Planes, buses, subways, but also water and urban sanitation. The companies that manage local public services in the top 10 Italian municipalities were analyzed by the Mediobanca Research Area in order to understand the degree of efficiency and quality of an activity that affects the lives of millions of citizens.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: HERE IS THE RANKING
12% of the Italian population uses the local public transport service every day. In total we are talking about 13,8 million people, 2,7 billion passengers a year which becomes 7,4 million a day.
The companies that carry the highest number of passengers, 2,4 million a day, are Atac and Roma Tpl. in second place is ATM (Milan) with 2 million passengers. A chasm opens up between the first two companies and the others. The third step of the podium is in fact occupied by the Actv of Venice. "In the South - underlines the Mediobanca study - the demand for LPT drops: 67 thousand passengers (21% of the population) for the Amtab of Bari, and about 70 thousand for the Amat of Palermo (only 10,5% of the inhabitants) ”.
This is the ranking by number of passengers. However, if the analysis moves on to revenues, investments and above all the quality of the service offered, everything is reversed.
Public transport companies build most of their revenues on service contracts. Looking at the numbers, in fact, out of €5,5 for each km traveled by one's own cars, €5,5 comes from contracts, €3,7 (1,8%) from tickets sold. However, there are companies that manage to outperform the average such as the ATM of Milan, the only company in Italy to achieve more than half of its turnover (34%) on ticket sales, the Amt of Genoa (54,4%) 41,3%) and the Bolognese Tper (40,4%). At the bottom of the standings is Amat from Palermo (17%).
Turning to the quality of the service, Mediobanca divides it into regularity and punctuality. Speaking of the first in the case of buses, the lowest levels are those declared by Atac of Rome (85,7%), Amat of Palermo (87,1%) and Rome Tpl (91%). In the case of subways, the values are close to 100%, with the notable exception of Atac (81%).
On the other hand, as regards punctuality (the percentage of trips on time out of the total), in the case of buses the lowest values are related to Ataf Gestioni (81,5%) and Amt of Genoa (84,8%), the remaining managers indicate levels not lower than 90%.
Finally, investments: in this case, the Tper of Bologna shines (which invests 22,6% of turnover), the Amtab of Bari (15,9%) and the ATM of Milan (13,8%). At the bottom of the ranking is the Ataf&Li-nea of Florence (2%).
AIRPORTS
Every year 147 million passengers use one of the country's airports. The busiest Italian airport is Orio al Serio in Bergamo with an average of 1.300 passengers per day, 54 per hour). On the podium also that of Naples (1.237 per day, 51 per hour) and Fiumicino (1.111 per day, 46 per hour). Next up are Milan Linate (1.090 per day, 45 per hour) and Venice (1.015 per day, 42 per hour). The Milan Malpensa T1 gates are less busy (627 per day, 26 per hour).
In terms of punctuality, Linate excels with 86,8% of flights departing on time, followed by Ciampino (85,2%) and Genoa (84,4%). Further back are the airports of Venice and Treviso (71%) and Florence (74,6%). The disembarkation time (the slower is Venice, the better Treviso) and the waiting times at check-in also affect the quality of the service. They are longer in Bologna (18 minutes and 22 seconds) and in the two Malpensa terminals (about 15 minutes and 50 seconds). Turin Caselle (6 minutes and 12 seconds) and Linate (7 minutes and 8 seconds) the "fastest" airports.
WATER SERVICE
Companies in the water sector serve 16,9 million inhabitants annually, supplying 1,4 billion cubic meters of water along a network of 68 km, equal to 1,7 times the circumference of the earth. Despite this, not all water reaches users and waste, especially in Italy, is the norm. According to the study, every 100 liters introduced into the network, 38,7 liters are lost for a total of 900 million cubic meters of water lost per year. Numbers that compared to other countries are merciless: in Germany the loss rate is still at 7,2%, Spain (18,9%), France (21,3%), England and Wales (23,4%).
As regards companies, the Milanese MM (15,9%), the Genoese Iren Acqua (23,9%) and the Turinese Smat (24,6%) manage the networks with the greatest stability, while the Palermo-based Amap (54,6 .50,3%) and the Apulian Aqueduct (XNUMX%) have the highest leakage rates.
Analyzing the costs, the aqueducts invoice 1.581 euros for every 1000 cubic meters of water. “Considering that the average daily consumption is 230 liters per inhabitant, equal to 83 cubic meters of water per year – calculates Mediobanca – the expenditure per citizen is around 130 euros per year. The highest unit revenues are achieved by Publiacqua of Florence with 2.405 euros per 1.000 cubic meters of water. Lighter bills for the MM of Milan with 797 euros, for the ABC of Naples with 868€ and for the Roman one Acea Ato 2 with 1.415 euros”.
Productivity chapter. Milan wins again with MM (366 m302), followed by ABC of Naples (283 m64) and Iren Acqua with (136). On the other hand, that of the Amap (141 m2), the Apulian Aqueduct (57,3 m39,8) and the Publiacqua of Florence (55,2 m35,1) is low. Acea Ato XNUMX (Rome), on the other hand, excels in terms of investments with XNUMX euros per inhabitant, XNUMX% of the bill, followed by the Florentine Publiacqua (XNUMX euros; XNUMX%).
URBAN HYGIENE
The last sector to be analyzed is that of urban hygiene, whose companies serve around 10,4 million inhabitants and produce 5,6 million tons of waste, equal to around 20% of the national total. Each inhabitant annually produces just under 540 kg of waste, i.e. 1,5 kg per day. Only 45,3% of the waste produced (2,5 million tons) is generated by separate collection. The Venetian Veritas (65,2%) is first for the share of separate waste collection out of the total. The Alia of Florence (59,3%) and the Amsa of Milan (53,8%) complete the podium. The most modest rates are recorded by the Palermitan Rap (14,1%), by the Genoese Amiu (34,2%) and by the Neapolitan Asia (34,5%).
Urban hygiene costs an average of 172 euros a year for each citizen, 340 euros per ton of waste. More is spent in Rome (255 euros per inhabitant and 430 euros per ton) and Milan (200 euros and 400 euros). On the other hand, Venetian citizens save (13 euros and €285 euros.
The first place in the ranking in terms of productivity goes to the Florentine Alia, while as regards investments, the Venetian Veritas (29,4 euros per tonne) and the Turin-based Amiat (22,4 euros) excel. The investments of the Genoese Amiu (7,6 euros) and of the Bari Amiu Puglia (7,2 euros) were more contained.
