Seminar on "Opportunities and challenges of ITS for insurance for private transport" - June 28, 2012 - Rome
For the next 28 June, TTS Italia is organizing a Seminar on "Opportunities and challenges of ITS for insurance for the private transport". The aim of the meeting is to discuss and explore the needs, problems and opportunities in the sector, involving both companies offering such services, and insurance companies and institutions involved in the process, especially in light of the fact that this area is been addressed in the decree "Save Italy". The Seminar will provide a significant contribution to the drafting of the National ITS Action Plan, which TTS Italia is coordinating in collaboration with the associations of various sectors of the national transport for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

TTS in action

TTS Italia and Autostrade per l’Italia at the ITS Network Workshop in Copenhagen – Documents available
It was held on April 26 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the ITS Network Workshop organized by Ertico and welcomed by ITS Denmark and the City of Copenhagen within the Plenary meeting of the Network of ITA Associations of which TTS Italia is member. TTS Italia took part in the Plenary meeting represented by its Secretary General, Olga Landolfi. The Workshop was very well attended with around 100 participants from Denmark and across Europe. The Workshop was held in the City of Copenhagen’s premises and consisted of three parallel workshops on: Door to Door Traffic, Road Pricing, Urban Traffic Management. Autostrade per l’Italia, TTS Italia founding member, represented by Fabio Pressi, Infoblu CEO, has participated at the “Door to Door Traffic” with a speech on “The new frontier of the Traffic Monitoring: Floating Vehicle Data”.
Presentations of the Workshop are available at:
http://itsdanmark.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=269%3Aafholdt-arsmode-2012&catid=35%3Anyt&Itemid=11&lang=da

TTS Italia at the Workshop on project“COSMO-Cooperative Systems for Sustainable Mobility and Energy Efficiency”
TTS Italia took part on last May 18 to the national Workshop of the Project COSMO - Cooperative Systems for Sustainable Mobility and Energy Efficiency, coordinated by Mizar Automazione, TTS Italia founding member and also involving as partners, Centro Ricerche Fiat, Kapsch and University of Salerno, TTS Italia ordinary members. COSMO is a 32-month (2010-2013) pilot project co-funded by the European Commission under the Competitiveness & Innovation Programme - ICT Policy Support Programme (CIP - ICT-PSP). The aim of the project is to demonstrate in realistic conditions the benefits of cooperative mobility services and to quantify their impact on increasing the energy efficiency of transport. TTS Italia has been represented by the Secretary General, Olga Landolfi, with a speech on “Smart City & Smart Mobility: the intelligent management of resources for mobility”.
Source: TTS Italia

TTS Italia President on “Uomini e Trasporti”
The President of TTS Italia, Rossella Panero, has been interviewed by “Uomini e Trasporti” on the difficult relations between ITS and road transport; ITS Directive and the ITS National Plan and on standardization.
For the article (available only in Italian), click here

TTS Italia meets some of its members in North-East Italy
On 7, 8, 9 and 10 May, the Secretariat of TTS Italia has met with some members of the North-East Italy: Autovie Venete, Abtrack, Cediss, Municipality of Rimini, Solari Udine and t&t. These meetings are associated with the request by TTS Italia members to organize meetings at their premises with the aim of discussing the issues that hinder the market for individual companies, of organizing initiatives of specific interest, as well as discussing the activities carried out within TTS Italia for the National ITS Action Plan.

TTS Italia organizes a new Table with associations on the National Action Plan on ITS
Following the first meeting organized by TTS Italia on April 5 with trade associations on the National ITS Action Plan, a new meeting was held on May 22 at the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport together with Aiscat, Anfia, Assoporti, Asstra, Club-Italia, Confartigianato Trasporti, Confcommercio, Confindustria Lazio, Federmobilità, Federtrasporto, Unrae. The objective of the meeting has been the discussion of the proposed methodology that the Technical Scientific Committee of TTS Italia is defining to collect contributions as homogeneous as possible for the definition of the contents of ITS National Action Plan. The meeting was also attended by Prof. Carlo Medaglia of the Technical Secretariat of the Secretary Improta to discuss the proposed methodology and plan national deadline.

Workshop “ITS for Smart Cities: the Verona model” – 16 April 2012 – Verona – Documents available
It was held on April 16 in Verona, the Workshop "ITS for Smart Cities: the Verona model" organized by the Municipality of Verona, in collaboration with TTS Italia. The workshop represented the opportunity to present and discuss the initiatives undertaken by the City of Verona in support of an intelligent and sustainable mobility and to assess the results and benefits. The opening session has been welcomed by the Mayor Tosi, the Councillor for Mobility Corsi and by a representative of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. A speech by the President of TTS Italia, Rossella Panero, on the ITS Directive and the presentations of the "model of Verona have followed.
For documents (available only in Italian), click here

