Transport in Venice just got comfortable with air conditioned bus-boats.
I have visted Venice several times in my life so I know very well what it means to be on one of those steamers with people packed in like sardines and no room to breathe, but thank heaven things are now going to change.
In fact the first vaporetto with air conditioning has just been inaugurated in Venice (Line 1 and Line 2; from piazzale Roma to the Lido and from San Marco to the Giudecca district) and other similar boats are due to take service by the end of the year.
Specially designed for disabled people, the new vaporetti will be far more eco-friendly than they used to be with a reduction in gas emissions (and noise pollution) of at least 30 %.