In making the announcement, Mayor Dario Nardella also gave statistics regarding the number of passengers on the #1 tram line, the only one currently operating (#2 and #3 will provide service sometime this year): 14,000,000 alone in 2017.
Transport and public works city councilman Stefano Giorgetti also announced that that a new bicycle path will be completed from piazza Vittorio Veneto to downtown Florence interrupted only the U.S. Consulate on Lungarno Vespucci, which is a pedestrian-only area.