Como Mayor Bans Bikes in City Centre After Being Hit by One
The ordinance covers about 30 streets and requires cyclists to walk their bikes as officials cite pedestrian safety and tourist traffic.
- 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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