Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità

Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità S.p.A. (AVM) is the municipal mobility company of the City of Venice, Italy. It is a società per azioni owned by the Comune di Venezia and operates as the parent of the AVM Group, whose best-known transport operating company is Actv, the provider of Venice's waterborne and road public transport. AVM's remit is unusually broad for a municipal operator: it manages structured and surface car parks in Venice and Mestre, paid on-street parking (the so-called blue bays), park-and-ride and interchange facilities, restricted traffic zones (ZTL) including camera-controlled ones, the municipal ZTL for tourist coaches heading to Venice, removal of illegally moored boats, equipped mooring facilities at Sacca della Misericordia and Isola Nova del Tronchetto, the Bicipark covered paid bicycle parking near Mestre station, bicycle stamping, a battery-charging service for electric wheelchairs and scooters used by disabled and elderly people, the public landing stages used by non-scheduled transport in the Comune di Venezia and Cavallino-Treporti, and the Venice People Mover linking Tronchetto with Piazzale Roma. The company was created in 1996 as part of the reorganisation of Venice's municipal services, under the Italian local-autonomy reform law 142/90, initially as an azienda speciale named Azienda Servizi per la Mobilità. On 1 January 2000 it was converted into a joint-stock company under the name Azienda Servizi Mobilità – A.S.M. S.p.A. On 25 January 2012 it changed its corporate name to Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità S.p.A. AVM presents itself to the public through the AVM brand and the avmspa.it website, where it promotes the group's mobility services, ticket sales through the Venezia Unica e-commerce platform of the City of Venice, and events in Venice. Its communications include service news for lines and stops across the lagoon and mainland, school reinforcement services run with Actv, and awareness campaigns such as 'Rispetta chi ti fa muovere'. As a publicly owned operator, AVM sits at the centre of Venice's transport policy, coordinating road, water and parking infrastructure for residents, commuters and the millions of tourists who visit the city each year.

Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità (AVM) was established in 1996 as part of the reorganisation of the municipal services of the City of Venice. It was created under the Italian law 142/90 on the reform of local autonomies as an azienda speciale, a special municipal undertaking, under the name Azienda Servizi per la Mobilità. This legal form allowed the municipality to organise mobility-related services in a more autonomous and business-like structure while remaining under public ownership. On 1 January 2000 the entity was transformed into a joint-stock company (società per azioni) with the name Azienda Servizi Mobilità – A.S.M. S.p.A. This conversion reflected a broader trend in Italian local public services, where municipal undertakings were turned into companies to improve management, accounting and accountability. The acronym ASM was used during this period. On 25 January 2012 the company changed its corporate name to Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità S.p.A., the name under which it operates today. The new name explicitly tied the company to Venice ('Veneziana') and to mobility, reflecting its role as the holding and coordination company for the city's transport and parking services. Over the years AVM's competences expanded well beyond the initial scope. According to its institutional description, AVM manages structured and surface car parks in Venice and Mestre; paid on-street parking (blue bays) and park-and-ride or interchange car parks, both free and paid; restricted traffic zones (ZTL), some controlled by cameras; the municipal ZTL for tourist coaches heading to Venice; the removal of illegally moored boats; equipped mooring facilities at Sacca della Misericordia and Isola Nova del Tronchetto; the Bicipark covered paid bicycle parking near Mestre station; bicycle stamping; a battery-charging service for electric wheelchairs and scooters used by disabled and elderly people; the public landing stages serving non-scheduled and similar transport in the territory of the Comune di Venezia and the Comune di Cavallino-Treporti; and the Venice People Mover connecting Tronchetto with Piazzale Roma, which was also built with ASM financing. AVM operates as the parent of the AVM Group. The group's public transport operations are carried out by Actv, which runs Venice's waterborne lines (vaporetti and motoscafi) and the road bus network on the mainland and the Lido. Through the group, AVM coordinates ticketing and information, including sales via Venezia Unica, the official e-commerce platform of the City of Venice. Its public communication covers service changes, school reinforcement services, events and awareness campaigns such as 'Rispetta chi ti fa muovere'. As a company of the Comune di Venezia, AVM remains publicly owned and is a central instrument of the city's mobility policy.

• 2012

  Changed corporate name to Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità S.p.A. on 25 January.

• 2000

  Converted into a joint-stock company on 1 January under the name Azienda Servizi Mobilità – A.S.M. S.p.A.

• 1996

  Established as an azienda speciale named Azienda Servizi per la Mobilità under law 142/90 as part of the reorganisation of Venice's municipal services.

Municipally owned integrated mobility operator for the City of Venice, combining public transport, parking, access control and tourist mobility services under the AVM Group.

• Venice People Mover

  Automated people mover connecting Tronchetto with Piazzale Roma, managed by AVM and built with ASM financing.

• Parking management

  Structured and surface car parks in Venice and Mestre, paid on-street parking (blue bays), and park-and-ride/interchange car parks.

• ZTL management

  Restricted traffic zones, some camera-controlled, including the municipal ZTL for tourist coaches heading to Venice.

• Bicipark

  Covered paid bicycle parking near Mestre station; AVM also performs bicycle stamping.

• Boat mooring and removal

  Equipped mooring facilities at Sacca della Misericordia and Isola Nova del Tronchetto, and removal of illegally moored boats.

• Electric wheelchair and scooter charging

  Charge battery service for electric wheelchairs and scooters used by disabled and elderly people.

• Public landing stages

  Public landing stages serving non-scheduled and similar transport in the Comune di Venezia and Cavallino-Treporti.

1. 1AVM | Muoversi a Veneziaavm.avmspa.it
2. 2Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Azienda Veneziana della Mobilità – Wikipedia (Italian)it.wikipedia.org