https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Authorities are investigating after a bus driver in Rome reportedly told passengers to get off, before loading his scooter aboard and driving away. https://www.thelocal.it/20191022/everyone-off-rome-bus-driver-dumps-passengers-to-make-room-for-his-scooter Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:51:00 +0200 everyone-off-rome-bus-driver-dumps-passengers-to-make-room-for-his-scooter Several passengers were injured, nine seriously, when a public bus hit a tree in Rome at rush hour on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191016/dozens-injured-as-rome-bus-crashes-into-tree Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:35:51 +0200 dozens-injured-as-rome-bus-crashes-into-tree Yet another public bus caught fire in Rome today, bringing this year's bus fire total to 24. https://www.thelocal.it/20190925/another-bus-fire-brings-romes-total-to-23-this-year Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:30:30 +0200 another-bus-fire-brings-romes-total-to-23-this-year A ticket controller has been arrested for pocketing cash bribes instead of issuing offical fines for ticketless tourists in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20190906/rome-bus-ticket-inspector-arrested-for-scamming-tourists Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:37:16 +0200 rome-bus-ticket-inspector-arrested-for-scamming-tourists A tourist bus overturned on the motorway between Siena and Florence on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others. https://www.thelocal.it/20190522/tourist-bus-crash-near-siena-italy Wed, 22 May 2019 14:58:07 +0200 tourist-bus-crash-near-siena-italy Italy's second city, Milan, is raising the price of its public transport from €1.50 to €2 a ride. https://www.thelocal.it/20190411/from-july-it-will-be-more-expensive-to-take-the-metro-in-milan-than-in-rome Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:56:59 +0200 from-july-it-will-be-more-expensive-to-take-the-metro-in-milan-than-in-rome There were dramatic scenes in central Rome on Tuesday morning as a bus burst into flames with passengers onboard, at least the ninth such incident this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20180508/rome-public-transport-another-bus-goes-up-in-flames Tue, 08 May 2018 14:19:06 +0200 rome-public-transport-another-bus-goes-up-in-flames The company in charge of Rome's public transport, Atac, has launched an inquiry after another of its buses burst into flames – the seventh such incident this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20180413/rome-bus-fire-atac Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:20:01 +0200 rome-bus-fire-atac A public bus burst into flames in the early hours of Monday morning - the fourth such incident in less than a month. https://www.thelocal.it/20170327/four-of-romes-public-buses-burst-into-flames-march Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:12:32 +0200 four-of-romes-public-buses-burst-into-flames-march A four-hour public transport strike left commuters stranded in the Italian capital on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20170222/rome-public-transport-strike-brings-city-to-a-standstill Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:55:48 +0100 rome-public-transport-strike-brings-city-to-a-standstill Hungary was mourning on Sunday 16 people killed after a coach bringing Hungarian teenagers home from a skiing trip crashed and burst into flames in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170122/hungary-mourns-16-killed-in-italy-coach-disaster Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:00:58 +0100 hungary-mourns-16-killed-in-italy-coach-disaster Sixteen people died when a coach bringing Hungarian teenagers home from a skiing trip crashed and burst into flames on a northern Italian motorway overnight, authorities said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170121/17-killed-as-hungarian-coach-crashes-in-verona Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:21:53 +0100 17-killed-as-hungarian-coach-crashes-in-verona A mayor in northern Italy faced backlash after asking refugees to avoid using the same buses as local schoolchildren, with the regional representative of PM Renzi's democratic party likening the segregation to "apartheid". https://www.thelocal.it/20161012/italian-mayor-defends-request-for-refugees-to-use-separate-buses Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:35:14 +0200 italian-mayor-defends-request-for-refugees-to-use-separate-buses Visitors to Venice this summer will be forced to wait patiently to board water buses in the tourist-clogged canal city after authorities there said locals must be allowed to get on first. https://www.thelocal.it/20160407/locals-first-venice-makes-tourists-wait-in-line-for-water-bus Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:43:09 +0200 locals-first-venice-makes-tourists-wait-in-line-for-water-bus The Italian father of one of the bus crash victims has criticised authorities for not taking due care with the life of his daughter. https://www.thelocal.it/20160321/i-sent-my-daughter-to-friendly-spain-and-they-return-her-dead Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:29:20 +0100 i-sent-my-daughter-to-friendly-spain-and-they-return-her-dead Italy's capital is considering introducing fines of up to €200 for passengers caught on trains and buses without a valid ticket. https://www.thelocal.it/20160222/rome-mulls-200-fine-for-public-transport-ticket-dodgers Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:22:58 +0100 rome-mulls-200-fine-for-public-transport-ticket-dodgers A driver and an on-board assistant are facing charges of child neglect after a three-year-old was left behind on a school bus. https://www.thelocal.it/20151023/driver-faces-charges-after-child-left-on-school-bus Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:38:00 +0200 driver-faces-charges-after-child-left-on-school-bus A young man with Down syndrome was insulted and violently punched in the face on a bus in Genoa. But none of his fellow passengers stepped in to help. https://www.thelocal.it/20151007/young-down-syndrome-man-attacked-on-crowded-italy-bus Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:26:22 +0200 young-down-syndrome-man-attacked-on-crowded-italy-bus An attempted murder investigation has opened after two men were attacked by a woman and her friends on a bus in Genoa for supposedly 'being gay' – leaving one of them in a life-threatening condition. https://www.thelocal.it/20150804/police-hunt-gang-over-savage-homophobic-bus-attack Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:25:09 +0200 police-hunt-gang-over-savage-homophobic-bus-attack Bus drivers in Milan are refusing to transport migrants because of fears they will catch diseases, but have insisted the move was not racially motivated. https://www.thelocal.it/20150618/milan-bus-drivers-refuse-to-transport-migrants Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:52:09 +0200 milan-bus-drivers-refuse-to-transport-migrants