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“The digitization of logistics is strategic for the country”
The Sole Director of RAM, Ivano Russo, tells how the construction of the National Logistics Platform is accelerating: Cdp and Leonardo Spa are in the field
His appointment as sole director of RAM – Logistics, Infrastructures, Transport dates back to last July. Since then, since Ivano Russo - a recent past as general manager of Confetra, the general confederation of transport and logistics, and less recently as a director and manager in various ministries and public institutions - has been at the helm of the in-house company of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport has greatly accelerated the process of digitization of freight transport and logistics. He seated Italy at the European tables where this strategic objective is discussed, reprofiled the original project of the National Logistics Platform (PNL) and set up three implementation work tables involving public and private stakeholders and kicked off the Control Room of the project. Last but not least, it chose Leonardo Spa as its technological partner and Cdp as its administrative-legal partner, also with a view to the National Strategic Pole, the subject chosen by the Government to place all the databases of the Public Administrations in the cloud and in cyber security.
On the other hand, times are short: by June 2024, 70% of the project line of the PNRR that supports the logistics digitization and allocates 250 million to it must be implemented, otherwise the funding will be blocked. With Ivano Russo we take stock of the state of the art of actions for the development and implementation of this which is RAM's most innovative mission.
Why is it strategic to digitize logistics and transport?
The digital transition of the sector represents an important opportunity for change and will have a significant impact for all the players involved: Public administration and the services it provides, logistics companies, transport operators and consolidation and transit hubs for goods. The movement of goods is accompanied by a large flow of information, still largely exchanged through paper documentation between companies and between companies and the supervisory authorities. The numbers I quote, by now it is a habit, explain it better than any reasoning: in Italy the goods in port are subjected to 133 control procedures carried out by 13 different public administrations. In this scenario, digitization can help improve the overall efficiency of transport and logistics, provided that it contributes to streamlining and facilitating administrative procedures and interactions between operators. Thus, increasing the competitiveness of businesses and the country system.
Let's start from Europe, which outlines both the framework within which to insert the digitization of the world of logistics and transport, and the specific contents.
The European Commission estimates that the reduction of administrative burdens deriving from the use of digital forms alone will allow operators to save up to 27 billion euros over the next 20 years and will be decisive for achieving the objectives of the Green Deal. This is why the European Regulation 1056 eFTI, electronic Freight Transport Information, was already launched in 2020, which requires making the exchange of data and information interoperable in all Member States between all platforms and all operators, public and private, who intervene to various title in the transport of goods, both for the operational phase and for that of the authorization procedures. And, I add, it replaces any idea of a more or less creative national approach. Interoperability that includes the entire transport cycle, starting from when the goods unload at the quay to their delivery to their final destination.
What are the application times of Regulation 1056/2020?
The eFTI enters into force in 2025 for all public authorities, from customs to port authorities to port system authorities, and in 2029 for private companies which, in the event of default, will no longer be able to interact with the public administration. So private individuals will have four years to adapt to its entry into operation.
How will it work?
It will become a kind of SPID for goods. Or if we want to give an example that everyone understands, the interoperable platform will act like an ATM, the telematic bank counter that allows you to withdraw cash thanks to the machine-to-machine dialogue, regardless of the institution where you have your current account. The eFTI, its Italian version, i.e., the National Logistics Platform, will digitally interconnect the public nodes and freight transport networks – ports, motorway network, railway network, interports – crossed by the flows of goods with the digital systems of the Administrations that perform the cycle of controls and checks on the various segments of the logistics cycle. Therefore, all systems, public and private, will have to guarantee the interoperability of information.
All information?
Not all of the necessary ones, like a bank ATM does. The eFTI establishes a set of minimum universal information that both public administrations and large data generators, from highways to Anas, from ports to the Italian railway network, undertake to share. The first pillar is sharing between public authorities, the second pillar is sharing between the public and private operators. Since many already have digital infrastructures, it is now a question of adapting them by adopting standards and architectures that are being defined at European level. Including those concerning computer security, the so-called cybersecurity, conforming to the NIS I directive, the NationaI Information Security, which will be followed by the NIS II which is about to be issued.
Let's retrace the path that led RAM to be the implementing subject.
With the DL 152/2021 converted with law n. 233/2021, the functions of implementing body for the management and implementation of the National Logistics Platform were transferred from the company UIRNET/DIGITALOG, which was in charge of them, to the Ministry. Who, in turn, could make use of his in-house company, i.e., us, to have operational support to implement the project. This forecast resulted in the Implementing Act stipulated between MIT and RAM on August 5, 2022 and registered on September 8.
So very recently, not even three months ago. We now come to the funding of the PNRR.
The PNRR has identified a specific project line, the M3C2 - Digitization of the logistics chain, for which it has allocated 250 million euros for the period 2021-2026. Divided as follows: 30 million for the creation of the GNP, 45 million for the co-financing of the Port Community System (PCS) in ports and 175 million for the co-financing of the technological upgrade of transport and logistics companies, also by virtue of the implementation of the eCMR Protocol, the electronic consignment note. At least 70% of the port authorities' PCSs will have to be interoperable with each other and with the PLN by 30 June 2024. Otherwise, resources will freeze.
What has RAM managed to do since September?
In the meantime, we have re-attended the tables in Brussels where we work on the technical specifications of interoperability. Then we reprofiled the original project of the National Logistics Platform, basing it on three principles: interoperability towards the eFTI; reuse, as required by the Digital Administration Code; the secure management of flows and data storage/management according to the NIS I Directive. The model that emerges is a model of cooperation between all the actors to create a digital ecosystem that is interoperable and secure. We have therefore set up three implementing working tables: the first 'Data Generators' in which the General Command of the Port Authorities, the Customs Agency, RFI, ANAS, Autostrade and Assoporti participate; the second 'PCS Managers of the Port Authorities' with their IT managers; third 'PLN Operators' with all the trade associations representing the market subjects that interface with the data platforms of the 'generators.
