Transport
The ZTL, the limited traffic zones in the historic centre of Rome, S. Lorenzo and Trastevere, will be closed to private traffic on Friday and Saturday nights beginning Friday 7 October from 23.00 03.00. The closure, whi...
The bicycle is the most modern way of getting around because its quicker than a car about town and doesnt pollute. You can also see where youre going and stop and greet other people, said Romes mayor, Walter Veltroni, in...
The Italian minister of the environment, Altero Matteoli, has announced that transport vouchers may soon be available in Rome. According to a scheme devised in agreement with Romes public transport company, ATAC, transpo...
Residents in the town of Ciampino, next to Romes second airport on the outskirts of the city, are calling for a round table to discuss the future of the airport and for an inspection of safety standards.
At a crowded an...
Trenitalia the Italian national railway company has launched Happy Train, a new promotion offering 10 tickets for last-minute bookings made on its website or at its call centre. Passengers may book up to seven days in...
The European car-free day will be held on 22 September, but in Rome it will be marked on 25 September when the city has programmed an ecological Sunday. From 10.00-18.00 on Sunday, all private traffic will be banned from...
Beach trains from Romes Porta S. Paolo to Lido di Ostia will be getting more than just a facelift from 1 October. Their frequency will increase from every 10 to every eight minutes, and by the end of the year they are ex...
Pay-and-display car parking will be introduced around the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Aventino from 19 September, costing 1 per hour. In S. Saba the area from Piazza di Porta S. Paolo...
Laws for motorcycle riders, introduced by the Italian parliament in August, are proving too severe, according to the national union of local and city police. The laws allow the police to confiscate a motorcycle under cer...
Three months and 50 million have been dedicated over the summer to improving the state of the roads in the city of Rome. When the city schools closed for the summer holidays, work began on 101 roads and piazzas, and more...
The Italian civil aviation authority, ENAC, has released the names of five airlines that are not allowed to fly to or over Italy. They have been added to the two airlines which were banned in 2004, (a third airline was o...
The provincial government of Bolzano in the northern Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy has decided to charge a toll to vehicles using two mountain passes that lead to Austria, the Stelvio and the Rombo passes. From sum...
The high price of oil may put plans to save Italys flagship airline Alitalia at risk. The airline, which has been working on a restructuring programme to cut costs, has thrashed out difficult agreements with the trades u...
Following the successful trial of 13 remote traffic control cameras on Italian roads, in use since July 2004, Italian police are set to install a further 16 cameras from Venice in the north to Sicily in the south of the...
Parking in Rome is set to get easier with a new car park along the Lungotevere, close to Piazza del Popolo. Construction of the Arnaldo da Brescia car park is due to start in September, having received a green light from...
Works on the road surface of Via del Tritone between Largo Chigi and Largo Tritone, one of the busiest intersection in Romes historic centre, started at the beginning of August. The works, which are due to be completed i...
Rome city council's urban parking plan foresees the creation of some 50,000 parking spaces for residents and commuters in and around the city centre over the next few years. With some 11,000 spots already opened and a fu...
Maintenance has begun on roads throughout Rome. More than 96 roads are due for attention in the first phase of works, which should be completed by September. Repairs were urgently needed before the heavy rain of the past...
Every day, one in two Italians commute, whether by car, train, bus or tram. According to a survey by the Italian statistics institute, Istat , 26 million people travel every day from one Italian city to another. Two thir...
The Rome city council has approved the creation of three new cycle paths. The areas involved are Mandrione, Tor Vergata and Ostia. Public tenders for the construction work will be published in the next few weeks and buil...
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