Hello

I am an Italian citizen and long time resident of Venice. The city is attached to the mainland (Mestre) by a long bridge on which trains and cars may travel. Cars are then allowed up to the cruise terminals and the Piazzale Roma, a square at the edge of the city. The rental car locations and bus terminals are here. You can park and leave the car in a lot here, then continue on foot, water taxi or vaporetto into Venice proper which is only over a foot bridge from this point. The rail station also exits onto the Grand Canal nearby. There are no cars, bikes, scooters or any other motorized vehicles besides boats allowed in the city. They could not drive over the many footbridges and cobble alleyways anyway!