US EditionRome sets 30 kph city centre speed limit, following other European capitals
- Rome is reducing its city center speed limit to 30 kph , effective January 14, 2026, which almost halves the previous limit of 50 kph.
- The lower speed limit aims to enhance safety and reduce pollution, following similar measures in other European capitals that have adopted lower speed limits.
- Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri supports the speed limit change and has increased speed camera installations since his election in 2021.
- Local authorities expect the speed reduction to lower noise pollution by about 2 decibels, as noted by Rome's transport chief Eugenio Patane.
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The "Rome Revolution": In the future, only 30 kilometres per hour will be allowed in the entire city centre. The traffic figure rejects allegations that the decision is ideologically motivated.
The Italian capital is turning down a gear: in the city centre of Rome, the speed limit now applies 30. The measure is intended to protect human lives.
Cars in central Rome will be limited to a speed of 30 km/h from Thursday. The new speed limits will apply first to the historic centre of the Italian capital, but will also apply to several wider transport arteries along the city centre. So far, the restrictions have been in place on just under half of the streets in central Rome.
In Rome, more than three times as many people died in road traffic as in Berlin last year. Now, Tempo 30 is supposed to protect human life in the historic centre. Is that enough? From Tilmann Kleinjung.
Rome is about to become the newest European capital that dramatically reduces speed limits for the movement of cars by introducing a law by which Italians, known for their dangerous driving style, will be...
"So we reduce the risk of mortality" said the city council member to mobility Eugenio Patanè
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