News of the month

Autostrade becomes majority shareholder in ETC Corporation
Autostrade per l’Italia, TTS Italia founding member, is taking a majority position in USA toll systems provider, ETC Corp (Electronic Transactions Consultants Corporation), as the majority shareholder with 63%. ETC’s systems collect nearly one-third of the toll transactions in the USA, representing more than US$1 billion in annual revenue. The company, which is based in Richadson, Texas, operates advanced toll systems for some of the USA’s largest toll authorities, and offers all-electronic toll collection (ETC), dynamic pricing, HOT lanes, interoperability, and open road tolling (ORT), together with associated back-office systems. Autostrade per l’Italia Spa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantia SpA, operates 2,855km (1,733 miles) of toll motorways in Italy. The company also has operations in Brazil, Chile, India, France, Poland, and the USA. In France, it operates one of the world’s largest distance-based toll schemes, using a satellite-based system for trucks covering 15,000km (9,400 miles) of state motorways. The transaction is seen as strengthening the capital of the company, as well as benefiting both companies through their areas and regions of operation.
Source: Traffic Technology Today

Conference: “An open architecture for mobile information: from cities to the regions” – 19 April 2012 – Turin – Documents and interviews available
Available at www.simone.5t.torino.it documents and interviews of the Conference: “An open architecture for mobile information: from cities to the regions” held in Turin on April 19 and dedicated to the presentation of some national projects devoted to the issues of traffic management and infomobility. Documents are available at the “Download” sectiotn of the web site, while audio/video interviews are available at “Divulgazione” section of the web site.
Source: 5t

Final Workshop of Viajeo project - 29 May 2012 - Sao Paolo, Brasil
It was held on May 29, in Sao Paolo, Brasil, the final Workshop of the Viajeo project involving as partners Mizar Automazione, TTS Italia founding member, Pluservice and Thetis, TTS Italia ordinary members. VIAJEO aims at designing, demonstrating and validating an open platform which will facilitate data sharing and exchange from different sources and provide data processing and management to support a variety of services. The project integrated the open platform with local components and demonstrated its applications in four cities: Athens, São Paulo, Beijing and Shanghai Final results have been presented during the Workshop as well as best practices collected within the project demonstration.
For further information on Viajeo, click here
Source: Viajeo project

Pluservice official sponsor of the Executive Master 2012
Pluservice, TTS Italia ordinary member, is the official sponsor of the fourth edition of Executive Master on “Development and management of e-ticketing systems”. The Executive Master will lead the participants to: identify the needs of their companies and organizations through critical analysis and comparative reference to the context of individual participants in the Master; investigate systematically all the main technological, organizational and regulatory aspects tied to electronic ticketing systems; analyze case studies of completed or undergoing projects in Italy and Europe.
For further information,
http://www.clickutility.it/_modules/download/download/area-master/2012/Flyer%20master%20BE%202012%20C4.pdf
For subscribing the Master,
http://www.clickutility.it/_modules/download/download/area-master/2012/Modulo%20di%20iscrizione%20master%20BE%202012%20A.pdf
Source: Pluservice

Project Automation wins tender for Limited Traffic Zones control
Project Automation, TTS Italia ordinary members, has won the tender issued by the Municipality of Verona for the supply of a system of radio-electronic identification of vehicles based on RFID technology to control access to the LTZ within the Municipality of Verona. The final value of the tender is 276 872,70 Euro.
Source: TTS Italia

Project Automation wins tender for quality air detection system
Project Automation, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won the tender issued by the Agency for the Environmental Protection - ARPA Lombardia for the supply and implementation of a system for the quality air detection in the area managed by ARPA.
Source: TTS Italia

Soon available smartCEM project newsletter
Soon it will be available the newsletter of the European project smartCEM. smartCEM is a CIP PSP ICT project aimed at designing and implementing a platform for electro-mobility services. The project will be demonstrated in 4 European pilot cities in Italy, Spain and UK. If you don’t want to miss news concerning the project, please subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the link below:
http://www.smartcem-project.eu/en/news_and_events/newsletter/
Source: Pluservice

t&t launches its new web site
t&t, TTS Italia ordinary members, has launched its new web site. t&t designs, develops and manufactures advanced systems for: Automation of public transport : provides and maintains over time embedded systems for fleet management, monitoring and certification of service, passenger information and entertainment , electronic ticketing, safety; Automation of waste collection : provides and maintain the integrated systems for fleet management, monitoring and certification of service, management of waste area collection
Visit the new web site: www.t-t.it
Source: t&t

Viasat Group presents the new edition of “Guide to Safety 2012”
It was presented in Rome on March 29, the seventh edition of the “Guide to safety 2012” by Viasat Group, TTS Italia ordinary members. A special attention is dedicated to black boxes for avoiding fraud, reducing the costs and consequently the insurance premium.
The Guide is available at:
http://www.viasatgroup.it/sites/default/files/new_entry/files/GuidaSicurezza%202012.pdf
Source: Viasat Group

