Telematic Technologies for Transport and Traffic in Turin

5T is an open lab for national and European research projects intended to experiment application of newer ICT technologies and services. Main projects are:  

The project, coordinated by the Conseil General Hautes Alpes , began in 2008. Its stakeholders are Province of Turin, 5T, SITAF and ANAS. The main goal of the project is to permit the transmission, within DATEX protocol, of information between French and Italian traffic control systems; thus, drivers that travel among the border can be provided with real-time notices about traffic conditions on other side of the border. The data transmission process is completely symmetrical and allows to develop a network among the frontiers, unifying Italian and French systems currently active between Province in Turin and Département des Hautes-Alpes; the new network makes information quicker and more widespread, through the use of tools such as mobile phones, GPS navigators and internet.   Further information at www.5t.torino.it/infomobile

The goal of this project is to boost the local Public Transport in Piedmont, improving its accessibility, awareness, management and promotion.
The project intends to realize:

• a regional electronic ticketing system based on smart-card technology with contactless microchip;
• a public transport monitoring system (AVM);
• a video surveillance system in trams and busses.

The project (Innovative System for Management of Mobility in Metropolitan Areas) is coordinated by City of Turin and 5T, with the collaboration of City of Bologna, City of Geneva, Province of Florence and Province of Cagliari; its main goals are:

• Development of technologies to collect data coming from moving vehicles (Floating Car Data);
• development of innovative solutions for interoperability between operators (fleets managers, operations centers, infrastructures managers, etc.);
• development of standards and harmonization protocols for the convergence on a common ICT platform;
• improvement of information in traffic operations centers through the integration of floating car data, new traffic sensors and new simulation tools.

5T participates in the project DESTINATION (DangErous tranSport To New prevenTive INstruments) for cooperation between Italian and Swiss frontiers. The purpose of the project, that involves the north-west Italian regions, the Province of Bolzano and the Ticino canton (Switzerland), is to build a network for monitoring the dangerous goods, in order to prevent and to minimize the effects induced on the environment by the transport of such commodities. The project intends to define an information system (coordinated and operational) for analysis, elaboration and filing of the data; the aim is to improve safety levels in transporting dangerous commodities and to implement the sharing of environmental, safety and territorial information between the local administrations. Within the methodology of risk analysis, the project presents itself as a useful tool to consolidate the safety in terms of prevention (analysis of the territorial risks and reduction of the chance of an incident), active (with real-time infomobility service) and passive (georeferentiation of incidents, data reporting, incident filing).