Como mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit by one
- Como Mayor Alessandro Rapinese has banned bicycles and e-bikes from around 30 streets in the historic centre, requiring cyclists to dismount and push their bikes through the affected areas.
- Rapinese was struck by an e-bike while leaving city hall in July, suffering bruising; he acknowledged his own experience influenced the decision to protect pedestrians in tourist-heavy zones.
- Italian highway code does not distinguish between conventional and electric bicycles, so the ban applies to both, aiming to prevent bikes from "hurtling" past pedestrians in the area hosting 1.4 million arrivals annually.
- Local civic group Nova Como has organized a protest cycle, while an online petition calls for the measure's reversal, with some critics accusing Rapinese of imposing the ban as a personal vendetta.
- Rapinese has shown little sign of changing course, maintaining that 80% to 90% of the restricted traffic zone will remain accessible to cyclists under the new rules.
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The mayor of Como, Italy, has announced a ban on bicycles and electric bicycles in certain areas of the city after he was hit by an electric bike, stating that he knows what it's like to be hit by one of these monsters.
The mayor of the northern Italian city of Como forbids the use of any bicycles in the city center. The trigger was that he was hit by an e-bike.
Italian city bans bicycles, e-bikes after mayor got hit ‘by one of these beasts'
A recent decision made by an Italian city, Como's Mayor Alessandro Rapinesehas generated a lot of controversy because he banned bicycles on approximately thirty roads within the historic center of Como after he was run down with an...
After the city's mayor was hit by an electric bicycle, he has introduced bicycle-free zones in the historic city center.
The prohibition applies to both traditional and electric bicycles, since the Italian road code does not distinguish between the two types of bicycles.
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