Transportation In The Waterways Of Venice

Transportation in the Waterways of Venice – Stella Stergiadi

Table of Contexts 1. Introduction

2. Operation * Public transportation in Venice * Private transportation in Venice

3. Future context

4. References

1. Introduction
The city of Venice, with a population about 270.000 residents in 2009, is located in northern Italy and is the capital of Veneto region [1]. Venice is worldwide known as one of the most intriguing places, hosting an average of 15 million tourists per year [2]. The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea [1].

Fig.2 – Aspect of the islands consisting the city of Venice [maps.google.com]

Fig.2 – Aspect of the islands consisting the city of Venice [maps.google.com]

Fig.1 - Location of Venice in northern Italy [maps.google.com]
Fig.1 - Location of Venice in northern Italy [maps.google.com]

The city of Venice is divided into six areas. These are Cannaregio (where the train station is), San Polo, Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca and Isola Sacca Fisola), Santa Croce (closest area approached by bus or car), San Marco and Castello [1]. Venice's main thoroughfare, which runs down the middle, is called the Grand Canal [3].
Fig.3 – Map of Venice Areas [3]
Fig.3 – Map of Venice Areas [3]

The city of Venice is built on piles [4], on the 117 low-lying islands formed by 177 canals, in a shallow lagoon, connected by 409 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads and almost every form of transport is on water or on foot. Beyond the road/rail land entrances by Ponte della Liberta at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains (as it was in centuries past) entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe's largest urban car-free area, having remained a sizable functioning city in the twenty-first century,