transportation

14 August 2025

Disabled people at a service station: second-class customers? Quattroruote's report.

In its July 2025 issue, Quattroruote magazine published a report on Italian motorway service stations, also evaluating their accessibility for the disabled. The result is [...]
24 May 2025

Transport Poverty Lab, the observatory on poverty in transport

A part of the population does not have the possibility to adequately access efficient, safe and sustainable mobility services: a condition defined as 'poverty in [...]
9 August 2024

Cars, consumption is much higher than declared. EC study

A study conducted by the European Commission shows that the fuel consumption of cars is much higher than what manufacturers declare. (1) A distortion [...]
29 December 2023

Electricity, gas, car insurance, save with the Authority's comparators

Saving on electricity and gas bills and on car insurance costs requires at least annual monitoring of the tariffs offered by the various operators. As an alternative to [...]
27th November 2023

The European Parliament celebrates Disability Rights Week

The European Parliament celebrates the first Disability Rights Week. The initiative takes place from 27 November to 4 December 2023, including the day [...]
22 January 2022

Intermodality and sustainability in transport, 4 EU proposals in the Green Deal

The ecological transition announced on 12.11.19 in the trillion-dollar European Green Deal is expressed, among other things, in the modernization of the transport system in the EU, under the banner of intermodality and sustainability. Four proposals - adopted by [...]
6 December 2021

Rome, Genoa, Italy. Public transport, disability and discrimination

In Genoa as in Rome - and in Italy, more generally - the theme of discrimination in public transport, to the detriment of people with disabilities or fragile people, is being re-proposed in these days. [...]
29 October 2021

Air transport, disability and discrimination

Discrimination against people with disabilities continues unabated even in air transport. And the numerous complaints, often without any response, are not enough to resolve the recurring inconveniences. (1) A. [...]
April 11, 2021

Public transport and disabilities, in addition to insulting injury. Appeal to Minister Enrico Giovannini

Italic ignorance of the rights of people with disabilities finds maximum expression in public transport, as well as in schools (1,2). To the damage of incivility is added the mockery of the Authority [...]
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