Workshop “COSMO Project-Cooperative Systems for Sustainable Mobility and Energy Efficiency” - 18 May 2012 - Fisciano (Salerno)
t was held on 18 May 2012, in Fisciano (Salerno), with the support of TTS Italia, the National Workshops of the Project COSMO - Cooperative Systems for Sustainable Mobility and Energy Efficiency, coordinated by Mizar Automazione, TTS Italia founding member and also involving as partners, Centro Ricerche Fiat, Kapsch and University of Salerno, TTS Italia ordinary members. COSMO is a 32-month (2010-2013) pilot project co-funded by the European Commission under the Competitiveness & Innovation Programme - ICT Policy Support Programme (CIP - ICT-PSP). The aim of the project is to demonstrate in realistic conditions the benefits of cooperative mobility services and to quantify their impact on increasing the energy efficiency of transport. COSMO will set up three Pilot Sites in which a range of cooperative applications will be installed and tested: Salerno (Italy), Vienna (Austria) and Gothenburg (Sweden). All sites will implement leading-edge cooperative systems technologies developed in the recent EC-funded research projects COOPERS, CVIS and SAFESPOT. The Italian and Swedish Pilot sites consist of urban scenarios, involving public transport, while the Austrian Pilot is testing an inter-urban use case on a motorway. The Workshop was held at the occasion of the official launch of the Italian Pilot located at the Campus of the University of Salerno (Southern Italy) where over 18,000 students and 2,000 teaching and administrative staff travel to every day.
For further information on COSMO www.cosmo-project.eu
Source: TTS Italia

Products of the month

Industrial router ABT-RU1 by ABtrack

ABtrack is pleased to present its new product designed and manufactured in Italy: ABT-RU1 ABT-RU1 is a wireless M2M router enabling remote equipment to run over mobile networks. The wideband UMTS HSPA allows high bit rate data connections, meanwhile the GPRS offers low cost connectivity where the bit rate is not a vital demand .ABT-RU1 is a Linux Embedded platform based on an ARM9 processor with the router application software onboard and, at the same time, it is an Open Platform that allows custom design application software development. ABT-RU1 can be supplied without the onboard router application, that means in a Full Open Platform version with Linux Embedded BSP at driver level so to leave software designers total freedom of action. Typical applications. ABT-RU1 HIGHLIGHTS Integrated web server: configuration and management by browser or by TCP/IP standard services like, for example, Telnet e FTP. Management by SMS: the SMS commands interpreter allows remote control of the device: connect to and disconnect from the mobile network, state report including IP addresses, RSSI, Service Provider, available modality (GPRS, EDGE, UMTS). Management by voice call: ABT-RU1 carries out a connection to the network by a simple voice call /ring. Local management by LAN: commands can be run also locally by LAN thanks to an UDP packet parser. By UDP it’s also possible to let the router send an SMS message.

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For further information: www.abtrack.it
For contacts: info@abtrack.it

DBA Group develops LISy platform

LISy® (Logistic Information System) is the first web-based Italian software platform designed specifically for the ICT management of the operational and logistics requirements of Port Communities The primary objective of LISy® is to aggregate all the actors of the supply chain into a single "Port Community", and to become its reference software. In other words, a unique and extremely useful technological solution offering data supply, control, conversion and distribution functions for the complete management of all the Port Community's information. LISy® will lend flexibility, speed and effectiveness to the flow of data, information and documents, thus increasing the efficiency of port processes and intermodal logistics. Conceived as an integrated, friendly and efficient software, LISy® will also offer Port Authorities a free opportunity to reduce management costs and strengthen their competitiveness on the market.

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For further information: www.lisy-dbalab.it
For contacts: antonella.caricati@dbagroup.it

Project of the month

Pluservice involved in the PolySUMP Project: Polycentric Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

Ten European partners have given birth to the PolySUMP project, which was launched on April 2012, starting from a project proposal in response to the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) financing programme. It supports bodies involved in the development of energy sustainability. The project leader is the Marche Region, PluService and ISIS, that are ordinary members of TTS Italia, are among the partners.

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For further information on the project: http://eaci-projects.eu/iee/page/Page.jsp
For further information on Pluservice: http://www.pluservice.net/it/?_LANG=it
For contacts: pluservice@pluservice.net

Save the date

20^ edition of Meeting Transport & Logistics 2012
7-8 June 2012, Milan
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MobilityTech Naples
11 - 12 June 2012, Naples
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Workshop "Safety and economic aspects - the efficiency of investment for safety in the tunnel”
22 June 2012, Rome
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Convegno Magna Charta 2
26-27 June 2012, Rome
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Workshop "Personal data protection and security aspects related to ITS applications"
12 June 2012, Brussels, Belgium
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Workshop "Liability aspects related to ITS applications"
13 June 2012, Brussels, Belgium
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Workshop "Cooperative Mobility Services Interoperability - Benefits and deployment challenges"
14 June 2012, Versailles, France
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4th Russian International Congress on ITS
19-25 June 2012 – Saint Petersburg
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Expo Trafic Romania 2012
28-29 June 2012, Bucarest
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ITS relevant tenders in Italy

I-Bollate: Devices for traffic regulation at intersections
I-Bolzano: Variuos equipments
I-Milano: Maintenance services
I-Montecorvino Pugliano: Videosurveillance systems

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