INTEGRATED PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF INTERMODAL MOBILITY: THE EXPERIENCE OF TISM PROJECT IN FIRENZE

This paper reports about the activity which is currently carried on in the metropolitan area of the city of Firenze. It aims at the solution of the problems afflicting the transport chain, especially during peak hours and at the main junctions between urban and interurban road networks. Starting from an analysis of the current situation and from the objectives of the application, the whole project plan is described, pointing out the expected outcomes, system architecture, dimensions of the application, the kind of technologies intended to be used and the preliminary results. The introduction of advanced Road Transport Telematics Technologies (RTTT), among other interventions, is considered as one of the most promising approaches for the solution of the problems affecting transport facilities. This is the reason why a number of applications using these technologies have been set up during the last decade in different parts of the world, each one having specific objectives related to a specific framework and using different technologies. This approach is often not so accurate and effective, moving the problem from one side to another. The intention of the current experimentation is to demonstrate the validity of an integrated approach, where different policies are applied all together for the solution of a complexity of problems. The introduction of advanced technologies does not achieve the expected results because no integrated approach is followed for making the use of such technologies desirable for the users. An integrated payment system is currently being implemented in Firenze, with the aim of promoting RTTT technologies and different mobility control and management schemes in order to achieve a reduction of overall network congestion and energy consumption by means of an effective use of interchange modality within the metropolitan area and at the intermodal nodes. The experiment will evaluate the operational aspects and related consequences on the legal, financial and marketing issues. Moreover, the technical and economical impact of the system on the users will be analyzed. The evaluation methodology and the analysis of the achievements is partially carried out in the framework of the EUROTOLL project, a multi-national project started on January 1996 under the European Transport Programme (Directorate General XIII) with the aim of analyzing the benefits of integrated fare schemes and services on the management of mobility in several European sites.

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• Authors:
  • Battiboia, S
  • Armellini, A
  • Ambrosino, G
  • Turrini, M
  • Sassoli, P
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Future. Abstracts of the Third World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1996-10-14 to 1996-10-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

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• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Integrated systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Interchanges; Intermodal transportation; Mobility; Network nodes; Payment; Roads; Technological innovations
• Old TRIS Terms: Nodes; Transport telematics
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741414
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 19 1997 12:00AM