All that remains is to wish RAM and its sole director a good job, a job that will certainly not fail to meet deadlines and addresses. As for the MaaS, the Mobility as a Service for passengers, the National Technological Platform, the Freight as a Service, will be a fundamental tool for increasing efficiency and competitiveness in the transport of goods, and consequently, of the Italian business system.
Who is Ivano Russo. Born in Naples on February 4, 1978, graduated in Political Science and PhD in International Relations and European Institutions at the Federico II University of Naples. Since July 2022 he has been Sole Director of RAM Spa Logistica Infrastrutture Trasporti, an in-house company of the Ministry for Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility. From March 2018 to June 2022, he was General Manager of Confetra, the Italian General Confederation of Transport and Logistics. He worked for over 10 years, as a Councilor or as a manager, at the European Parliament, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Public Administration, the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. Expert in Territorial Cohesion Policies, intra and trans-European connectivity strategies related to the creation of the TEN T Corridors, Euro-Mediterranean partnership policies, port and logistics, transport economics and infrastructure planning. He has also collaborated with the in-house government agencies and companies Invitalia, ICE and Studiare Sviluppo on actions and projects for the promotion of the country system abroad and for the internationalization of companies, especially in the manufacturing and transport sectors. From 2010 to 2013 in Confindustria he held the position of Head of the Study Center of the Territorial Area of Naples and member of the Working Groups and National Technical Tables on cohesion policy, metropolitan cities, transport and logistics.
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A4 Holding presents the 2022 results of the "Driving Styles" Observatory: the mobile phone while driving remains the first among the high-risk behaviors on the motorway
Motorists and road hauliers show a worsening in the improper use of mobile phones while driving, which is still by far the riskiest behavior for drivers on the highway. On the other hand, the use of seat belts is still growing even for passengers and the figure related to excesses of speed is further reduced. These are the main results that emerge from the fourth survey of the "Driving Styles Observatory" promoted by A4 Holding, a company of the Abertis Group that manages the A4 Brescia-Padua and A31 Valdastico motorway sections.
The data analysis for this year, carried out by Atraki Srl - a spin off company of the University of Padua specialized in the analysis of transport systems - was carried out in the same period of 2022, both through monitoring from mobile stations. of over 1,700 vehicles (of which 53% light and 47% heavy), both through the observation of traffic in transit, carried out through the use of fixed positions, located in some motorway sections of the A4 Brescia-Padua and the A31 Valdastico, both networks belonging to the A4 Holding Group.
The elaborations thus carried out by the Observatory highlighted a worsening of the data concerning the improper use of mobile phones while driving by the observed drivers: if in fact in the 2021 report the average figure recorded was 12%, for 2022 the one detected is instead of 16%, with an aggravation observed both for drivers of light vehicles (from 8% in 2021 to 12% this year), and in particular for drivers of heavy vehicles, who use their mobile phones in a non-essential way. suitable in 20% of the cases observed (it was 11% in 2021).
Contrary to what reported for the use of mobile phones while driving, the 2022 survey instead highlights how the number of light and heavy vehicle drivers who use seat belts while driving is increasing (98% of motorists use it regularly), in particular the drivers of trucks and articulated lorries, which go from 73% in 2021 to the significant figure of 88% recorded in the 2022 report.
A note of merit should also be expressed in favor of drivers of light vehicles in relation to the data relating to the use of the seat belt by passengers on the rear seats: it was in fact possible to ascertain a high increase in the number of seat belt users. , with only 11% maintaining the bad habit of not wearing it.
To complete the analysis framework from a mobile station on the behavior of motorway users, the Observatory also verified the behavior of drivers with respect to the use of arrows for lane change, whose failure to use has always been a potential cause of accidents. . The 2022 data show an improvement in the trend towards lane change signaling by road hauliers (82%) and a slight decrease for motorists (49% compared to 52% in the past survey), but the trend is negatively resisting, especially among motorists, not to report the return maneuver.
The observations carried out from a fixed location on the A4 Brescia-Padova and on the A31 Valdastico also allowed this year to examine the driving behavior of the users of the two motorways both in relation to exceeding the speed limit and in compliance with the safety distance.
The number of light vehicles exceeding the speed limit of 130 km / hour has gradually decreased over the last two years, now reaching 11.3% in A4 in the section between the provinces of Brescia and Padua (against 14 , 1% recorded in 2021) and 36.4% (unlike 40% of the previous survey) in the A31 Valdastico.
Unfortunately, however, the percentage of vehicles that do not respect the correct safety distance remains high (31.27% in A4 and 17.1% in A31), while the percentage value of heavy vehicle drivers who respect it is practically unchanged over the three-year period. fully (over 93% in A4 and over 96% in A31).
Finally, despite the many recommendations and invaluable invitations also through the signals on the 117 panels present on the two motorway arteries, the bad habit of not occupying the rightmost lane while driving on the motorway continues to manifest itself on the part of motorists (35%).
