Daily mobility in the Urban Area of Cagliari : 210,898.

Residents who travel to work: 125,413. Residents who travel to study: 85,485.

Residents who use private means of transport : 66%. Residents who use public transportation : 17%

( train, tram, bus, urban and suburban buses ). Residents who drive to work: 47.4%

Students who use individual means of transport (42%) ( Private cars or motorbike).

Students who use public transports : 30%

Currently 5 areas of Cagliari have restricted traffic zones for vehicles. Four zones are located in the historical districts :

Marina, Stampace, Villanova, Castello. The 5th zone is the Poetto beach.Pedestrian areas are currently limited to two major shopping streets: Via Garibaldi and Via Manno.

are divided in

The suburban service is offered by ARST whose name was an acronym

for Sardinian Regional Transportation Company. ARST is run by the regional

administration.

The urban services in Cagliari consists of the CTM bus

service and the metro service. The metro service in Cagliari has been active since March

18, 2008. It consists of a single line from Piazza Repubblica to

Monserrato, a municipality in the

metropolitan area of Cagliari. Furtehr lines will added in

the near future.

Liceo Scientifico Michelangelo, Cagliari

Liceo Scientifico Michelangelo, Cagliari

The Campidano Railways Company started the first town tram service on

September 2, 1893 with a steam train, the line:

’Cagliari-Quartu Sant’Elena’ .This locomotive was called

“Sa caffettera”(Coffeemaker) by the people .

In 1913 the tram service was extended to Cagliari beach

“Poetto”

A bus, a car and a cart in the 20s

A tram and a cart in the 50s

In January 1930 the electric tram service was inaugurated

In 1950 with the advent of the buses and trolley odaybuses,

the tram service came to an end. In the early 70s the rails were removed from

the road to make room only to road transport.A bus today