Editing Italy (section)

=== Transport ===
{{Main|Transport in Italy}}
{{See also|Railway stations in Italy}}
[[File:A8-A26 Besnate.jpg|thumb|The Autostrada dei Laghi ('Lakes Motorway'; part of the [[Autostrada A8 (Italy)|A8]] and [[Autostrada A9 (Italy)|A9]]), the first motorway built in the world<ref name="independent"/>]]

{{Anchor|Infrastructure}}Italy was the first country to build motorways, the ''[[Autostrade of Italy|autostrade]]'', reserved for fast traffic and motor vehicles.<ref name="independent">{{Cite news|last=Lenarduzzi|first=Thea|date=30 January 2016|title=The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-worlds-first-motorway-piero-puricellis-masterpiece-is-the-focus-of-an-unlikely-pilgrimage-a6840816.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-worlds-first-motorway-piero-puricellis-masterpiece-is-the-focus-of-an-unlikely-pilgrimage-a6840816.html|archive-date=26 May 2022|access-date=12 May 2022|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> In 2002 there were {{Convert|668721|km|mi|abbr=on}} of serviceable [[roads in Italy]], including {{Convert|6487|km|mi|abbr=on}} of motorways, state-owned but privately operated by [[Atlantia (company)|Atlantia]]. In 2005, about 34,667,000 cars (590 per 1,000 people) and 4,015,000 goods vehicles circulated on the network.<ref name="European Commission">{{Cite web|last=European Commission|author-link=European Commission|title=Panorama of Transport|url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-DA-07-001/EN/KS-DA-07-001-EN.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407142402/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-DA-07-001/EN/KS-DA-07-001-EN.PDF|archive-date=7 April 2009|access-date=3 May 2009}}</ref>
[[File:Etr500.JPG|thumb|An [[ETR 500]] train on the [[Florence–Rome high-speed railway|Florence–Rome high-speed line]], the first high-speed railway built in Europe<ref>{{Cite web|title=Special report: A European high-speed rail network|url=https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special-reports/high-speed-rail-19-2018/en/|access-date=2023-07-22|website=op.europa.eu|language=en-GB|archive-date=17 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317233927/https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special-reports/high-speed-rail-19-2018/en/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]

The [[rail transport in Italy|railway network]], state-owned and operated by [[Ferrovie dello Stato|Rete Ferroviaria Italiana]] (FSI), in 2008 totalled {{Convert|16529|km|mi|abbr=on}}, of which {{Convert|11727|km|0|abbr=on}} is electrified, and on which 4,802 locomotives and railcars run. The main public operator of high-speed trains is [[Trenitalia]], part of FSI. High-speed trains are in three categories: [[Frecciarossa]] ('red arrow') trains operate at a maximum 300{{spaces}}km/h on dedicated high-speed tracks; [[Frecciargento]] ('silver arrow') operate at a maximum 250{{spaces}}km/h on high-speed and mainline tracks; and [[Frecciabianca]] ('white arrow') operate on high-speed regional lines at a maximum 200{{spaces}}km/h. Italy has 11 rail border crossings over the Alpine mountains with neighbouring countries.

Italy is fifth in Europe by number of passengers using air transport, with about 148 million passengers, or about 10% of the European total in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 January 2013|title=Trasporto aereo in Italia (PDF)|url=http://www.istat.it/it/archivio/78802|access-date=5 August 2013|publisher=ISTAT|archive-date=13 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113035254/http://www.istat.it/it/archivio/78802|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, there were 45 civil airports, including the hubs of [[Milan Malpensa Airport]] and [[Rome Fiumicino Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aeroporti in Italia: quanti sono? Elenco per regione|url=https://gliaeroporti.it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117184416/https://gliaeroporti.it|archive-date=17 November 2022|access-date=17 November 2022|language=it}}</ref> Since 2021, Italy's flag carrier has been [[ITA Airways]], which took over from [[Alitalia]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Buckley|first=Julia|date=18 October 2021|title=Italy reveals its new national airline|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ita-airways-launch/index.html|access-date=18 October 2021|publisher=CNN|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018100255/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ita-airways-launch/index.html|url-status=live}}; {{Cite news|last=Villamizar|first=Helwing|date=15 October 2021|title=Italian Flag Carrier ITA Airways Is Born|url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/ita-airways-is-born|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016100028/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/ita-airways-is-born|archive-date=16 October 2021|access-date=18 October 2021|work=Airways Magazine}}</ref>

In 2004, there were 43 major seaports, including [[Genoa]], the country's largest and second-largest in the Mediterranean. In 2005, Italy maintained a civilian air fleet of about 389,000 units and a merchant fleet of 581 ships.<ref name="European Commission"/> The national inland waterways network had a length of {{Convert|2400|km|0|abbr=on}} for commercial traffic in 2012.<ref name="cia.gov"/> North Italian ports, such as the deep-water port of Trieste, with its extensive rail connections to Central and Eastern Europe, are the destination of subsidies and significant foreign investment.<ref>Marcus Hernig: Die Renaissance der Seidenstraße (2018) pp 112.; Bernhard Simon: Can The New Silk Road Compete with the Maritime Silk Road? in The Maritime Executive, 1 January 2020.; Chazizam, M. (2018). The Chinese Maritime Silk Road Initiative: The Role of the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Quarterly, 29(2), 54–69.; Guido Santevecchi: Di Maio e la Via della Seta: «Faremo i conti nel 2020», siglato accordo su Trieste in Corriere della Sera: 5. November 2019.; Linda Vierecke, Elisabetta Galla "Triest und die neue Seidenstraße" In: Deutsche Welle, 8 December 2020.; {{Cite web|title=HHLA PLT Italy starting on schedule |url=https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/hhla-plt-italy-starting-on-schedule|website=hellenicshippingnews.com|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111105059/https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/hhla-plt-italy-starting-on-schedule/|url-status=live}}</ref>