Narrow on “abusive” and refunds after 30 minutes late: revolution in sight for local transport – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on February 20, 2016 at 17:48.
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Close the “Portuguese”, with fines “equal to 60 times the value of the ordinary ticket and but no more than 200 euro “for those traveling on local public transport without paying. A small revolution contained in chapter Tpl of the Consolidated draft on local public services implementation of the reform of Pa signed by Minister Marianna Madia, now in the pipeline: in fact, missing only the “bollinatura” by the General Accounting Office.

User refunded if the delay exceeds half an hour
the measure has the aim to relaunch the fight against tax evasion in the public transport sector. So, when fully operational, travelers without a ticket will risk a fine to be determined by regional law or a fine up to 200 euro where the lack of a standard local reference. Also provided tight deadlines for the right to a refund: If you ran canceled or delayed, to protect commuters and users of public transport trips after half an hour if they are public citizens or after one hour if the ride operates at the level means local. Unless problems caused by strikes, natural disasters or other unforeseen events.

More for on the buses controllers powers and tools
The reform does not stop at fines and reimbursement, but also expands the powers and tools of the anti-avoidance ” controllers “of bus, tram and metro. The local public transport companies will be able to rely on external parties’ qualified as assessors agents “who, within the limits of their service, will acquire the status of public official. The Interior Ministry will then make available to the transport companies ‘agents and officers, who qualified as judicial police, according to a program of support to agents assessors’ for periods not exceeding three years and cover the costs to be borne making the request.

Videsorveglianza inside the buses, yes to means test movies
Always “in order to ensure the most effective fight against evasion tariff “may also be used,” the surveys of video surveillance systems on board the vehicles and on the station platforms. ” And the records will be used as a “means test, in accordance with current legislation on personal data processing, to identify any offenders who refuse to supply personal information to supervisors, agents, even with possible transmission to the relevant forces of ‘order’.

Asstra satisfied: evasion costs up to 500 million per year
“We fully support the measures for tariff evasion fight. There is a need to adopt new rules, because in Italy it is a serious problem. Just think that they go so 400 million to 500 million of resources per year, with an average rate of evasion of around 20%. ” So the president of Asstra, the association of local public utilities, Massimo Roncucci, commenting on the measures contained in the draft decree on local public services, which devotes part copious right to LPT. Among the new measures promoted by Roncucci, in particular, “the ability to use new technologies, and above all the ability to make use of external auditors for requirements documents.” More prudent judgment about the repayment times: “For us, the protection of passengers is paramount and it is fair to reimburse if there are difficulties, however, when this is attributable to the company as a failure, and not to factors that we can not control” .

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