The new case study recently published by OpenMove, TTS Italia ordinary member, describes the MaaS project in Veneto, which allows the integrated use of bus, train, ferry, bike sharing and People Mover, that is the funicular in Venice. Great attention has been paid to the needs of tourists, with the primary objective of promoting sustainable mobility in particular in the areas of Verona and Venice.
The project featured the implementation of:
- Account Based Ticketing system that operates in parallel with the AFCs of the PTOs.
- Layer of MaaS Integration, which provides functionalities of data collection, intermodal journey planning, best fare calculation and APIs
- "MaaS Veneto" app available for iOS and Android and as a web app
The presence of a common ticketing and payment platform guarantees considerable ease of use in everyday life, thanks also to the 24-hour fares that allow effective savings and great clarity for travelers, especially tourists. The intermodal route planner also makes it possible to bring mobility closer to people: a reliable source of passenger information promotes user retention and increases trust in public transport.
Visit the page https://lnkd.in/gtABkh4D to learn more about all the operational and technological aspects of this challenging project.

Source: OpenMove

MOVYON Electronics is born: the technological hub for ITS devices
In line with its industrial plan, MOVYON, a technological spin-off of Autostrade per l'Italia, TTS Italia founding member, and a leading operator in the development and integration of sustainable and smart mobility solutions, extends the portfolio of offered with the creation of MOVYON Electronics, the pole dedicated to the design and construction of electronic equipment for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) solutions.
The first step of this new path was the acquisition in 2021 of 90% of Infomobility Srl, an excellence of the Emilian motor valley with consolidated experience in the sector. For some time, Infomobility has been in the reference market for the production of high-tech devices such as, for example, fleet tracking systems, speed measurement radars and communication systems between vehicles.
MOVYON operates in Italy and abroad, developing and integrating innovative technological solutions aimed at road and motorway infrastructure managers, public administrations, service providers. From systems for monitoring and managing infrastructures, to those for managing traffic and user information, up to connection systems between vehicles and road infrastructures, the company's solutions offer useful technology to improve the experience. and the safety of both travelers and staff working in the field.
With the birth of this new hub, MOVYON expands the range of strategic solutions for the mobility sector, which stand out for quality and reliability, providing the market with an end-to-end offer capable of guaranteeing not only continuous innovation, but also high levels of flexibility, control and quality across the entire value chain.

Source: Ferpress

myMaaS PersonalBus technology by algoWatt for accessible mobility wins in Poland
algoWatt, a GreenTech Company listed on the Euronext Milan market of Borsa Italiana, and TTS Italia ordinary member, has completed the project for the supply of the technological solution for the management of the Tele-Bus DRT service operated by Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne Spółka Akcyjna (MPK S.A.), a public transport operator based in Krakow (POL). Since last October, algoWatt has also been providing MPK with full service support and operational maintenance for a period of 24 months. The new service was launched by MPK in recent months and has seen a significant increase in the number of passengers carried, meeting the strong demand for more sustainable and efficient mobility solutions. Based on the myMaaS PersonalBus product, algoWatt’s proprietary platform for the management of on-demand, the Tele-Bus solution was created to support the operational management of the entire production cycle of the DRT service operated by MPK in some districts of the peri-urban area of Krakow. The platform is the basis for the great success of the service in its first months of operation, thanks to the significant increase in accessibility and interconnection to the entire transport system for residents in the served areas. Users can access the service through a dedicated call centre and, above all, through the digital channels offered by the myMaaS PersonalBus solution, consisting of an App and a web service for booking rides, information about the service and timely notification of the bus’s arrival at the stop booked by the user. myMaaS PersonalBus is the solution offered by algoWatt for the management of on-demand services in various areas of mobility, from demand responsive transport in areas of weak demand, to transport services for users with reduced mobility, to home-school and home-work mobility, to supplementary services and interconnection with other components of the transport system. Developed over the years by algoWatt and continually updated with the latest technologies, it now boasts a vast installed base, with over 60 services managed in a variety of areas, from large metropolitan areas to medium-sized urban centres, small towns and historical centres, peri-urban areas and rural areas. MPK is one of the largest public transport operators in Poland, and the selection of the solution implemented by algoWatt once again demonstrates the company’s leadership in the field of flexible mobility, providing a solid reference for foreign market development.

