Transport
Summer train promotion
Trenitalia has just announced its summer promotion which allows travel in a first class compartments for the price of a second class ticket. The offer runs on Tues and Wed until 8 Sept and is val...
The Rome city bus company ATAC is changing bus routes and adding new buses to some routes on summer Sundays and holidays from 25 July until the end of September. Mauro Calamante, the president of ATAC, has announced that...
A new express bus service between EUR Fermi metro station and Ostia Lido was inaugurated on 10 July. The 070 express will run every ten minutes from EUR to Castelfusano between 09.00 and 11.000 and then on the return jo...
As from1 July everyone in Italy between the age of 14 and 18 must have a licence to drive a moped or a 50 cc miniature motorcar. To obtain the licence it is necessary to pass an oral but not a practical driving exam.
Th...
From 1 July young people, from 14 18 years old, must have a licence (or patentino) to drive a motorino or a micro car, even the lowest powered ones. 702,500 out of 1,500,000 students have applied to take the necessary c...
Via Tiburtina, between Rome and Tivoli, is the most dangerous of the citys roads, according to a study by Romes traffic authority, Sta, of traffic accidents in the capital last year, with just over 250 accidents that res...
The introduction by Italian traffic police of "telelaser" machinery, small cameras which register the speed at which a vehicle is travelling has meant an increase in speeding fines of 21 per cent since the introduction o...
On Wednesday 19 May, city transport workers are striking from 21.00 until the end of the evening shift and there will be a severe reduction of buses, trams and metropolitan trains.
From 21.00 on Thursday 20 May, until t...
Sunday 16 May will be the last traffic free day in Rome until late in the summer. The areas of the city which will be closed to private traffic, including mopeds, will be the historic centre, Trastevere and the Esquilino...
New traffic restrictions in Trastevere will come into effect on Friday 7 May. From then the area will be closed to all but local traffic on Friday and Saturday nights from 21.00 - 03.00.
Trastevere, one of the most pop...
A steam train will be running to Rome's horse racing track, the Ippodromo di Capannelle, on three days in May. Timed to coincide with three important races, on Sat 1 May, Sun 16 May and Sun 30 May, a steam locomotive fro...
Since the boat service on the river Tiber in Rome started operating in April 2003, 250,000 passengers have used it. Of these, 170,000 have used the fleet of five boats running a scheduled service from the Tiber Island to...
Night-time public transport is under discussion in Rome 22 - 24 April at an international forum being held to compare the experiences of cities worldwide. With ever more people working in shifts around the clock, and wit...
People travelling on Alitalia in the next few weeks should check that their flights are running normally before they leave for the airport. The management of Alitalia is working on a plan to save the ailing airline but w...
Italian minister for infrastructure and transport, Pietro Lunardi, has confirmed that it is now legally possible to drive at a maximum of 150 kms an hour, instead of the normal maximum 130 kms an hour, on certain stretch...
Italians are warming up slightly to public transportation, according to a study carried out by traffic observatory Isfort, on behalf of the local transport agency Asstra, based on a 15,000-strong sample group. The study...
In its efforts to keep air pollution under control Rome's city authorities are cutting the number of private vehicles allowed on the roads mid-week. Admission to the area within the city's ring road (Gran Raccordo Anular...
Owners of Rome's motorbikes, mopeds and scooters that were registered in 1993 or before are hurrying to obtain a certificate called a bollino blu to state that their vehicles emit acceptable levels of gas. If they don't...
A national strike by urban public transport workers has been re-scheduled from 26 to 30 Jan. In Rome the buses, trams and metro will be affected from 08.30-17.00 and from 20.00-24.00, but services are expected to be avai...
Half of Rome's cars have been banned from circulating within the fascia verde, which roughly corresponds to the area inside the Grande Raccordo Anulare ring-road, from 15.00-19.00 on Wednesdays. Under new rules introduce...
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Aperitif at the organic restaurant
Join Club Tutti Expats & Locals of Roma (https://www.meetup.com/clubtuttiroma) for a delightful aperitif which will be held on Friday April 26th at 6:30 PM at the organic restauran...
