{"id":10767,"date":"2020-06-24T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10767"},"modified":"2020-06-27T13:39:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T20:39:36","slug":"invasion-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/24\/invasion-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasion Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from AFP via Yahoo! News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rome sees scooter invasion as city emerges from lockdown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Herve Bar, AFP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electronic scooters are all the rage in Rome after lockdown, especially with the young
Electronic scooters are all the rage in Rome after lockdown, especially with the young (AFP Photo\/Vincenzo PINTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rome (AFP) – With Rome emerging from lockdown into warm summer days, electric scooters have invaded its streets as the Italian capital joins the debate over urban public transport during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a recent sunny weekend, thousands of users, mostly young people, slalomed through Rome’s historic centre, on the road leading to the Colosseum and around the famed Piazza Venezia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two-wheel scooters were parked on the sidewalks, arranged side by side, or in other cases isolated on street corners, or lying abandoned in the roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some Romans the self-service battery-run scooters, already common in other European cities, ease congestion and help people avoid packed-out public transport in times of pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For others they are messy, unregulated nuisance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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