Mayor of Genoa, Italy, imposes 'anti-Vespa' rule
The mayor of Genoa, Marco Bucci, from the Lega Nord party, signed a new rule that prohibits the circulation of more polluting cars and motorbikes in the city center.
The measure, dubbed “anti-Vespa” by the local press, comes amid a mobilization of young people across Italy in defense of the environment and is expected to bring about changes in the way people get around in the metropolis with the highest number of scooters in the country.
The ban will come into force on November 1st and will be valid on all working days, from 7am to 19pm. The targets are private motor vehicles powered by gasoline with Euro 1 emission standard, Euro 2 diesel cars and Euro 1 motorcycles and mopeds.
As a result, scooters such as the Vespa PX, one of Piaggio's historic models, will not be able to circulate in the area and during the defined times.
It was precisely in Genoa, in an industrial suburb of Sestri Ponente, that Rinaldo Piaggio founded the brand in 1884.
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