in first ten days of experimentation, Bologna city 30/km, the Bolognese have understood that they are the first Italian city to implement speed restrictions for cars and motorbikes and they are convincing themselves that it was right to do so. For road safety, for the environment, to live in a less dangerous city. Some problems have been raised by traders and entrepreneurs, but the Municipality has opened the doors to them to adjust the shot, if necessary. "We met the representatives of the Bolognese companies gathered at the TimBo table, to listen and share the assessments of the manufacturing world with respect to the early stages of Città 30. It was an important moment of open and constructive discussion, which led to the joint decision to share a monitorsor during the whole experimentation phase, which will end in December”, so the councilor Valentina Orioli.
Bologna 30 km/h: two Matteo duel
There are six months to level up, improve urban mobility and take advantage of the approx 30 million euro allocated by the municipality. The time has come to change your mentality. Francesco Guccini Emilian-Romagna doc writes it in a letter to Corriere della Sera. “How could I ever be against zone 30? The obligation of 30 km per hour in some areas of the city, with all the consequences that such a low speed can entail for cars and motorcycles, could force citizens to favor bicycles and public transport, to the benefit of safety, of the reduction of traffic and also of pollution”. The Courier she had misreported her thought in an interview and he reacted. The bike is fine, but here we are also in the land of engines and the Mille Miglia evoked by Lucio Dalla in "Nuvolari". Guccini, however, got the mayor into trouble Matthew Lepore. The Municipality's Matteo (“Mayor Lepore is right to carry on with these measures”) is now against the government's Matteo (“a measure of this kind will not decrease the circulation of vehicles and pollution, but it will complicate and slow down the life of the city ) about Milan in 2024.
Bologna 30 km/h: 70% of restricted traffic roads
The Bologna council is working on roads, crossroads, pedestrian and school squares, cycle paths, and the removal of architectural barriers. Specifically, in the coming months, says the Municipality, citizens will be better informed about which roads will be at 30 km/h and those where they will proceed at 50 and 70 km/h. Bologna wants to be the first real City 30 in Italy and if it was inspired by Paris, there has never been any real protest there, at least on this topic. In Bologna the reduced speed will concern 70% of the streets of the town. The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini can rest assured. If it passes through Bologna, until September the Municipality's Sustainable Mobility office says it will put road signs in place, it will be "benevolent" with offenders because the sanctions will only start from 1 January 2024. The life of the city will not slow down. We hope to have “only” fewer accidents, less pollution and less stress. Then for those who want it and want to go fast, the Imola track is just a few kilometers away.
