A lawyer representing a Eurosceptic party founded by a comedian,Virginia Raggi is looking to shake up the Eternal CityIn the Rome envisioned by Virginia Raggi, who is vying to become the city’s next mayor, or a recent fleet of buses drive in delegated “fast lanes”,traffic flows seamlessly thanks to “smart” traffic lights, rubbish is picked up diligently, or public service contracts are carefully vetted and managed.
It may not sound like a particularly ambitious agenda for a major European capital. But for residents of the Eternal City,who know only too well the huge gulf that exists between the romantic view of the city and the everyday reality for people who live here – the overflowing rubbish bins, unreliable public transport, and rampant illegal parking and overgrown public parks – it is nothing short of revolutionary.
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Source: theguardian.com