The challenge for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games begins with the road network.
A bus for Cortina every 30 minutes
According to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, in the period leading up to the Olympics and during the Paralympics, from 23 January to 3 February 2026 and from 23 February to 17 March, the number 30 Dolomiti Bus will be running 33 daily services. There will be a bus every thirty minutes, from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., the last trip leaving Cortina at midnight. The number of trips will increase to 52 on the days of the Games, with a frequency of every twenty minutes from 4 to 22 February from 5 a.m. to 1:35 p.m., the last trip leaving Cortina at midnight.
Also Trenitalia and private buses
“We have to reduce the number of private vehicles in circulation as much as possible,- explains provincial transport councillor Massimo Bortoluzzi, -because, although the number of arriving spectators may be lower than initially planned, there will be a significant increase in traffic along the Alemagna.” Among vehicles in transit during the days of the Games there will be shuttles departing from the park-and-ride car parks, which, from the 120 planned, will be reduced to about 80. Then there will be the vehicles heading to Cortina from Cadore for members of the Olympic family staying in the area, plus the vehicles of Dolomiti Bus and those of residents in the area from Longarone to San Vito di Cadore and from Pieve to Auronzo and Comelico. Furthermore there will be 130 buses provided by Trenitalia departing from the main cities in the Veneto region and those of private companies that will offer tours in the Olympic city.
Will there be enough parking spaces?
One thorny issue is the number of parking spaces for the private cars of ticket holders. The parking spaces in the car parks, all of which are paid, are currently foreseen at a total of 3,700, for a public that will be between twelve and twenty thousand spectators daily, the maximum influx being expected on the days of the women's Alpine skiing competitions. ‘”There are very few parking spaces,- admits Bortoluzzi, "and in some cases they are still on paper, but we are counting on the infrastructure being completed as guaranteed, and on schedule.”