Source: A4Holding
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Atac: Tap&Go arrives on buses and trams and the ticket is paid for by card
After the subway, the "Tap&Go" of Atac, TTS Italia founding member, that is the payment of the ticket with "contactless" payment cards, and in digitized form on smartphones and smartwatches, also arrives on surface vehicles. By the end of the year, it will be active on over 2,100 buses and trams. The new "Tap&Go" readers will be installed at a rate of at least 100 per day and will be immediately operational. Public transport users will therefore be able to travel "throughout the network, with immediate access to the ticket, paying for the journey directly with a card. Rome is the first Italian city - emphasized by Atac - and among the first in Europe to offer full coverage of the transport network with this revolutionary payment channel. The first experimental validator on board line 51 was activated last June. At the beginning of September, the technical and technological preparation operations of the entire fleet of surface vehicles began and were successfully completed. Software tests were carried out in October and November and the supports for the readers on board the vehicles were prepared”. “Tap&Go” has no additional costs. In the subway, where it has been present since 2019, its use is growing. How the exchange between surface and meter works. Those who start the journey on board a bus will have to bring their card close to the reader to buy a ticket (the green light on the reader confirms the purchase). From that moment on, the usual 100 minutes of validity start, within which the passenger can use the entire transport network, tapping the card on a turnstile to access the metro or on the reader of another bus or tram, without this corresponds to a new payment. For all the information on the functioning of "Tap&Go" there is the questions and answers section on the atac.roma.it website (tickets and season tickets page). In case of checks, as for the subway, it will be enough showing the verifier the payment card or device used for validation.
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Cyclomedia, in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan, maps the Lombard capital for better land governance
Cyclomedia, world leader in the digitization of outdoor spaces, and TTS Italia ordinary member, has acquired, beyond the request of the Municipality of Milan, a detailed and precise snapshot of the approximately 2,500 km that make up the urban area of the Lombard capital. The data, collected and processed thanks to Cyclomedia's proprietary technologies based on advanced Artificial Intelligence algorithms, will be useful to proceed with the creation, verification and updating of 22 geodatabases that make up the Municipality's information assets, and will be made available to the local government to optimize management, implement smart urban planning and enhance public spaces.
25 days it took Cyclomedia to map every single street in Milan. with 3 camera-equipped vehicles that drove the streets of each neighborhood, including Citylife and the Expo area which had never been included in the surveys before. Millions were the 360-degree images collected through the world's most accurate mobile mapping sensors. The goal of the project is to integrate and update the City of Milan's spatial databases with innovative data to improve the relationship between local government and citizens. Through this meticulous mapping, it has in fact been possible to create a real Digital Twin of the city that clearly highlights - among other things - its vertical and horizontal road signs, traffic lights, barriers, light poles and wire holders, driveways and public posting facilities, as well as the dimensions of bridge and tunnel crossings, street and memorial plaques, number and size of commercial storefronts, ramps for the disabled, public clocks, streetcar line tracks and much more.
The purpose of this ambitious data collection and processing project is to equip the City of Milan with detailed information about the city's fabric, useful for addressing contemporary public space management challenges.
Indeed, the first step to becoming a smart city in all respects is to acquire a correct overview of the existing assets enriched by data. These insights can be used to improve the management of the municipality for the benefit of all citizens, always with a focus on economic and social sustainability. A Digital Twin makes it possible to immersively navigate the territory to assess its individual places without the need for field inspections and to automatically identify all assets in the public space, as well as to intervene promptly with any maintenance processes.
"We are proud to put our mapping technologies at the service of such an important Partner and project," explains Filippo Troiani, Sales & Business Development Manager Italy at Cyclomedia. "In the evolving scenario in which we are moving, it will become increasingly important to intercept trends and perspectives that will have significant impacts on cities in a timely manner: population growth, the increasing demand for sustainable mobility, climate change, the greater need to manage urban planning and security are just some of the factors to be carefully considered for the coming years. Therefore we are convinced that only through meticulous collection and constant updating of data can Public Administrations make more informed decisions and adequately prepare for the future. Cyclomedia's mission is precisely this: to provide useful data to build a better tomorrow," Troiani concludes.
Source: Cyclomedia |
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CIRCLE Group awarded with the ALICE Logistics Innovation Award for Logistic Nodes
CIRCLE Group, TTS Italia ordinary member, received the ALICE Logistics Innovation Award for Logistic Nodes, an award promoted by the ALICE European Technological Platform.
The prize was awarded to CIRCLE for the Port Rail Shunting Optimization Tool, as explained by Alexio Picco, President of Magellan Circle and Managing Director of CIRCLE Group, expressing his satisfaction: "For years we have been engaged in research and innovation in the field of logistics and we actively participate in associations and networks for the promotion of advanced optimization and interoperability systems in the Supply Chain. This internationally recognized Award, recognized within ALICE which is the European platform for defining the strategic research agenda of logistics innovation, pays tribute to our commitment in this field and, specifically, to the drive towards optimization in the world. of rail freight transport".
This recognition confirms the strategic nature of the CIRCLE Group approach to the subject of innovation and in relation to optimization solutions & decision support system as well as the prospective consistency of the additional investments underway on the subject within the "Connect 4 Agile Growth" Plan.
The recognition is based on the evaluation of the main results and implementation cases derived from R&I projects as potential implementation paths on Collaboration and Coordination of logistics.
The rating was awarded on the basis of the following three criteria: link between the R&I funded project and its implementation; successful implementation on the market and, finally, scalability and growth potential.
Source: CIRCLE Group |
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CIRCLE included in the "Deep Made in Italy" Equity Research Report, the Integrae SIM analysis that identifies companies that symbolize the Italian ability to do business
CIRCLE S.p.A., TTS Italia ordinary member, was included in the Equity Research Report "Deep Made in Italy", an analysis by Integrae SIM that analyzes the global growth trend of Made in Italy, identifying companies that symbolize the Italian ability to doing business and focusing on the social, environmental impact and technological progress of the country.
The CIRCLE title (CIRC alphanumeric code), specifically, was included in the study as the Company "... thanks to its activity is able to bring digitalization in an industrial sector that tends to be 'hard', making the handling of goods more efficient, reducing carbon emissions and favoring the competitiveness of Italian exports ". The report is available in full on the website www.circlegroup.eu, Investor Relations section.
Source: CIRCLE Group |
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CIRCLE Group is awarded the eFTI2 project to support the European Commission in the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 on electronic information on freight transport (eFTI)
CIRCLE Group, TTS Italia ordinary member, has been awarded the eFTI2 project to support the European Commission in the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 on electronic information on freight transport (eFTI).
