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Public enterprise Road and transport research institute (hereinafter – the Enterprise) is a public non-profit seeking legal entity of limited civil liability the objective of which is to satisfy the public interests by implementing functions necessary for the planning and design of road building, construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance works and their quality assessment.
The Enterprise’s founder and sole shareholder (owner) is a state.

Our mission is to carry out activities which would contribute to the improvement of the condition of road infrastructure.

Our vision is: funds allocated to the development of road infrastructure shall be used in accordance with the cost – benefit analysis method. Decisions on the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance works of the roads of national significance shall be made in accordance with the objective data of road condition and traffic investigations.

Sofia Urban Mobility Centre EAD is a municipal company responsible for:

• Organisation, management, supervision and financing of the public transport in Sofia as an integrated process.
• Monitoring of the proper implementation of the Public Service Contracts between Sofia municipality and the transport operators.
• Operation of information management system for monitoring and supervision of the traffic, based on GPS identification.
• Implementation and operation of Intelligent Transport Systems for public transport.
• Issuing of transportation documents and collection of the transport revenues.
• Operation of unified Automated Fare Collection System (ticketing system).
• Finance, construction, operation and maintenance of parkings, garages and open-space parking spaces in Sofia - owned by Sofia Municipality.
• Advertising and information services in the public transport.
• Development of plans and analyses for urban mobility management.

Softeco Sismat, founded in 1979, is a leader in the Information and Communication Technology market. With offices in Genoa, Milan, Naples and Catania and a turnover of more than 20 MEuro, the Company operates in the IT sectors of the energy, transportation, finance and in the whole industry markets.

More specifically, Softeco Sismat has a strong experience in the development and implementation of complex systems for intelligent and efficient mobility of people, goods and information, and for the precise control of the related technological infrastructures:

- Local Public Transport : service and fleet management

- Flexible Transports and Smart Mobility: ”on call” bus, school transport, transport for the disabled, car-pooling, taxis

- Infomobility: multi-channels information platforms, interactive voice responders (IVRs), variable message signs, smartphone apps

- Traffic and Safety: infrastructure supervision, flows and traffic control management, roadside assistance management systems, accident analysis, video surveillance, asset management

- Logistics: fleet management, collection and distribution optimization, city logistics

- Railways and Metros: rail traffic control, train information systems, remote control and monitoring of railway power lines

The maritime, technology and environment research responds to Solent’s strengths in acoustics, maritime, built environment and computing research - conducting studies that can make a real impact of industry thought leadership.

A unifying theme across all these areas has been sustainability, leading to productive cross-discipline dialogue and collaborative working.