studies

Dial-a-ride – Analysis of innovative services and software evaluation SAD Trasporto Pubblico Locale SpA commissioned TRT to conduct a benchmark analysis on the dial-a-ride services provided in Italy and Europe. The project had two major objectives: identify within the national context, the dial-a-ride service schemes potentially applicable to the Bassa Atesina area, in terms of territorial extension, population served and local morphology; supply the contractor with an evaluation tool of the software used in other applications, finalised to programme and manage dial-a-ride services.

Urban and extra-urban services in the area surrounding Piacenza: survey on the transport demand TRT has been commissioned by Tempi Agenzia SpA to conduct a survey on the transport demand of urban and extra-urban services of the province of Piacenza. The study focussed on: design of the survey on the transport demand (get on/off of users, tickets, frequency of use, change with extra-urban transport and train services); preparation shift changes and instructions of the survey’s staff; Collection and elaboration of data. The data collected during the survey allowed to obtain a database on: users getting on/off per stop and line, origin and destination of the passengers and use of tickets and season tickets

Logistics Between Southern Italy and China The Ministry of Economic Development – Department for Development Policies has commissioned a study to TRT to: identify market factors that may promote the Southern Italy as a logistics platform for the traffic generated from the Italian, European and Mediterranean market to the Far East. The aim of the study was to identify and prioritise investments and measures to boost the international exchanges of goods and the demand for logistics in the South of Italy. Two were the main objectives of the study: to point out the key factors which could support the development of Southern Italy as logistics platform for the exchanges with East Asia; to show the economics and territorial advantages coming from the logistics growth, in particular for the employment and the productivity. The analysis undertaken highlighted the economic benefits arising from the development of the territory logistics, with special reference to employment and productivity. The priority systems on which to focus were three. Gioia Tauro transhipment port, that offers great potential to local economy; Campania logistics system, with Salerno and Napoli ports and the logistics platforms of Nola and Marcianise; Taranto port, with the significant development recorded thanks to big shipping lines. The projects reviewed included the enlargement of the terminal container and the building up of an inland logistics platform.