The contract is worth approximately € 410,000; the assignment will last for 18 months.
Specifically, the purpose of the project is to support the European Commission in the delivery of "Specifications for the development and certification of eFTI platforms" and "Specifications relating to the implementation of requirements and certification of eFTI service providers".
It should be remembered that the eFTI Regulation will facilitate the digitalization of freight transport and logistics by sharing information in electronic format between private operators and public administrations, in order to contribute to cost reduction and increasing the efficiency and sustainability of freight transport.
Source: CIRCLE Group
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CIRCLE Group launches the Milos® Green Dashboard solution for monitoring polluting emissions related to multimodal transport
CIRCLE Group, TTS Italia ordinary member, launches the Milos® Green Dashboard solution on the market for monitoring polluting emissions related to multimodal transport.
After the release, in March of this year, of the Milos® Global Supply Chain Visibility for Manufacturing & Distribution suite, CIRCLE thus further expands its offer aimed at operators and users of the logistics chain, with a flexible service that allows for the calculation automatic environmental impact associated with transport activities, and the quantification of the so-called “carbon footprint” (or “carbon footprint”, which estimates greenhouse gas emissions expressed in quantities of CO2e).
Added to this is the possibility of highlighting, through personalized reports, the environmental savings obtained thanks to the choice of more sustainable modes of transport, so as to represent a functional tool for enhancing the Customer's ESG results.
Offered in SaaS mode (Software As a Service) and characterized by native integration with all CIRCLE software products, the Milos® Green Dashboard complies with all European standards (Global Logistics Emissions Council Framework, EN 16258, GHG Protocol) and ISO on the subject.
Source: CIRCLE Group
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Decarbonising the Italian motorway network: Autostrade per l'Italia, Eni and CDP sign an agreement
Develop joint initiatives for the energy transition. Autostrade per l'Italia, TTS Italia founding member, Eni and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti have signed an agreement that aims at sustainable mobility, in particular with a view to decarbonising the Italian motorway network.
The agreement includes the development of new energy carriers for both heavy vehicles and cars, starting with biofuels from sustainable raw materials and not in competition with the food chain, hydrogen, biomethane and charging points for electric cars.
The refueling areas will host an increasing number of 100% electric charging stations. In addition, in the vicinity of the Autostrade per l'Italia areas or the motorway network, where energy production plants from renewable sources will be built, it will be possible to establish energy communities, favoring the creation of collective self-consumption initiatives.
Source: www.trasporti-italia.com
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Does the Autovelox only make cash? The point of view of Sodi Scientifica
With regard to the recent press reports relating to the use of speed camera systems for detecting vehicle speed, Sodi Scientifica, TTS Italia ordinary member, recently announced the following.
Speeding (when a vehicle exceeds the statutory speed limit for a given road) or inappropriate speed (when a vehicle is traveling within the speed limits, but at a speed unsuitable for road, weather and / or road conditions of traffic) influences both the probability of a road accident and the severity of its consequences and determines about one third of deaths on the roads (source WHO).
Hundreds of independent scientific articles indicate a reduction in fatal or serious crashes from 7% to 60% at speed camera locations.
The relationship between speed and injury severity is particularly critical for “weak” road users, ie pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, as well as for children and the elderly. An adult pedestrian hit by a car traveling at 50 km / h has a risk of death of less than 20%, which becomes almost 60% if hit at 80 km / h. A 5% decrease in average speed can result in a 30% reduction in the number of fatal road crashes (source WHO).
The positioning of fixed vehicle speed detection stations on roads other than motorways and main suburban roads, by law, must be authorized by the Prefect, who checks in advance the need for the protection of people's safety and compliance. to the law. The owner of the road (eg: Municipality) limits himself to proposing its positioning, also on the basis of traffic and accident statistics.
The speed limit, beyond which the vehicle speed is detected and for which the PA must proceed to sanction the driver, is established by the Highway Code and is therefore mandatory.
By law, a 5% reduction is applied to the value of the vehicle speed detected by the speed camera with a minimum of 5 km / h. Therefore, it is impossible that, for example, in the presence of a limit of 50 km / h, a vehicle transiting at 51 km / h is sanctioned.
All fixed and mobile workstations, by law, are pre-marked with appropriate signs and must be clearly visible. Therefore, their use does not involve any kind of "ambush".
In application of an ethical principle, the proceeds deriving from the sanctioning of speeding, by law, are intended entirely for the improvement of road safety through maintenance and safety interventions of road infrastructures, including signs and barriers, and of the related systems, as well as the strengthening of the activities of control and verification of violations in the field of road traffic.
Source: Sodi Scientifica
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Geotab launches Order Now in Europe to simplify Marketplace Ecosystem
GeotabⓇ, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and the world’s #1 commercial telematics provider, and TTS Italia ordinary member, announced the availability of “Order Now” for Geotab Marketplace software and hardware solutions.
Order Now is a new and simple way for Geotab customers to order solutions right from the Geotab Marketplace ecosystem. As part of the ongoing expansion and development efforts, third-party hardware solutions will be available through Geotab’s Marketplace, making the process easier than ever. Order Now provides seamless ordering, delivery and after-sales support for solutions as part of the programme, allowing Geotab customers to expand their fleet management solutions at the click of a button. Customers can now seamlessly place orders directly from participating Marketplace partners from a single billing system.
Order Now is the latest addition to the Geotab Marketplace suite, a growing ecosystem which offers different partner solutions to help fleet managers increase productivity, improve sustainability, enhance the transition to electric vehicles (EV), decrease fuel costs, and optimise driver safety. By creating a seamless, deeply integrated solution for native user experience, and providing full-customer troubleshooting support to all third-party solutions available in Order Now, it has never been easier to choose the solutions that work best for businesses.
