Central level
The central government is responsible for:
- National transport systems and infrastructures, including road, railway, water, air transport;
- National airports and air transport systems;
- Traffic planning;
- Highways and national roads, and
- Traffic regulation;
Concurrent competences with the Regions are:
- Civil ports and airports;
- Large-scale transport and navigation networks, and
- Communications.
Regional level
Regional authorities are responsible for:
- Regional public transport;
- Maritime transport;
- Ports and other infrastructure for maritime transport;
- Internal navigation;
- Railway of regional interest;
- Inter-regional roads (with the unified Conference), and
- Public works of regional interests (highways, waterworks, etc.).
Local level
Provinces
Provincial authorities are responsible for:
- Provincial transport;
- Construction and maintenance of provincial roads;
- Provincial highways and public transport, and
- Driving schools.
Metropolitan Cities
Metropolitan Cities are responsible for:
Transport mobility, ensuring compatibility and coherency of municipal urban planning at metropolitan level.
Municipalities
Municipal authorities are responsible for:
- Local public transport;
- Urban transport;
- Municipal territorial planning;
- Construction and maintenance of local roads;
- Urban traffic control;
- Aqueducts, and
- Motorways.
Sources
Constitution, Article 117.
Decreto Legislativo 18 agosto 2000, n. 267 "Testo unico delle leggi sull'ordinamento degli enti locali" (G.U. n. 227 del 28 setembre 2000 - Supplemento Ordinario n. 162) [Legislative Decree 267/2000 on the organisation of local authorities], Articles 13 and 19.
Decreto Legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 112 "Conferimento di funzioni e compiti amministrativi dello Stato alle regioni ed agli enti locali, in attuazione del capo I della legge 15 marzo 1997, n. 59" (G.U. n. 92 del 21 aprile 1998 - Supplemento Ordinario n. 77
(Rettifica G.U. n. 116 del 21 maggio1997) [Legislative Decree 112/1998].
Legge 7 aprile 2014, n. 56, recante: “Disposizioni sulle città metropolitane, sulle province, sulle unioni e fusioni di comuni" (G.U. Serie Generale n. 81 del 7 aprile 2014. [Law 56/2014 on Metropolitan Cities, the provinces and on the union and merging of municipalities].