Pedaggio per entrare in centro con l'auto
a Milano si comincia da febbraio
MILANO - Partirà dal prossimo 19 febbraio la prima sperimentazione italiana di "pollution charge", la tassa antinquinamento imposta a chi entra car in an urban center. A Milan will take the lead, including where to access the inside of the railway line will need to pay a toll of between two and ten euro. The measure, also announced and widely disputed by several categories, was officially introduced into the "mobility plan" delivered to the 2006-2011 city assessors with a lot of rates and regulation.
If Italy is the first, is not so abroad, where similar experiences have been successfully adopted in Oslo, London and Stockholm. Unlike other northern European cities, Milan has decided to introduce a rate proportional to the level of pollution of the vehicles that will be divided in 5 different classes.
one that will take them away on February 19 will be an initial pilot phase. The area on which town will be worth the ticket covers about 60 square kilometers, equivalent to 33% of the municipal area, and covers a population of 774 000 inhabitants, 59% of the total residents in the municipality of Milan. In this same area, so "limited" in the resident population, enter the other hand about 65% of the vehicles of non-residents.
With regard to resident and domiciled in Milan, will have the option to purchase an annual pass, a discounted rate of respectively 40, 100 and 200 € for vehicles in Class 3, 4 and 5. The time slot is envisaged between 7 and 18 of every weekday. From October 15 the "pollution charge" will apply to the scheme and increased, both in terms of the price categories of cars.
According to the municipality, the access control will be provided by "electronic portals with video systems approved for the license plate." Then "there will be no obstacles" to the traffic flow, "since there are no physical barriers" to the inputs. Initially it will buy the ticket in a manner similar to those currently used for parking. Then from October 15, 2007 you can use maps to scale, credit cards via the Internet, call center or ATM, or SMS (with direct debit amount on the calling card) or cash in outlets such as tobacconists.
The introduction of the tax, the commissioner said Edoardo Croci, "is a great opportunity to reduce traffic and reduce pollution by generating significant resources to be devoted to strengthening the financing of public transport and other measures of environmental policy."
(November 1, 2006)
(from the Republic)
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