Partners who are integrated into Order Now can easily manage incoming orders for Geotab and Marketplace solutions available on the programme and keep track of all orders within Geotab’s MyAdmin. With Geotab managing all inquiries, software, and hardware troubleshooting issues, as well as returns, it makes the process seamless end-to-end.
The objective of Order Now is threefold: firstly, it is to maximise the profitability for best-of-breed Marketplace partners that have proven commercial success in their region, and are looking to streamline technical and business processes; for Marketplace partners to raise awareness of their solution in the Geotab channel; and to address the needs of specific customers with specific customisation or pricing requirements.
David Savage, Vice President, UK & Ireland, Geotab, says: “By streamlining the online purchasing process Geotab is providing customers with the power of choice. The Geotab Marketplace Ecosystem enables users to have the flexibility to buy exactly what they want, with their orders fulfilled by Geotab partners on Order Now.
“With a single point of billing and 24/7 support provided by Geotab, It is the latest tool in our armory to make buying and selling on the Geotab Marketplace as easy and simple as possible, expanding the range of products and options we provide from participating partners.”
Additional terms and conditions apply to those Geotab resellers that wish to participate in the Order Now programme.To learn more about Geotab Marketplace Order Now, visit https://marketplace.geotab.com/.
Source: Geotab
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Geotab receives EcoVadis Bronze sustainability rating
Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and TTS Italia ordinary member, has been awarded a Bronze medal from EcoVadis, in recognition of its positive environmental and social change across company operations. The rating by EcoVadis, the world's largest and most trusted provider of sustainability ratings, reinforces Geotab's commitment to sustainability.A signatory of The Climate Pledge, this was a year of milestones for Geotab, which recently announced it lowered its carbon emissions in its first Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report, had its carbon emission reduction targets validated and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and won a Google Cloud Customer award for Sustainability, following on its 2021 Sustainability Report. Geotab's strengths on environmental performance as noted on the EcoVadis scorecard include: The scorecard also recognised Geotab's policies on sustainable procurement and good performance on labour and human rights and ethics.
The EcoVadis methodology scores companies on 21 sustainability criteria across four themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement, providing a performance benchmark which can be used to track improvement over time. Similarly, Geotab provides a full suite of sustainable fleet solutions to enable companies to assess and manage the environmental impact of their operations at each stage of their emissions reduction journey, such as the EV Suitability Assessment, Green Fleet Dashboard, fuel usage and idling reports, routing optimisation, Geotab Keyless, Fleet Electrification Knowledge Center.Trusted data insights are key to understanding, acting, and scaling efforts on sustainability. Geotab firmly believes that businesses have a significant role in supporting global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, one of the greatest crises the world is facing today. Through data intelligence, companies, large and small, can benchmark their results, and measure their progress towards achieving their sustainability goals.
Source: Geotab
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Mobility: agreement between the Polytechnic of Bari and Autostrade per l'Italia
A research partnership on the subject of mobility and infrastructure, with a specific focus on sustainability and the technological development of increasingly smart solutions.
The Polytechnic of Bari and the Autostrade per l'Italia Group, respectively ordinary and founding members of TTS Italia, have signed a five-year agreement which aims to develop forms of collaboration for carrying out research and activities didactics on various topics, including:
• Infrastructure management and maintenance, through an approach oriented towards digital transformation, a central theme in the strategy of Autostrade per l'Italia;
• Smart cities and smart mobility for the design of services and technologies accompanying the motorway network and aimed at evaluating solutions for the development of increasingly efficient and intelligent mobility;
• Design and management of information mobility services, consisting in the design of useful solutions for increasing road safety.
The topics of the framework agreement will be at the center of a series of specific joint initiatives, such as the identification of research teams for the launch of experimentation initiatives and pilot cases, the activation of technical-scientific consultancy focused on specific cases, the funding of post-graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships.
Source: www.trasporti-italia.com
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Mobility: all the info in "Moving" on the website of the Municipality of Verona
Mobility and related services, on the website of the Municipality of Verona, TTS Italia ordinary member, all information in real time for citizens moving within the municipal area and for those arriving from outside Verona.
The 'Moving' section of the Municipality's website has been implemented through an interactive map that provides all the information and data on the main interests for those who have to hit the road or are already on the road.
From vehicular traffic to the availability of parking lots, from work in progress to possible accidents and construction sites, the site integrates and connects all the data available to the Municipality to facilitate the movement of Verona and others as much as possible.
The goal is to ensure that the infomobility service becomes a point of reference for those who get into the car but also for those who are already on the road, given that the information can be used on all devices, smartphones, tablets and PCs.
The tool is the result of the continuous effort by the Administration to respond in a concrete way to citizenship requests. Traffic is in fact a theme that concerns not only the everyday life of the Veronese but also the liveability of a tourist and cultural city like Verona.
Source: Ferpress
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OCTO lands in Japan with brand new offices
OCTO Telematics, the leader in data analytics for the insurance sector, Smart Mobility and Fleet Management, and TTS Italia ordinary member, announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan, to strengthen its presence in a strategic hub for technology, robotics and automation. The company was already present in Japan with a commercial partnership with Tokyo Marine, a leading insurance company in Japan.
With this announcement OCTO widens its geographical reach, now present in Rome – where the Company Headquarter, Boston, London, Paris, Madrid, Stuttgart, Sao Paulo. Tokyo joins the other six subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Shanghai. The company’s choice to further invest in Asia highlights how the region is an important growth market for the company.
The Japanese subsidiary of OCTO will further help the development of the connected mobility market throughout Japan and surrounding countries, providing technical and sales support to partners.
Thanks to the new subsidiary, OCTO will consolidate the already established presence in a market that has always been innovative in technology, robotics and automation sectors, contributing to Japan’s reputation as a leading manufacturer and exporter of innovative technologies.
