Rome mayor moots central Forum bus ban

(ANSA) - Rome, January 29 - Rome city authorities plan to further restrict traffic along the central Via dei Fori Imperiali after a controversial ban on private vehicles introduced in summer 2013. "The final aim is to close the road to buses too," said centre-left Mayor Ignazio Marino. "We want to reduce the passage of combustion vehicles as drastically as possible." Under the controversial 2013 restrictions only buses, taxis and emergency vehicles are allowed to travel along the multilane artery linking the Colosseum and Piazza Venezia.
    Marino introduced the new regime amid concerns about the polluting effect of vehicle traffic to the Roman Forum and Imperial Forums archaeological area.