Transport
Singapore Airlines made a surprise bid for the Italian government
Italian lorry drivers agreed to end the industrial action that has crippled the motorway system for three days after a meeting with government representatives on 12 December.
The drivers had been blocking the country
On Tuesday evening prime minister Romano Prodi ordered striking lorry drivers in Italy back to work, but drivers interviewed on the main evening television news were defiant, saying that they would remain on strike unti...
City transport company ATAC will run five special Christmas shopping shuttles over the next few weeks in order to reduce traffic congestion in the city by encouraging shoppers to leave their cars at home. The five shoppi...
Italy is likely to grind to a halt on 30 November because of a transport workers
Taxi drivers blocked streets in Rome on 28 and 29 November, bringing traffic to a virtual standstill as they protested over city council proposals to increase the number of licences in the capital during ongoing talks ov...
Viterbo, about 50 kms north of Rome, and within easy access to the tourist regions of Umbria and Tuscany, has officially been designated as Rome
Rome mayor Walter Veltroni has asked the commander of the city traffic police, Giovanni Catanzaro, to step down from office after Catanzaro allegedly used a disabled permit that had been reported lost to park his car in...
The first tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will excavate the tunnels of Rome
A local councillor has upset Rome city council by closing a stretch of the Tiber cycle path in the north of Rome because of security threats from nearby Rom encampments. Massimiliano Fasoli, who heads up the city
Rome city council is set to launch a bike sharing experiment in January next year, with 250 bicycles made available at 22 different locations in the city
The state court of appeals has upheld an appeal of low-cost carrier Ryanair against reductions in flights at Ciampino, Rome
Strikes by private and public employees over low salaries, increased taxes, pensions and the treatment of precari (workers on temporary contracts) are scheduled for Friday 9 November. In Rome, the industrial action may a...
Over 1,000 people have had their driving licences withdrawn or suspended during the first half of this year due to driving offences, according to figures released by the Carabinieri in the province of Rome.
The total nu...
Rome is braced for another transport strike on Friday 12 October, with bus drivers from the Tevere Tpl company staging a walkout.
The action will last throughout the day, and may also affect night services into Saturday...
A 24 hour strike originally announced by taxi-driver trade unions for October 12 has been put forward to the 18th of the month.
During talks last September with the city council traffic authorities, a majority of taxi t...
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