The presence of OCTO in Japan will translate into additional opportunities for expanding its core business - advanced telematics and technological solutions for the insurance sector, Fleet Management and Smart Mobility – while also providing sales support to existing and new customers.
OCTO holds the largest global telematics data database, with over 510 billion driving kms collected and 501,000 insurance claims and events analysed with an operational capacity to manage over400,000 vehicle rentals per month.
“The opening of the new subsidiary in Japan,"- said Nicola Veratelli, OCTO Group CEO, - is not a goal but a starting point. Our turnover abroad is constantly growing, and the development of new markets is for us of the utmost importance. This is why Asia is a key market for us, and we expect a significant increase in the coming years as well as opportunities for cultural exchange aimed at developing new solutions tailored to the specific features of the market, that could also be the starting point for the development of innovative solutions in other Countries where OCTO is already operation or will soon be".
Source: OCTO Telematics
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Public transport: ticketing is done with a self-sanitising screen
In the Covid era comes an innovation that enables the automatic sanitisation of screens used for bus and metro ticketing. The idea is from Aep Ticketing solutions, TTS Italia ordinary member, who has patented it and is ready to put it into operation with local public transport companies that espouse the invention.
The system is called ‘Glasster’ and works through ultraviolet irradiation. The UV radiation (short-wave ultraviolet radiation) takes place inside the shatterproof glass above the touch screen of the device with which the public is in contact.
“When the user uses the screen by moving between the various selection icons, the self-sanitising system intervenes on the clicked areas selectively and quickly. Within seconds you have the sanitised surface for the next user – explains Michele Collu of Aep’s Innovative Ticketing Solutions department -. The beam produced by our Uvc LED passes through a pure quartz glass that allows the right wavelengths to pass through to achieve the germicidal effect. The system is feasible for displays up to 17 inches. The journey to get to this Glasster was a long one, we had to combine compliance with safety regulations and technology in the best possible way. Now we are just waiting for the necessary certifications to be formalised for production start-up. I would like to add,’ he concludes, ‘that this is just one of the many ideas that Aep is giving legs to: we never stop and we are constantly evolving.”
With this in mind, the company has set up an area at its headquarters in Signa (Fi), dedicated to presenting to its customers the innovative projects it has developed or is still working on, with a view to disseminating them as widely as possible around the world at the service of end users.
Source: AEP Ticketing Solutions
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Scania and HAVI in first European pilot of fully autonomous vehicles carrying commercial goods on public roads
Scania, TTS Italia ordinary member, is partnering with HAVI Supply Chain for a ground-breaking new trial that sees an autonomous truck being used in the transport of commercial goods. The pilot, carried out under regular traffic conditions, aims to learn about the effectiveness of autonomous truck transport as part of hub-to-hub operations.
In what is a first for Europe, Scania and HAVI Supply Chain are piloting the use of a fully autonomous vehicle to transport commercial goods in regular traffic conditions between logistics hubs. The pilot will see the autonomous truck drive between Södertälje and Jönköping, a three-hour journey of around 300km, and the route forms part of a longer logistics flow for HAVI, with the first and last mile being handled by manually driven vehicles.
The pilot is a first step in showing how autonomous trucks can form part of a viable hub-to-hub logistics flow and allows Scania and HAVI to evaluate the effectiveness of the technology in their operations.
HAVI is a natural partner for Scania in this bold project. The two companies have already established a strong track record of cooperation in several forward-thinking initiatives around electrified transport, in keeping with their shared commitment to decarbonising the transport system and exploring innovations to improve the efficiency and sustainability of commercial transport operations.
Source: Scania
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Smart Mobility: the Naples ring road as a laboratory for Autostrade per l'Italia and Federico II University
The synergy between the Autostrade per l'Italia Group, TTS Italia founding member, and the Federico II University, TTS Italia ordinary member, is strengthened as part of the Mercury Program which develops new solutions for smart mobility. The Naples ring road will be available to the University to test the technological solutions developed in collaboration with various realities, as part of the European project F2 Smart Lab. infrastructures and services to the traveler which will then be disseminated throughout the national network as an “open lab” of the University of Naples.
The new technologies developed thanks to the collaboration between the University and the Aspi Group follow three fundamental pillars: safety, innovation, sustainability:
• Among the main projects already launched in experimental mode, the redevelopment in a sustainable key and the energy self-sufficiency of the toll booths: the first application is on the Arenella station which has been equipped with advanced systems through the installation of photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, supported from a smart building system for the intelligent management of electrical loads and CO2 reduction.
• The installation of an innovative grazing and intelligent lighting system has already begun on the Capodichino viaduct, capable of combining energy savings (-15%) with communication between vehicles and the motorway. The project, developed thanks to a synergy between the Naples ring road, Movyon and Amplia, a company of the ASPI group, eliminates the use and encumbrance of poles, replaced by lighting fixtures installed on safety barriers and also equipped with a detection system traffic. The system is able to establish communication between the road section and vehicles in transit, with a view to implementing Smart Roads.
• The Federico II team is also developing the sensor system which, installed on the main works of art, allows constant dynamic surveillance in real time of the network structures and, thanks to Argo, the IT asset management platform developed by Movyon and already operational on the national network for monitoring and managing the life cycle of infrastructures, it offers the complete digitization of assets in a single solution.
• The experimentation of the dematerialisation of the prepaid rechargeable through the Targa Account, the personal payment system associated with the license plate of your vehicle that allows you to pay tolls by choosing to domicile the payment on a credit card or current account, is starting on the Tangenziale.
Source: Cluster Trasporti
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"SHOW" in Turin: Through the Autonomous Guide. Opinions from across the border.
On Thursday, October 27, innovation in mobility took center stage in Turin with the European project "SHOW" and its autonomous driving shuttle. A project that aims to support the migration path toward sustainable, connected and autonomous urban transport.
