I don’t recollect seeing a Vespa on my trip to northern Italy.
Turin tended to have very small cars. They were parked amazingly close together.
Milan had larger vehicles.
Genoa was quite a mix, with lots of motorcycles. Near the waterfront they were parked close together.
I took trains between cities. The fares were low and the trains ran pretty fast and were on time.
We flew into and out of Rome.
Then took the high speed train to Florence.
Then took the train to Assisi.
Then took the train to the suburban station south of Naples.
A van took us out to Sorrento.
Ferries to Amalfi, Position, and Capri.
Van to Pompeii.
Van back to Naples and high speed train to Rome.
The three high speed trains went 135 and 185 mph(300 KLM/hour).
Scooters were very popular around Sorrento and the Amalfi coast just because the roads are very narrow.
Many are more like 6’ wide alley’s.
At the main ferry dock in Sorrento there were hundreds of scooters parked for all the people that worked out on Capri.
We also saw several Smart cars parked in Rome.
They stood out because many times they were parked perpendicular to the curb in a spot not long enough to fit even a FIAT.
Then there were city blocks in Rome and Florence where all parking spots were just a couple feet wide.
Everything parked was either a scooter or a motorcycle.
However, scooters outnumbered motorcycles at least 10 to 1.
I thought I would see a lot of Ducati or even Motoguzzi motorcycles, but I think I have seen more at bike week in Loudon, NH than the two weeks I was in Italy.