The city has announced that it will demolish the elevated tract of the urban motorway known as the Tangenziale Est. Since its inception in the 1970s, the Tangenziale Est has been a bone of contention between city planne...
Trenitalia will step up ticket controls on board its regional trains as from Tuesday 16 January.The state-controlled train company has announced that its
Drivers not stopping when they are involved in an accident could receive four months to a year in prison, as well as a fine and the suspension of their driving licence. This applies even if the injuries to those involved...
This year has been a record year from the airports of Rome, with 35 million passengers landing at Fiumicino or Ciampino during 2006, registering a 6,7 per cent increase from 2005.
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The public transport strike scheduled for Friday 15 December has been cancelled by all the large trade unions. Some of the smaller trade unions are going ahead with the industrial action, however, so some disruption to R...
Five bus lines designed especially for Christmas shoppers will run from 8-23 December (except for 17 December), Romes transport authority Atac has announced. The five bus lines will link the ex mercati generali in Via Os...
A ban on motorcycles and scooters that fall into the Euro 0 polluting category will be phased in from 1 January 2007 in Romes ZTL anello ferrovario an area inside the capitals green zone that extends to Piramide in the...
The new station at Viale dei Quattro Venti in Monteverde on the FR3 Rome-Cesano-Viterbo train line was officially inaugurated in November. All trains now stop at Quattro Venti, between the S. Pietro and Trastevere statio...
A small number of Romes taxi drivers have decided not to respect fixed fares between the city centre and the airport and have announced they will go on strike on 28 November. The move by the drivers follows city authorit...
Atac and Rome city authorities have announced a series of incentives to persuade people to scrap their old cars and join a car-sharing scheme. The scheme, which is masterminded by the ministry of the environment, aims to...
The Pantano-S. Giovanni stretch of the new metro C line will be opening a year and a half earlier than predicted, Romes mayor Walter Veltroni has announced. The 21 stations of the Pantano-S.Giovanni section will be open...
Sunday 29 October will be a no-traffic day in Rome. From 10.00-18.00 no private vehicles will be permitted in the limited zones of the historic centre, parts of Trastevere, Via dei Fori Imperiali and Via Appia Antica as...
City transport authority Atac has launched a new service that enables drivers to pay for parking between blue lines via text message, internet or phone in addition to the usual parking metres and scratch cards. Drivers w...
The first of the cameras planned for various crossroads in the capital will go into action on 19 October on the Via Cristoforo Colombo, at the crossing with the Circonvallazione Ostiense. The cameras will photograph whoe...
A new station on the Roma Ostiense Cesano Viterbo railway line (Fr 3) has opened in the Viale Quattro Venti in Monteverde, a few days ahead of the scheduled opening. The station is an important step in Rome councils of...
A double fare system is causing confusion among passengers trying to take taxis into Rome from Fiumicino airport. On 1 October, a fixed tariff of 40 for trips between the airport and anywhere within the Aurelian walls ca...
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