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'''FIGURE 4. Highway bottlenecks (U/OU)'''

Top: Narrow bituminous surfaced secondary road in a rural area of Sicily.

Bottom: The hairpin curves on this bituminous surfaced highway are typical of alignments in rugged terrain in Italy.

operations. The second type of license is that issued to a company providing transport services for hire. Most of the trucks registered are owned and operated by firms that employ them in carrying out their new operations. Most of the for-hire transport services consist of single vehicle owner-operators and firms that own less than 25 vehicles. There are some large firms that operate country wide and internationally.

The use of containers is increasing both for domestic and international freight movement. Major container terminals are in operation at Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, and Naples; smaller facilities are at Ancona, Bari, Cagliari, Civitavecchia, Palermo, Porto Torres, Reggio di Calabria, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, and Venice. The principal commodities hauled by truck are agricultural products, manufactured goods, raw materials, and petroleum products.

In January 1972 the 12,651,975 registered motor vehicles consisted of 11,643,674 passenger cars and 1,008,301 trucks and buses. Italy is a significant producer of motor vehicles; in 1971 manufacture amounted to 1,817,019 passenger cars. There are about 10 motor vehicle manufacturers; Fiat, the principal producer, accounted for over 80% of the total vehicles produced. There is an important market for exports, and large numbers of vehicles are also

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