ROME – The reduction of polluting emissions also passes through the “Telepass”. In 2019, thanks to the use of barriers for the automatic payment of the motorway toll, it was possible to save 3,350 tons of CO2 (2,880 tons in 2020). The figure emerges from a study, commissioned to professors Giovanni Vaia and Raffaele Pesenti of the Ca ‘Foscari University of Venice, which calculated the emissions saved thanks to the lanes equipped with automatic transit detection technology on the Brescia-Padua section of the A4, a of the most congested motorway sections in Italy and Europe.
The study was promoted by Telepass and the A4 Holding group and made use of a specific scientific mathematical model developed by researchers from the Venetian university. Under the lens of scholars, the 146 kilometers of the A4 Brescia-Padua motorway have ended, where there is an average of 95,000 vehicles per day and over fifty million vehicles on average transited per year (pre-Covid periods).
In short, by comparing the emissions avoided in terms of journeys, it is as if more than 35,000 Rome-Milan journeys had been saved, corresponding to approximately 1,500,000 liters of petrol. The research also highlighted other environmental benefits such as, for example, the long-term conservation of nature and biodiversity, the reduction of the carbon footprint of the transport sector and air pollution. “The study highlights that the advantages of sustainable mobility go beyond the simple saving of pollution – underlined Giovanni Vaia of the Management Department of Ca ‘Foscari – and have a cascade impact with positive effects on various fronts such as regional economies, employment, tourism and recreational activities, public health, water management and sustainability of energy systems (mitigation and adaptation to climate change) “. (mr)
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