Move is designed to restore order to public spaces.
Rome has begun installing dedicated parking bays for rental electric scooters and bicycles as part of efforts to reform the Italian capital’s micro-mobility network.
The new parking spaces, or stalli, are designated spots where users of rental e-scooters and bikes must leave vehicles at the end of a journey.
In a parallel move, the city is to establish no-parking and no-transit zones where the use of such devices is prohibited entirely.
The rollout forms the third and most visible phase of a reform programme overseen by Rome’s mobility councillor, Eugenio Patané.
In a statement published on Facebook on Tuesday, Patané described the initiative as a shift towards order and respect for public space.
“We are positioning new dedicated bays throughout the city – where scooters and bicycles can be left in an orderly fashion – and no-parking and no-transit areas,” Patané wrote.
The councillor framed the development as the latest phase in the management of scooter and bicycle sharing in Rome.
The city has recently focused on regulation, including reducing the number of licensed operators from seven to three.
Patané said the city is now focusing on “decorum and rules in public spaces”.
“We’re positioning new dedicated parking spaces throughout the city where scooters and bicycles can be left in an orderly fashion” – Patané stated – “as well as no-parking and no-transit areas, where neither parking nor transit with these vehicles is permitted.”
He said the move would consolidate a model built on “fewer private cars, greater shared mobility, and more considered use of urban space”, adding: “Rome is becoming ever more European and sustainable”.
Photo Eugenio Patané – Facebook
