Brenner Lower Emissions Corridor
BrennerLEC is the contraction of Brenner Lower Emissions Corridor. BrennerLEC aims at making traffic along the Brenner axis more respectful of the local population's health and more compatible with the geographical features of the land, in order to protect the particular Alpine environment crossed.

It is a demonstrative and innovative project aiming at defining how, where and when speed limits and other traffic management measures can be applied to achieve the maximum environmental and transport benefit with the minimum inconvenience for road users.

The three pillars of the projects are:



1. dynamic speed limits management;



2. dynamic lane usage;



3. "intelligent" on-road information.

The efficiency of these measures will be evaluated in terms of environmental impact reduction as well as their socio-economic impact and in traffic fluency terms.



The BrennerLEC project is carried out in the context of a sensible area like the Alps with the objective of creating a holistic concept of "Lower Emission Corridor" (LEC) for the A22 highway. The project aims to implement and validate a set of different dynamic policies that have the goal to provide a clear environmental benefit in terms of air quality, climate protection and noise abatement.

The reduction of polluting emissions is pursued by means of the following strategies:



1. Traffic flows management during heavy traffic situations by combining dynamic speed limit reduction and dynamic lane activation strategies.



2. Dynamic management of the maximum speed limits allowed according to air quality.



3. Traffic flows management near the biggest urban areas by means of "intelligent" on-road information.

BrennerLEC aims at being a "win-win" project as it follows environmental objectives (better air quality and reduction of greenhouse gases and noise) by trying at the same time to achieve a more efficient transport system (more transport capacity and safety).