SWARCO Italia, TTS Italia founding member, hosted a User Forum, focused on public transport and its future, with international guests from Spain, Lithuania and Latvia. We want to share a chronicle of the experience-for us, as industry players, it is particularly useful to understand how those who operate the Public Transport service look to the future.
Here is the agenda for the day:
11 a.m. - quick Welcome coffee and then off to the topics to be covered: presentation of the SHOW project and the Turin pilot. SHOW implements autonomous driving pilots in 20 European cities by integrating solutions such as DRT (Demand Responsive Transport) or MaaS (Mobility as a Service). In Turin, it plans to use two self-driving shuttles (provided by Navya) to provide a flexible public transport service in the area of the City of Health and Science, a service aimed especially at fragile groups (people with chronic diseases and the elderly). Already in this brief introduction, interesting exchanges arose regarding both the DRT service and the use of self-driving vehicles.
12 noon - coffee break: yes, it is a coffee break - lunch break will be later.
12:30 p.m. - Autonomous driving comes into focus and we start discussing pros and cons. The benefits it could bring (safer and more efficient transportation, sustainability, better last-mile management), the applications but also the problems that would naturally emerge as soon as one tried to apply this technology with the existing infrastructure. The hottest topic turned out to be the debate between the proponents of the need for vehicle-infrastructure interaction and the supporters of true autonomous driving where the vehicle is able to drive without external support.
And this is precisely where the meeting came alive, with our guests, public transport operators, beginning to put forward their point of view, a point of view that is very attentive to the technology, which in their view is not yet mature enough and leads vehicles to have a cruising speed that is still too low to be deployed effectively. Also touched upon were the issues surrounding the lack of general standardization and the establishment of criteria for liability in the event of accidents.
3 p.m. - after a quick Italian lunch of the short duration of 1.30h we are back on track, almost for real, and we move onto the streets of Turin in search of our self-driving vehicle. And there it is, intent on turning near Via Ventimiglia: a Navya, L4 autonomy with a GTT operator on board moving through the streets of the City of Health area (Sant'Anna Hospital area) to do tests and simulations so that in the coming months we can guarantee an excellent service to our citizens. We lingered there for a while to take the usual photos and specially to fantasize, though not too much, that autonomous driving in mixed traffic was now a reality.
4:30 p.m. - back to the office, de-briefing, and general goodbyes. With the wish to see each other again soon, this time as passengers!
The summary of the day? - It doesn't matter whether autonomous driving is talked about well or badly, the important thing is to talk about it, to discuss it, to stimulate cues for improvement to negative remarks, and to take any suggestions that might lead, with due development, to steps forward on the subject: this is Innovation!
Source: SWARCO Italia
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Stellantis accelerates autonomous driving journey with acquisition of aiMotive, a leading artificial intelligence and autonomous driving start-up
Stellantis, TTS Italia ordinary member, and aiMotive, a leading developer of advanced artificial intelligence and autonomous driving software, announced that they have entered into an agreement for Stellantis to acquire aiMotive.
This acquisition enhances Stellantis’ artificial intelligence and autonomous driving core technology, expands its global talent pool, and boosts the mid-term development of the all-new STLA AutoDrive platform.
aiMotive’s technology product portfolio is focused on four key areas within artificial intelligence and autonomous driving:
aiDrive: Embedded software stack for autonomous driving; aiData: Artificial intelligence operations and data tooling; aiWare: Expertise and intellectual property for silicon microchips; aiSim: Software simulation for development of autonomous driving.
Stellantis’ software teams are already developing the three all-new technology platforms (STLA Brain, STLA SmartCockpit, STLA AutoDrive) that will be deployed at scale across the four all-new STLA vehicle platforms (STLA Small, STLA Medium, STLA Large, STLA Frame), starting in 2024. The software strategy, as announced during Stellantis’ Software Day in December 2021, is expected to generate approximately €20 billion in incremental annual revenues by the end of the decade, as part of the Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan bold objectives, backed by more than a €30 billion* investment in electrification and software.
aiMotive is based in Budapest, Hungary, with offices in Germany, the United States and Japan, with over 200 highly skilled employees worldwide, including engineers with advanced artificial intelligence and autonomous driving expertise. aiMotive will operate as a subsidiary of Stellantis, maintaining its operational independence and startup culture. Founder László Kishonti will remain as CEO. It will continue selling three areas of its current technology product portfolio, including aiData, aiSim and aiWare, to other partners.
Stellantis will establish a Board of Directors to oversee aiMotive while preserving its startup mindset of rapid innovation. aiMotive team will be fully part of the Stellantis autonomous driving and artificial intelligence teams.
Completion of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including the satisfaction of antitrust requirements.
Source: Stellantis
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Stellantis and Turin Polytechnic renew the cooperation agreement on training and research and development activities
The President of Stellantis, John Elkann, and the Rector of the Polytechnic of Turin, Guido Saracco, both ordinary members of TTS Italia, signed a memorandum of understanding which confirms the collaboration started in 1999 and periodically renewed. The goal is to strengthen research and development projects on the issues of mobility, sustainability and the circular economy, involving professors, researchers and students, together with the traditional offer of a solid technical-scientific preparation.
The agreement supports the Degree Course in Automotive Engineering for the four-year period 2022-2026 and related research activities to accelerate the development of products for sustainable mobility. Stellantis' commitment amounts to a total of 7.4 million euros, equal to an annual average of 1.85 million euros, mostly focused on the technological challenges proposed by the automotive and sustainable mobility sectors: electrification, driving autonomous and interconnected, digitalization of manufacturing processes and development of factory processes to support the circular economy.
