Starting from November 2025, Rome a gradual transformation of its own roads will begin, introducing the 30 km/h limit in 52 roads by the end of the year. The project will start from historic centerwith six environmental islands “among the busiest and most sensitive in the capital: Portico D’Ottavia, Navona, Pantheon, Trident, Trevi-Lotinale and the so -called baroque anea.
The new regulation is not limited to a simple lowering of the speed limit. In Zones 30 in fact they will be implemented Traffic moderation measuresnew signs and a different Travel organization. The goal is clear: to encourage pedestrians and cyclistsdrastically reducing the risk of accidents.
The commissioner for mobility Eugenio Patanè in an interview in which he announced the measure stressed that, despite a slight drop in the number of deaths compared to 2024, the road accidents are increasing. For this, we aim to extend the limit to 1000 local roads and entire urban areasstarting from those near hospitals And schools.
The first roads involved
Someone Zones 30 they are already reality in neighborhoods like Casal Bertone, Ostia Antica, Casal Monastero, Torrevecchia, Aventino, Quadraro Vecchio And Ostia Lido. In the completion phase there are also via dei four winds and the area ofAppia Antica. TO Monteverdeon the other hand, limitations have already been established in roads such as Via Ludovica Albertoni, Via Zambarelli, Largo Oriani And Via Giacinto Carini.
The numbers speak clearly: a 70 km/hthe probability of killing a pedestrian in case of impact exceeds the80%as it goes down to 10% or less to 30 km/h. This is the fact that also guided cities like Bolognawhere the introduction of this limit led to a reset of the victims in some urban areas.
New checks and penalties
To ensure compliance with the new limits, from September will be activated speed camera, tutor and new Vista Red cameras. The first checks will start on Ring roadin Via Isaac Newton and on via del marewith another 15 crossings equipped with passing systems for the passage with the red.
