SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To present practical experiences of planning and fleet management systems applied to public transport.

COMPANY PROFILE
ATC, a joint-stock company since December 2000, serves the residents of Bologna and its Province (921.00 inhabitants, 104.350.000 passengers per year).
Its network covers, with 173 lines, 3.837 km, of those 551 km are in urban area and 3.286 km in non-urban area. The fleet is composed of 976 vehicles, including 54 filobus and 11 electric vehicles.
ATC has developed and maintained an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 system of quality and environmental care, certified in 1998; the direction of the company towards a policy based on quality and the development of the system has enabled constant monitoring of the quality of the ATC service in order to reach the company's targets.