The results achieved during the period 2018-2022 are significant and constitute a solid basis for development to reach new goals. With regard to teaching activities related to Automotive Engineering, the number of students enrolled on two levels (1st level degree and Master's degree) has increased in the last four years, rising to 1878, while they were 1432 in the previous four years. In this way, the total number of students enrolled in automotive engineering courses has risen to over 4,742 since its establishment in 1999. The international vocation of the course has been confirmed: the percentage of foreign students has reached about 15% of those enrolled. In addition, important teaching activities continued in various annual courses by Stellantis managers and professionals. The Group also offers a rich program of voluntary training modules for students on specialist vehicle design and manufacturing processes.
The balance of the employment impact of this training path is positive: the percentages of graduates employed one year after graduation continue to be among the best in the national context, with 93.3% of master's graduates employed one year after graduation (Almalaurea ).
The agreement also supported the International Dual Master Degrees developed together with the University of Windsor (Canada) and the University of Oakland (USA).
The joint research projects financed by the agreement in the four-year period 2018-22 were 48 and they addressed, also with the participation of students, the solution of industrial problems in the field of electric propulsion, autonomous driving, new materials, manufacturing. additive and the development and application of industry 4.0 technologies.
Source: Polytechnic of Turin
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The collaboration with Movyon and Proger has been activated for the census and surveillance of over 40 bridges in the Province of Arezzo
The mapping and monitoring project of the works present in the territory of the Province of Arezzo has been launched. The infrastructures selected by the Province are undergoing a census and inspection in order to determine their state of health and assign a class of attention. The activity is the result of collaboration with Movyon, leader in the development and integration of Intelligent Transport Systems solutions and center of excellence for research and innovation of the Autostrade per l'Italia Group, and founding partner of TTS Italia, and Proger, one of the most important engineering companies in our country, with multiple activities also abroad, responsible for the infrastructural surveillance of over 7,000 bridges, viaducts and tunnels of the national motorway network. A collaboration born from an initial experiment that began a year ago on the ancient Buriano bridge.
The works in the Arezzo area are the first in Italy outside the motorway context to be inspected by Proger and digitized with the use of ARGO, the platform developed by Movyon in collaboration with IBM for managing the life cycle of the works present on the network Highways for Italy. The solution involves the digitization of infrastructural assets, their archiving in a database for the governance and control of data and processes and the use of a mobile app to support field and remote inspections. The platform, created on the basis of the new guidelines of the Superior Council of Public Works, is integrated with the AINOP system, the National IT Archive of Public Works, can be used in the cloud and is equipped with training and assistance services.
In detail, there are 44 bridges located throughout the area that Proger inspectors are inspecting with ARGO. A punctual survey that will allow the Province to better plan any maintenance interventions that will have to be started, also optimizing the management of loans.
Source: Movyon
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The future of transport? Artificial intelligence is leading the way
There are three main factors driving innovation in the field of transport: Efficiency, Safety and Comfort.
In recent years, the world of transport and mobility has been and is undergoing a major change. The impact of digital transformation radically affects not only business, but also the priorities, values and expectations of mobile users. Indeed, digitisation has the potential to offer immense benefits to users, society and the environment, with the aim of ensuring that the positive effects benefit everyone, creating shared value.
Autonomous driving, connected vehicles, integrated forms of assistance and payment, and the Internet of Things are just a few examples of the new paradigms that are enabling the transformation of the sector and the creation of a sustainable, intermodal and service-rich mobility ecosystem. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based technologies are making a big contribution.
The size of the global artificial intelligence market in the transportation sector, according to Precedence Research, has been estimated at $2.3 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach approximately $14.79 billion by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.97% over the forecast period from 2022 to 2030.
To date, the growing demand for the use of artificial intelligence in the transport market is mainly due to functionalities supporting safety, making infrastructures more modern and sustainable and maintenance services more effective. In addition to that, advanced artificial intelligence algorithms allow preventive action and are a valuable ally for user support.
According to research by Emergency Research, the most successful technologies in transportation are Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing.
In this scenario, Almawave, Almaviva Group company, TTS Italia ordinary member, leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is deeply involved with its willingness to contribute and participate in innovation in the sector.
In fact, Almawave operates in the Artificial Intelligence technology sector, embracing increasingly specialised and innovative fields and applications such as Machine/Deep Learning and all Natural Language Processing capabilities such as Conversational Platforms, Automatic Speech Recognition and Machine Translation voice services, Text Mining and automatic information extraction engines. The company aims to be a strong accelerator of the digital transformation process of models, products and services in the specific market.
"Our technologies on the one hand provide greater efficiency, speed and transparency, and on the other hand - by their very nature - help those using them to make informed and sustainable choices. All of this is done through an approach that contributes concretely to achieving the Sustainable Developments Goals and several targets of the PNRR," says Valeria Sandei, CEO of the company.
"Over time, our expertise has enabled us to develop vertical solutions for smart mobility that place the user at the centre of simple, multichannel, contextualised and integrated services. We offer solutions for the governance of infrastructure and related assets, solutions to support integrated logistics and much more," says Caterina Bivona, Transportation Market Manager at Almawave.
Specifically, Almawave experts have activated, for strategic clients of the Country System, solutions capable of automating, through command&control voice services, the collection of information in maintenance inspection and reporting processes; of performing predictive analyses of phenomena related to events, failures and anomalies in infrastructures; to provide the mobile user with new automated channels that are always available, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from which to request assistance, such as information on arrival times of transport vehicles at the stop, ZTL and access permits, recharging network, etc.
Finally, thanks to its Location Intelligence & GIS platforms, the company provides the possibility to perform spatial analyses on areas, infrastructures and Points of Interest and assess their status and potential through qualitative and quantitative sustainability, reputation and footfall indices.
The path taken by Almawave in recent years increasingly confirms the company's determination to contribute to the country's digital and sustainable transition, with a transversal presence in various sectors, including transport, which is by its very nature strategic and has a direct impact on collective well-being.
Source: Almawave/Almaviva
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