ARoman holiday is glamorous enough—but wouldn’t taking a spin in a luxury supercar make the Eternal City even more memorable? At Palazzo Manfredi, a luxury hotel located in a 17th century home that’s steps from the Colosseum, guests can book the Lamborghini Experience and tool around Rome in a Huracán EVO. Think of it as the coolest way to make your time go faster.
The Eternal City Embraces The Moment: More Biking And Public Transport
25.04.2024 - 19:05 / forbes.com
The Eternal City is well known for its historic sites as well as its eternal traffic jams, as many of Rome’s citizens and tourists get around by individual motorized vehicles. But a new initiative to boost cycling, walking, and public transport and how they all interconnect, hopes to change that.
The new Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan is expected to help the city adopt healthier, more efficient and more climate-friendly transport.
The news was announced recently by the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), a Brussels-based nonprofit umbrella group.
Rome’s motorization rate is higher than the European Union average; public transport and walking are well below the average, and cycling is even lower, according to a recent quality of life survey of 83 major European cities by the European Commission. Only 5% of respondents in Rome said they used cycling in central areas as one of their main modes of transport during a typical day, compared to a European average of 14%, the survey noted.
Like other European cities, Rome shares the commitment “to change the habits, customs and culture of our cities regarding mobility,” Eugenio Patanè, Rome’s Deputy Mayor for Mobility, said in a statement, to reduce reliance on cars and increase accessibility for pedestrians, cyclists, and users of public transport.
Key initiatives of the project include:
Rome also recently approved the “Great Bicycle Ring Road” (Grande raccordo anulare delle biciclette, “Grab”) a circular route of about 50 km (about 31 miles) for cyclists and pedestrians that will connect landmarks with the city's green spaces, parks and historic villas. The “Grab” will connect cycling and public transport with at least four metro lines, five tram lines, and one urban and five suburban railway lines.
“These policies will benefit road safety and air quality,” the European Cyclists' Federation noted, and will help “create a more liveable urban environment.”
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