Transport
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...
The Pincio hill will be closed to private vehicles between 21.00 and 03.00 from 16 June until further notice. Traffic will instead be diverted along Via Sebastianello. The initiative is part of a scheme to make Rome safe...
Trenitalia is charging 2 for rail journeys in the Rome area which cost only 1 if you buy a BIT (biglietto integrato a tempo) ticket from a bar, a report in Il Messaggero has revealed. The reason for the double fare is th...
The Rome city council has approved a plan to make 1,200 parking spaces available on the roof of the central railway station, Stazione Termini, and is now considering adding a heli-pad to the project. The helipad would be...
A public tranport strike on 5 June, beginning at 21.00 and ending at midnight will halt buses, trams and metro trains in the city as well as the Roma-Lido, Roma-Pantano and Roma-Viterbo rail service. For more information...
Work started 16 May on the construction of Romes third metro line running between Piazzale Clodio and Pantano (Casilino). According to the company managing the project, Roma Metropolitane, the first archeological investi...
The limited traffic zone (ZTL) in Trastevere is to be expanded to include the final section of Via della Lungara and the Ripa quadrant in order to minimise traffic jams that have been plaguing residents. Blue line metre...
The Italian civil aviation board has decided that Alitalia cannot run flights from the Italian mainland to the island of Sardinia. The routes have been assigned to two other Italian airlines, Air One and Meridiana. The...
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