Source: algoWatt

OCTO Telematics and Ford Motor Company partner for accurate data management of connected cars in Europe
OCTO Telematics, TTS Italia ordinary member, announced a new agreement with Ford Motor Company to extend its data streaming partnership into Europe. This builds on the initial agreement signed in the North American market in July last year. By leveraging Ford’s connected vehicle data, OCTO will enhance its market proven telematics services in insurance and analytical services in the UK, Italy, Germany, France and Spain.
The integration provides a seamless experience for automotive insurers and their policyholders, with highly predictive pricing based upon Telematics driving data collected from consenting customers’ vehicles fitted with embedded connectivity.
Through this agreement, OCTO will integrate Ford’s data with its existing data sources, strengthening OCTO’s market leadership in Europe, which powers 43.5% of European Usage Based Insurance (UBI) policies. This strengthens the power of OCTO analytics and offers a service that is accurate and envisions the insurance world’s future needs.
OCTO’s expertise in UBI service design and implementation, already gained in the aftermarket, will provide an “off-the-shelf” ready-to-play service option, that will further integrate the digitalization of insurance, via the native connectivity of Ford’s vehicles.
The European UBI market is expected to reach over 24 million policies by 2025 and embedded/line- fit solutions will be a key driver facilitating the uptake and expansion of this growth trend, representing 10% of all UBI policies, and will enable new mobility as a service solution.
“We are pleased to extend the Ford relationship into the EU market to leverage their connected vehicle technology to enhance insurance risk scoring for insurers and their customers as well as new mobility as a service application for the market,” said Nicola Veratelli, OCTO Group CEO, “and we look forward to exploring opportunities for incremental mobility services that benefit OCTO clients and Ford vehicle owners alike.”
Mark Harvey, Director, Enterprise Connectivity, Ford of Europe said “We are delighted to expand our relationship with OCTO in Europe. Their technology will enable our customers to benefit from the most accurate, value for money insurance policies in the market.”

Source: OCTO Telematics

Fonte: Ferpress

Stellantis Ventures Launches with €300 Million Fund to Propel Innovation Uptake
Stellantis, TTS Italia ordinary member, announced the launch of its first venture capital fund with the creation of Stellantis Ventures. The fund will initially invest €300 million in early and later-stage startup companies developing innovative, customer-centric technologies that could be deployed within the automotive and mobility sector.
“We are moving fast in our transformation to a mobility tech company while reimagining the future of mobility for generations to come,” said Ned Curic, Stellantis Chief Technology Officer. “The market is changing, the technology is changing, and the way we relate to our customers is changing. Stellantis Ventures will accelerate our transformation as we adopt new technologies developed by innovative startups, while fostering their growth potential.”
Stellantis Ventures will act as a strategic investor and help startups integrate new technologies within the Company in compressed timeframes – allowing the adoption within months versus years. Investments will not only impact Stellantis' efforts around sustainability, competitiveness, and in-vehicle technology but will also transform customer experiences around vehicle marketing, sales, and finance.
Announced as part of Stellantis’ Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, Stellantis Ventures is committed to supporting aspiring entrepreneurs and fostering innovation driven by customer satisfaction, sustainability, and a comprehensive portfolio of mobility technology.
For entrepreneurs and startups seeking funding, visit https://stellantis.ventures.

Source: Stellantis

The bike is a cultural question: the interview with Nico Capogna, founder and CEO of Pin Bike
"The use of bicycles does not depend on possession, but it is a question of culture and habit. We need to enter into the daily logic of moving people and give them a good reason to rediscover this medium as ancient as it is modern ". The statement comes from Nico Capogna, founder, together with Davide Di Bisceglie, of the start-up Pin Bike (www.pinbike.it), TTS Italia ordinary member.
Pin Bike is the anti-fraud technological system (hardware and software) that allows a Municipality, a company or an educational institution to issue economic incentives to people who use their bicycles in their free time or for home-work and home-school routes.
Read the full interview (available in Italian).

