00:00The value of the production of public-local transport companies grows by 4.4% in 2023.
00:11Investment flows increase, but inflation-related growth records a shy 1.1% since 2016.
00:19In summary, data from the sixth St. Paul-Astra report on the performance of public-local transport companies are present.
00:27Despite the fact that companies still feel a structural reduction of passengers compared to the pre-COVID data,
00:34the data show a progressive recovery in 2022.
00:38Passengers transported grew by 31% compared to 2021, in 2023 by 15% compared to 2022.
00:47The trend gives a positive sign, but it is undeniable that there are problems.
00:53We have not yet reached the quota before 2019, especially in the suburban area.
00:59Today the big issue is to continue investments through the National Transport Fund.
01:06Ecological transition is important, it is one of the challenges of the country,
01:11especially with regard to the change of vehicles, but a reflection must be opened.
01:19It is not only important to buy vehicles, and this is what the government is doing with PNR investments,
01:26but it is also necessary to calculate management costs.
01:31A diesel bus does not have the same costs as an electric car in daily management.
01:38The report presented shows the economic and financial status of public-local transport companies.
01:44The future challenges will concern the energy transition and the subsequent renewal of the fleets.
01:49Public transport, in terms of energy transition, is important both for the ability to renew its own fleets,
01:59but also as a public service and as a way of moving the demand from private transport
02:08to public transport, which inevitably has a lower impact on the congestion of our roads, pollution and so on.
02:17Innovation is one of the main objectives of companies.
02:21As explained by Matteo Colamussi, president of Astra Puglia,
02:24the region of Mezzogiorno could play a leading role in this process.
02:29The Puglia region is the protagonist of a MASS,
02:34which is an innovative tool, a platform that will finally connect the various services offered.
02:41This is not only for the many tourists who increasingly flock to our region,
02:46but also for the many people who hope to use our vehicles again every year.
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