The public transportations (trains,buses,cable cars etc.) are rather good and cheap and driving with your own car is simply dangerous and a lot of stress.
Italians are GOOD and SAFE drivers, but they have another style of driving :
They will not care a lot for trafic lights, they will mostly not stop at a zebra-crossing, when you wait to cross the street...
BUT mostly they will stop when necessary in the VERY LAST second...
When driving in Genua - try to do it in one of the lovely Fiat 500 - they fit into almost every spot and may even park in a garden

