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basic digital applications having widely accepted standards is surely the most suitable option, accompanied by a serious and comprehensive reconsideration of the local normative framework, giving urban traffic planners as well as administrative decision makers the solutions most appropriate for their cities. It is fundamental to tailor the selected solutions based on a cost/benefit analysis and potential market needs, because the city must be large enough to justify the investment15. Information management systems for teleworking, e-teaching and e-learning and telemedicine The present exponential growth of information technology infrastructures, mostly developed within urbanized areas through widespread employment of optical fiber for data transmission, is allowing a large-scale implementation of innovative approaches for teleworking, also in the health sector. The recent COVID‑19 pandemic, with the forced acceleration of all digital processes, has suddenly brought teleworking, e-teaching and e-learning and experimental 15 The future of such systems, which is already a reality in the US, is the so-called Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS). This is an alert network designed to disseminate emergency alerts on mobile devices such as mobile phones and pagers. Authorities are able to disseminate and coordinate emergency alerts and warning messages through the WEA and other public systems via the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. In Italy, there are similar experiments in the civil protection field, but they are strongly constrained by privacy regulations and require informed consent, i.e. they cannot indiscriminately reach anyone with a device suitable for receiving such messages. The US government issues three types of alerts through this system, namely: Alerts issued by the President of the United States; Alerts involving imminent threats to life safety, issued in two different categories: extreme threats and serious threats; and AMBER Alerts, involving child abduction.
