(Finance) – A common commitment to monitor and improve the safety of drivers of the vehicles of the local and regional public transport, to counter attacks and threats to staff. It is the goal of the two Protocols signed by the Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovanniniwith the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgesethe Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces, the Anci, the associations ei labor unions signatories of the relative contracts: Asstra, Anav, Agens, Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uil Trasporti, Faisa-Cisal, Ugl-Fna, Ugl-Ferrovieri, Fast-Confsal, Orsa Trasporti.
“Local and regional public transport plays a fundamental role in guaranteeing the right to mobility of citizens and it is the task of companies and institutions to carry out every activity for protect service personnel from physical and verbal attacks that can occur on board public transport “, declared Minister Enrico Giovannini, expressing satisfaction with the agreement reached on a text drawn up with the institutions, employers’ associations and organizations trade unions to resolve the age-old issue of attacks on personnel operating on means of transport. “The Protocols are particularly significant – added the Minister – because they call on all parties to work together for a common goal: the increase of safety on board public transport “.
As stated by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese: “It is one priority ensure adequate protection of the safety of operators in the public transport sector who perform an essential service for citizens and communities, even in times and situations most exposed to the risk of aggression. The two signed Protocols – he continued – constitute one instrument to strengthen and make more effective the planning and implementation of prevention and contrast measures, through the action of monitoring And coordination of the prefects, to a phenomenon that manifests itself not only in large metropolitan areas but also in provincial realities “.
As part of the “National observatory for the promotion of local and regional public transport“Will be established tables work on individual thematic areas in order not only to collect data and reports of attacks that occur in the various territorial and modal areas, but also to identify technological innovations and good practices that guide the development of security policies. More specifically, among the activities provided for by the Protocols include: the collection of data on the phenomenon of aggression; the creation of communication and awareness campaigns; monitoring the state of safety and the quality of transport to identify specific territorial situations that require attention from the local police and law enforcement agencies; the definition of more advanced standard transport safety and quality; the promotion of the use of technological devices and technical solutions aimed at increasing the safety of the service in stations and on means of transport; the preparation of proposals for updating the legislation on policesafety and regularity of transport services, also to introduce measures to prevent and combat aggression by evaluating, for example, the extension of the so-called DASPO urban to those who have shown and repeated aggressive behavior towards public transport personnel.
The thematic tables will elaborate specifications Guidelines to evaluate, among other things, the nature and size of the phenomenon; carry out actions to raise awareness on the issue of safety; identify criteria for the classification of violence events; formulate recommendations to users on the respect of the behaviors on board of the means of transport and on the correct perception of the figure of the personal front-line for combating tariff evasion; identify work reintegration paths for victims of particularly serious forms of aggression and violence and methods of assistance and support for personnel in the face of the violence suffered.
In addition, conditions will be defined, procedures And best practice for the adoption of specific measures to protect safety. These include: the promotion of video surveillance and protection in the workplace; the progressive isolation of the driver’s seat of the public transport operators with protected cabins for the cars of new registration; the provision of access control systems in stations (similar to the measures used in airports); the definition of agreements to guarantee more presence on board on routes at risk of aggression and dedicated channels to make more rapid use of the call for help; the establishment of a direct “national” emergency number dedicated to personnel and users. Within 90 days, the thematic round tables will present to the Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility and to the Minister of the Interior a report on the specific activities carried out, on the solutions adopted and planned and on any resources necessary to carry out the various actions.