Diesel Vehicle Emissions Reduction System Made in Italy

Installed Dukic Emissions Reduction Device

While watching my favourite Italian documentary, the RAI Report series, I heard about one admirable and extraordinarily tenacious Italian business lady, Anna Dukic, whose Dukic Day Dream company produces an innovative device which substantially reduces the emission of noxious fumes from diesel … [Read more...]

Milan’s Ecopass Saga Continues

Pollution levels in Milan continue to remain high, and PM10 levels are worrying, despite an attempt by the Milan city authorities to bring traffic pollution levels down through the introduction of the Ecopass congestion charging system.Milan's authorities have also decided to persue foreign … [Read more...]

Excessive PM10 Levels in Milan

Despite the Ecopass pollution charge system which has been in force for more or less a year, PM10 levels in Milan Italy, and in areas around the city, have exceeded acceptable limits by as much as 4 times.PM 10 levels have recently been measured at over 200 micrograms per cubic … [Read more...]

Milan’s Ecopass Concerns

A Street in Milan - photo by Alex Roe

Someone writing a thesis on the performance of various congestion charge schemes around the world wrote and asked me for a little information on the Ecopass system in Milan.This contact prompted me to write a little something extra on Milan's Ecopass congestion charge system, mainly because … [Read more...]

Milan’s Ecopass is back from its Vacation

Ecopass Area, Milan, Italy - accurate as at 9 September, 2009

As Milan crawls slowly back to life after the summer recess, its Ecopass traffic congestion charge comes back on-line.A map of Milan's Ecopass zone is shown in the following post. … [Read more...]