Transport
Agreement has been reached between the various transport entities in Lazio over an annual season ticket for Lazio commuters which will cover all forms of public transport in the region, including Atac and Acotral buses,...
The city councils announcement that the historic cobblestones or sampietrini on Via Nazionale are to go has sparked off protests from residents and various associations in the area, who want to save the historic air of t...
Trambus, one of the companies operating Romes tram and bus network has bought eight electric powered motor cycles for three teams of traffic wardens, to patrol the city streets to prevent illegal parking in places that s...
ACOTRAL, the Rome bus company running routes throughout the outskirts and the province of the city, has boosted its existing service from the Rome Stazione Tiburtina to the international airport at Fiumicino. There will...
Do you have any unpaid traffic fines that you hope have been forgotten about? Well be prepared for a shock. From the 19 July the tax collectors the Monte dei Paschi di Siena, who collect the outstanding taxes for the cit...
Taxi drivers came to an agreement with the government over the new liberalization laws late on 18 July after nearly two weeks of demonstrations and wildcat strikes. Trouble began after economic development minister Pierl...
Parking times in the blue parking lines in Testaccio have been increased from 08.00-23.00 to 08.00-03.00 seven days a week. In addition, parking meters have been introduced in the Piazza Orazio Giustiniani-Via di Monte T...
Talks between taxi drivers and the ministry of economic development broke down on 13 July, prompting wildcat demonstrations that slowed traffic and blocked Piazza Venezia in Rome. Taxi drivers are protesting against new...
From Friday 14 July it will once again be legal to carry a passenger on the back of a low-powered 50cc scooter, overturning an unpopular law made by the last government. Three conditions have been imposed, however: the d...
Archaeological excavations began on 7 July on two central sections of Romes proposed metro C line, which will run between Piazzale Clodio and Pantano (Casilino). The work on the Piazzale Clodio-Piazza Venezia and the Pia...
A 1.5 million project to repave Piazza Venezia started on 7 July and is expected to continue until September. The repaving will be true to the squares original design by Corrado Ricci and will eliminate holes and uneven...
There will be a national public transport strike on Saturday 8 July. In Rome the strike begins at 8.30 and involves buses, trams, trolley buses, underground lines A and B as well as the trains running Roma-Lido, Roma-Pan...
Taxi drivers have called off wildcat strikes over the governments new law that will liberalise the issuing of taxi licences. Rome and other major cities in Italy had suffered for four days from the suspension of taxi ser...
On 9 July the cruise liner, Costa Concordia, will sail from the port of Civitavecchia for a brief inaugural Mediterranean cruise, taking in Tunis, Malta, Tripoli, Civitavecchia and Savona.
The giant boat, built by Ital...
Italys taxi drivers were continuing protests on 5 July against the governments new liberalization laws after talks with the ministry of economic development failed to reach a satisfactory conclusion. Taxi drivers have sa...
Chaos in Rome continues as taxi drivers protesting against new liberalisation laws announced on 30 June stage wildcat strikes and demonstrations, blocking streets, causing severe delays for traffic and leaving passengers...
Taxis are vehemently protesting against the liberalisation of taxi licences and rates approved by the government on Friday, causing havoc countrywide including Fiumicino, where hundreds of tourists were left stranded yes...
A week after the Rome prefect, Achille Serra, has imposed new rules on taxis taking passengers from Romes international airport at Fiumicino into the city, the local police are being firm with the illegal cabbies who are...
Two months ago ATAC, the company responsible for running the Rome city buses, began installing special telephone columns all over the city where the public could telephone to get a taxi from the nearest rank. So far 50...
The Italian national railway company, Trenitalia, has announced plans to offer new special rates for small groups made up of adults and children. From 1 July onwards, groups of from between three and five people with at...
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