Transport
Italy gets tough with reckless drivers who cause road deaths.
The Italian senate passed a government vehicular-homicide bill on 2 March, setting harsh prison terms and penalties for drivers who kill people through rec...
Share N'Go becomes latest car sharing company in Rome.
The electric car-sharing company Share N'Go has launched in Rome, following in the footsteps of other car-sharing firms Enjoy and Car2Go.
There are currently 5...
Lazio region offers €150 bicycle grant to Rome commuters with yearly pass.
The Lazio Region is offering a €150 "eco-bonus" to holders of Rome's yearly public transport pass to help them purchase a folding bicycle....
Second anti-smog Sunday this year in Rome.
Traffic in Rome has been banned from circulating within the fascia verde (green belt) on Sunday 28 February from 07.30 to 12.30, and from 16.30 until 20.30.
The move is pa...
1,330 parking spaces to be created over Termini train platforms.
A major construction project to create a three-storey car park over the platforms of Rome's central Termini Station has begun and is scheduled for compl...
Commissioner Tronca decides for partial rather than total stop.
Rome's commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca has now decided that there will be a partial rather than a total ban on traffic on 28-29 December. Cars with o...
Reduced public transport services in Rome around Christmas Day.
Rome's public transport system will be operating a reduced service from Christmas Eve until St Stephen's Day.
On 24 December the capital's metro, bus...
Rome taxi drivers oppose Uber's Linea U
Uber's "Linea U" in Rome, an experimental nine-point itinerary for drivers operating cars and mini-buses under the Uber umbrella until 24 December, has raised the ire of Roman t...
Works completed on Rome metro system.
Rome’s A, B and B1 metro lines have returned to their normal timetables, following early closures over the last six weeks, just in time for the opening of the Holy Jubilee Year of...
Public transport strike by ATAC confirmed for 4 December.
A strike by the capital’s public transport company ATAC is confirmed on Friday 4 December between 08.30 and 12.30, affecting buses, trams, metro and light rai...
Strikes by ATAC and Roma TPL in Rome on 4 December.
Commuters in Rome face yet another “venerdì nero” as trade unions representing public transport workers call two separate strikes on Friday 4 December.
A four-str...
Rome prosecutors open corruption investigation into ATAC.
Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation into corruption and malpractice at the capital's public transport company ATAC, following two reports into the tr...
Pollution levels too high in Rome.
Rome has banned the most polluting vehicles from circulating within the city’s fascia verde or green belt (the area inside the GRA ring road) on Monday 30 November from 07.30 to 20.3...
Rome commuters affected by national train strike.
A national train strike is scheduled in Italy from 21.00 on Thursday 26 November until 18.00 on Friday 27 November.
Trains are guaranteed on 26 November if they lea...
Uber to challenge Rome's public transport with U Line.
The taxi hailing mobile app Uber has asked its Rome users to vote for their ideal eight-stop itinerary of taxi ranks which the company is calling the "U Line."...
Rome Metro maintenenace for Holy Jubilee.
The last three stops on the southern end of Rome's Metro A line will be closed for repairs on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November. Buses will be in operation between stations S...
Alternate number plate days to combat smog in Rome.
Rome has banned all private vehicles with odd-numbered licence plates from circulating within the city’s green belt (the area inside the GRA ring road) on Monday 16...
Metro closure in November for maintenance.
The section of Rome's Metro B between Tiburtina and Rebbibia is to close completely for maintenance works over two weekends, 14-15 November and the last weekend of the month,...
Italy's civil aviation authority sounds alarm.
ENAC, Italy's civil aviation authority says that Rome's international airport will find it difficult to cope with the increase in passenger traffic expected during the sp...
Commuters to pay separate fee for Rome trains.
From 1 January Trenitalia is to opt out of the city's Metrebus ticket system, which currently allows commuters in Rome to travel on all forms of public transport.
Acco...
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