Transport in Rome - Roads

Roads

See also: List of streets in Rome

Rome is served by an extensive motorway network. The most important motorway serving the city is the A90, also known as Grande Raccordo Anulare or GRA (Great Ringroad) which run in a circle around the city. The GRA is connected to the roman branch of the A1 Milan - Naples and other two motorways which arrive further inside the city: the A24 Teramo - Roma and the A91 Roma - Fiumicino Aeroporto.

Traffic congestion in Rome is notorious. This issue is caused mainly by the undersized public transport network and the extremely low cars per capita ratio in the city. In fact, not only Italy has a very low ratio of cars per capita, but Rome has also one of the highest number of cars of any city in the country. The Province of Rome is the second province in Italy by automobiles per capita (0,687) and 5th by vehicles per capita (0,87).

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