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27 September 2021 "The impact of the pandemic" on transport in 2020 "was devastating for all sectors" and the effects "are determined by a widespread perception of the risk of contagion associated with collective mobility". This was stated by the president of the Transport Regulatory Authority Nicola Zaccheo presenting the Annual Report.



"We have witnessed an inevitable change in lifestyles. In this context, it seems reasonable to assume that, even when the pandemic can be considered over, the 'new normal' of collective mobility will not coincide with a return to the status quo ante". Thus in his report to Parliament the president of the Transport Authority Nicola Zaccheo. "It can be assumed, however - that the pre-Covid traffic volumes will be gradually recovered, obviously with differences regarding the modalities and reasons for the movements, with a likely recovery more sustained than collective mobility for work and study activities and more limited for medium-long distance travel ".



"The resumption of local public transport will be strongly conditioned by the reacquisition, by citizens, of the confidence in collective transport as a form of safe mobility, both for trips at local level and for those over medium-long distances'", he said. underlined the president of the Transport Regulatory Authority, Nicola Zaccheo.



Pandemic as an opportunity for rebirth, pushed by Pnrr

"The tragedy of the pandemic can and must now be transformed into an opportunity for rebirth. The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) is the extraordinary tool for the restart and, above all, the revival of our economy", said the president. of the Transport Authority Nicola Zaccheo in his report to Parliament "The PNRR - added Zaccheo - dedicates one of the six missions of which it is composed to" transport infrastructures for sustainable mobility ", providing for substantial funding to be committed to projects that they will allow our country to take a big step forward in a broader plan of relaunch and modernization ".



Railways, transport authorities awaiting tariff proposal

 '' With reference to railway infrastructures, the Authority is awaiting a tariff proposal from the national operator that can be considered compliant with the regulatory model in force and suitable for managing the current context, as well as the evolutionary prospects of markets and services of rail transport '', underlined the president of the Transport Regulatory Authority, Nicola Zaccheo, on the occasion of the Report to Parliament.



Guarantor role Art remains fundamental in transport

The role of guarantor of the Transport Regulatory Authority, in a context in which the pandemic emergency has produced new challenges, remains fundamental, said the president of the ART, Nicola Zaccheo, in his annual report to Parliament. " context - said Zacchaeus - the role of Art remains fundamental in guaranteeing that the support measures to the sector of competence are granted in a fair and non-discriminatory way. At the same time, with reference to the world of concessions, it is also necessary to guarantee that the maintenance economic and financial equilibrium, even if heavily affected by the pandemic, is pursued in application of the principles of transparency and on the basis of objective methods, so as not to circumvent the principle of assuming operational risk for the concessionaire ".