Participating towns and cities

Italy Roma (Rome) , Italy

Population:
2.767.000 inhabitants
Department:
Mobilità Sostenibile e Trasporti
Contact:
Eugenio Patanè
Via di Capitan Bavastro 94
00147 Roma
Roma (Rome) already registered 11x for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Participation 2014

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Roma (Rome) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2014, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
As reported in this year theme description, cities have been shaped by urban planners to better facilitate cars, often at the expense of other forms of transport and the European Mobility Week 2014 aims to re-evaluate the way we view urban space. “Our streets, our choice”, encourages to create liveable cities.
These issues are fully matched in Rome, where presently the use of private vehicles (60%) is prevalent, while public transport has grown in the last decade and now stands at 21%, with a 2011 rate of motorization of 978 vehicles per thousand inhabitants, compared with 398 in London and 415 in Paris. This intensive use of private vehicles and, simultaneously, TP offer still offline from the mobility needs of Rome, produces important economic losses of about due to hours lost by Roman citizens for their journeys .
Deliberation n°70/2014 of “Roma Capitale” issued the new Traffic Masterplan for Rome (PGTU) trying to recover this situation towards a more liveable city. This act includes and designs the definition of the new boundaries for urbanised area, the new categorisation of the roads and the new road rules as well as a Masterplan for mobility technologies in Rome territory. For each area the Municipality is proposing specific objectives and prevalent actions to recover balance among all modes and healthy quality of life with the necessary contribution to the improvement of the air quality
The City Administration is already pushing short term action towards sustainable mobility as well as new pedestrian area and soft modes (byke and car-sharing schemes, eco-freight and safety projects,..). In particular are privileged Short-term action strategies and soft measures with no specific law and execution of low/medium impact with implementation of City Districts Traffic Plan, reorganization of surface Public Transport, tram network & corridors of mobility, strong action and Plan for Urban Road Safety, more technologies and ITS: Infomobility for citizens and tourists as well as second level services for sustainable mobility: car & bike sharing, electric and micromobility, pedestrian zones, Actions for the Old Town, Better and more environmental distribution of goods
In this framework, Roma Capitale has planned and promoted low environmental impact mobility initiatives to sensitize citizens over sustainable, smart and alternative transport themes such as urban public transport, ciclability schemes, pedestrian zones, shared mobility and e- mobility in order to spread a new awareness concerning urban congestion and air pollution.
Roma Capitale for the upcoming Mobility Week 2014 will be focusing on the active role all citizens could/should play with their mobility choices. Being aware of the connection between air pollution, traffic congestion and urban blight in the the city is what Rome wants to enlight in this edition.

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Roma (Rome) implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Extension or creation of new greenways
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
Launch of integrated services for the various public transport modes
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Reduction of outside parking zones
Create park and ride stations
New traffic regulations: traffic circulation and parking
Accessibilities
Enlargement of pavements
Removal of architectonic barriers
Launch of accessibility plans
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Freight distribution
Create new platforms for freight transfer
Mobility management
Adoption of workplace travel plans
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Development of travel plans / mobility plans in consultation with local stakeholders
Permanent access restriction to city centres
Launch of seamless transport modes to facilitate access to business areas or other social areas

Car-free day Car-free day

Roma (Rome) carries out a Car-Free Day 2014 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
ZTL (limited traffic zones) are already active in Roma to limit/ban the access of private cars in large portion of the day. The electronic gates, working with ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) systems are controlling each ZTL zone of the inner centre as well as fining unauthorized cars. Currently, such e-gates are placed in four districts (Historical centre, S. Lorenzo, Trastevere and Testaccio) Such measures combined with the implementing of soft mobility areas are quite effective in reducing private vehicles access
This year, the Municipality has been actively committed in implementing restrictive measures against private traffic in the historical center of Roma such as the Fori Imperiali area. In the meantime is planning permanent measures in the so called Tridente (also in the inner centre) according to the PGTU (general urban traffic plan) approved this year. In these sub-zones are under implementation more restrictive measures with definition of areas and routes closed to traffic – avoidance of flow traffic, review of regulation for access and parking of vehicles for mobility of people and goods, development of vehicles sharing systems (cars, vans, bicycles).
More in detail:
Final launch of the Colosseo pedestrian area: in 2014 the pedestrian area of Colosseo was definitely set-up after the trial in 2013. The closure of the whole of Via Fori Imperial was tested in summer 2014, to become definitive in 2015.
From August, Piazza di Spagna has become a large pedestrian area. It took the driving ban for taxi, NCC and blue car. Allowed only electric minibuses. This is the first phase of the project Trident, between now and December will see the gradual pedestrianization of streets between Via del Babuino, Via del Corso and Via Ripetta. Taxi, NCC and blue cars are required to stop at the Piazza Mignanelli, arriving from Via Condotti and Via Due Macelli can no longer reach the square but use the internal road.
Meanwhile, the vehicular traffic is stopped on Via dei Fori Imperiali, between Piazza Venezia and Piazza del Colosseo from 25 June until 31 August. Also, until October 25th, the last day of validity of the daylight saving time, via dei Fori Imperiali will remain anyway entirely closed to traffic on Saturday and Sunday. In particular, on Sunday 21 September an expo of electrical vehicles and presentation of mobility solutions from Municipal and private companies will be organized. More, during the days, the Municipal companies involved in mobility will arrange activities as well as they will involve citizens in demonstrating the feasibility of alternative mobility in everyday life.
Other specific measures will be launched in Car free Day, both at city level and for each City Boroughs/Districts – of Roma Capitale with organization of specific initiatives to arise the citizen awareness on sustainable mobility, also in partnership with association and mobility operators.