Source: Pin Bike

The Mercury project: towards ever smarter roads
A lower rate on highway tolls for those who pollute less, or travel at times that don't clog the roads. An "intelligent" traffic light that does not block cars in moments of death. More electric charging stations and more green hydrogen and biomethane refueling systems, a more accurate monitoring of situations that can generate danger, to avoid congestion and prevent accidents. That is "Mercury", the Autostrade per l'Italia program that "owes its name to the god Mercury", explains CEO Roberto Tomasi, but also to "Project Mercury", the first US space program to include missions in space with crew.
A series of interventions and projects in part already started, in part to be started or to be completed, which within three / four years, Tomasi assures, will be completed and will produce effects on mobility and safety. For a cost that is difficult to quantify: around 200 million, and in any case all the investments are part of the large investment plan of 21.5 billion euros for the next ten years, 7 of which are destined for the maintenance of the motorway network, bridges, viaducts and galleries and 9.4 for new works. A plan that also includes 2,900 hires between now and 2024, which will be added to the more than 9,000 employees of the group.
To create Mercury, the energies and resources of the specialized companies of the Autostrade Group will be used, including Movyon, which studies solutions for innovative mobility and smart cities, and is TTS Italia founding member.
With an exchange system with urban centers, for which with "Urban Mobility", one of the five strands of "Mercury", the motorway system will integrate with the mobility of metropolitan areas through the booking and payment of the parking combined perhaps with the provision of services (the bicycle, the CEO of Autostrade hypothesized), and the optimization of traffic light control. Part of the projects is dedicated to the intelligent management of heavy vehicles, for the prevention of road accidents.

Source: Repubblica.it

Intertraffic Amsterdam 2022: TTS Italia at the IRF workshop “ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation: The Road Ahead”.
Intertraffic Amsterdam, the event dedicated to the mobility ecosystem, returns from 29 March to 1 April.
Olga Landolfi, Secretary General of TTS Italia, will be the moderator of the workshop “ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation: The Road Ahead” to be held on March 30th, organized by IRF Global, of which TTS Italia is a member. In the moderation, Olga Landolfi will be joined by Vincent Blervaque, respectively co-chair and chairman of the Taskforce launched by IRF on “ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation”.
The aim of the workshop is to present the results of the "ITS for Climate Impact Mitigation" report and discuss them with the actors involved in the event.
Faced with a climate emergency in which transport contributes significantly, public and proven actors directly involved in road transport have an important role to play in ensuring that the sector achieves a drastic reduction in emissions by 2030. ICT-enabled Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) have already proven their effectiveness in improving road safety. But ITS can also significantly contribute to reducing harmful emissions.
The workshop will then present the preliminary results of a benchmarking program led by a dedicated IRF Taskforce and conducted in close collaboration with international transport authorities, road operators and solution providers.
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MaaS: TTS Italia at the CNA-Fita webinar
The President of TTS Italia, Rossella Panero, was among the protagonists of the webinar organized by CNA-Fita on March 16th. In fact, CNA-Fita wants to activate a path of involvement, information and training among its members of the NCC car, NCC bus and Taxi sectors on the topics of innovation, digitization and in particular on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Mobility Management. Operators in these sectors can potentially contribute significantly by actively participating in the evolution of these models, in order to activate attractive and sustainable mobility services. In March, 2 webinar sessions were organized. The one on March 16, in particular, focused on the theme of MaaS and, in addition to TTS Italia, also involved OpenMove, ordinary member of TTS Italia, to illustrate the opportunities that PNRR and MaaS can generate for mobility; and to discuss in a detailed and technical way the MaaS model and the potential that innovation and digitalization can generate for transport operators.

TTS Italia at the ACI workshop on prospects, opportunities and risks of automation
The "Moving with Intelligence" Observatory of the Caracciolo Foundation - ACI, TTS Italia founding member, resumes its work with the workshop "The car that will come. Prospects, opportunities and risks of automation " of 9 March and which also involved the President of TTS Italia, Rossella Panero, in the works.
The workshop focused on the evolution of the automobile in terms of connection and automation and its role in the new paradigm of a transport system in which the relationship with the car and in general with a new offer of increasingly richer services evolves. of smart and on demand solutions.
The new appointment is part of the initiatives of the ACI and the Caracciolo Foundation aimed at monitoring the evolution of mobility through the comparison with the main national and international players, experts in the world of research, industrial operators, with a view to offering solutions and food for thought for local and national institutions.
The task of the next table will be to acquire an overview from the various operators on which to build a shared path of study on car development; it will be possible to discuss the most current issues and the study and research needs for the coming months.
A meeting to take stock of the technological evolution of transport and the role of cars and mobility services that change in a regulatory system that remains unchanged. Alongside TTS Italia, numerous prominent holdings including MIMs and MITD; representatives of other Bodies and sector associations; industry and services; of experimental projects; of Local Authorities; and of concessionaires and data managers of mobility.

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