How sustainable is the city of Rome? I will be going over how sustainable the city of Rome, Italy is and how it can become more sustainable. I will be going over the beginning of Rome and what things happened in Rome that made it the city it is today, any problems the city may have like: Transportation, housing, health, and any environmental, the solutions to those problems, and how to make Rome a sustainable city. I will start with how the city of Rome became a city and how it had problems being sustainable.
Beginning of the city of Rome Rome was founded by Romulus in the year 753 B.C. He formed the city boundaries by plowing a furrow and named the city Roma Quadrata, or Square Rome (Smith 23). He also built a wall to protect the city, he …show more content…
“Rome has seven rail lines that reach the center of the city but they are not frequent enough provide service for people during the morning peak hour. There are only three that go every 15 min during the morning peak hour (Gori, Nigro and Petrelli 156). The bus transit has 315 frequency service lines, 39 fixed-time service lines, and 11 express lines but the express lines are also used by local traffic and other public transportation so the speed and reliability of the bus line isn’t as great. The frequency and fixed-time lines cover a large area so they aren’t frequent enough for people to use effectively (Gori, Nigro and Petrelli 157). Rome has a high level of automobile ownership which is more than 700 per 1000 people, this causes congestion on the road network. The most congested area is in a zone called the traffic limited zone, it is an area that only residential cars can be in. In the city there isn’t enough parking for all the cars. The number of people that carpool in the city is only 30% of the population” (Gori, Nigro and Petrelli …show more content…
According to data in 2002 the metropolitan area is split up like this: 20% public transportation, 48% private cars, 11% two-wheelers (motorcycles and mopeds), and 21% are pedestrians and others. Also most of the private cars are more than 8 years old so they are inefficient and highly polluting. This has a major impact on the pollution levels, particularly in the city center, where it affects citizen’s health and the condition of historic landmarks” (Musso and Corazza 53).Both of these articles prove how much of a problem the transportation is in Rome. Rome has to fix these problems in order to help make the city more appealing for tourists to want to come to the city. The next problem is about housing for the working class people in
Beginning of the city of Rome Rome was founded by Romulus in the year 753 B.C. He formed the city boundaries by plowing a furrow and named the city Roma Quadrata, or Square Rome (Smith 23). He also built a wall to protect the city, he …show more content…
“Rome has seven rail lines that reach the center of the city but they are not frequent enough provide service for people during the morning peak hour. There are only three that go every 15 min during the morning peak hour (Gori, Nigro and Petrelli 156). The bus transit has 315 frequency service lines, 39 fixed-time service lines, and 11 express lines but the express lines are also used by local traffic and other public transportation so the speed and reliability of the bus line isn’t as great. The frequency and fixed-time lines cover a large area so they aren’t frequent enough for people to use effectively (Gori, Nigro and Petrelli 157). Rome has a high level of automobile ownership which is more than 700 per 1000 people, this causes congestion on the road network. The most congested area is in a zone called the traffic limited zone, it is an area that only residential cars can be in. In the city there isn’t enough parking for all the cars. The number of people that carpool in the city is only 30% of the population” (Gori, Nigro and Petrelli …show more content…
According to data in 2002 the metropolitan area is split up like this: 20% public transportation, 48% private cars, 11% two-wheelers (motorcycles and mopeds), and 21% are pedestrians and others. Also most of the private cars are more than 8 years old so they are inefficient and highly polluting. This has a major impact on the pollution levels, particularly in the city center, where it affects citizen’s health and the condition of historic landmarks” (Musso and Corazza 53).Both of these articles prove how much of a problem the transportation is in Rome. Rome has to fix these problems in order to help make the city more appealing for tourists to want to come to the city. The next problem is about housing for the working class people in