Question:

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Road Pricing The Way Forward Conference 24-25
Feb 2004 London Workshop 1 B The Rome
case Maurizio Tomassini - STA, Mobility Services
for the city of Rome
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ROME - Access Control System

• System implementation based on an already
  existing policy (Limited Traffic Zone)based on
  permits concession to pre-selected users
• 1 - Disables 5 - Non Residents
• 2 - Freight 6 - Taxi
• 3 - Limos service 7 - Public Transport
• 4 -Residents 8 - Others
• - public services
• - coaches
• From 6,30 am to 6.00 pm - working days
• From 2,00 pm to 6,00 pm -Saturday

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ROME - Implementation benefits

• Exhaustive (and exhausting)selection and filing
  of permits and procedures
• dynamic dB (white list) vs. manual procedures
• Effective enforcement of violations
• millions vs hundreds per year
• freight delivery disciplines
• Good control of revenues
• administrative costs
• charging for
• non residents (tight selection criteria) - yearly
  fee
• coaches - daily fee
• Identification of a pricing policy

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ROME - Authorised Plates (permits)
Flat fare 340 /y
Total 200.000
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ROME - Daily demand composition
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ROME - Daily use of permits
PERMITS
USE
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ROME - The disables issue
The Problem Each vehicle carrying the
vignette is allowed to enter, regardless its
origin. It is mandatory to avoid the notification
of void violations. It is necessary to limit
the abuses still maintaining the consensus with
the disables.

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ROME - The disables issue
The Solutions Each of the 8101 Municipality of
Italy has been notified of the procedure for
accessing the LTZ (including the call centre
pre-registration) To the disables of the City
have been allowed to register up to 5 plates
plus the free use of the OBU. Three access gates
are permanently garrisoned by urban police to
handle the access as temporary permits

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ROME - Access over the years
ANTE
Reference period Octobers
POST
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ROME - The freight delivery
Out of the 8200 lorries having the permit to
access to LTZ, about 2800 have only two time
windows from 8,00 pm to 10,00 am and from 2,00
pm to 4,00 pm These vehicles are producing about
20 of the total freight traffic to the LTZ (1000
access/day) Before the scheme implementation
their access were almost uncontrolled (violation
up to 60) Today the illegal access (all fined)
are 3

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ROME - Some highlights
The Access Control strategy (ACS) is working
nicely. The Exemptions are mainly for services
of public interest. The most sensitive
categories of users are handled in a satisfactory
way.Some tune up can reduce abuses. The
authorised non residents (35.000 plates) are
charged on a flat rate base. The capability of
controlling the lorries access can drive to a
pricing policy. The pricing scheme is planned
for after 6,00 pm period charging only private
vehicles.