An Italian city has introduced a one-way foot traffic system on its 'dangerously' overtouristed street.
for insider intel on Italy's best loved destinations and lesser-known regions to plan your ultimate trip. Plus, we'll get you in the mood before you go with movie suggestions, reading lists and recipes from Stanley Tucci.Hot on the heels ofone city in Italy has introduced a one-way system in one of its most popular tourist streets. Not so unusual, you might think -- but this is a one-way system for pedestrians, such is the number of visitors.
The area of the"decumani" -- the ancient Roman roads, which the modern city still follows today --"suffers from pedestrian congestion, especially in the Christmas period," the council said in a statement released to CNN. The council calls it a"risk for public and private safety, compromising minimum safety standards... dangerously compromising the safety of citizens, who are sometimes literally trapped within the crowd without being able to get out."
The overcrowding in the historic center of Naples has become more pressing since the pandemic. In 2019, the authorities announced that they were planning to bring in the one-way system should crowding hit a certain level.
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