In Milan, a resident of two states to prefer their cars to go to work. It 's really amazing that no policy of public transport, no ecopass and all the admonitions we have taken the citizenship of the European Union to experience the significance and consequences of their behavior.
This record makes the Milan one of the most congested and polluted in the world, but also highlights the shortcomings of the municipal administration that is conspicuous lack of concern towards the problem and, beyond the claims to the total absence of ideas.
But I would have some ideuzza. Nothing sophisticated. Anything that opens the gates to big jobs, big contracts and big business. Only some trick that comes from observation, often forced, how traffic can be partially removed by simple and inexpensive precautions and measures.
Ve illustrate them marking the day forced the automobile: The
school with the children, especially if still small, is the first task of the day parent driver. Schools do not have parking lots because rightly go to school children who do not drive. However
front of schools across Italy to the 8 form of jams frightening motorists of parents who would like to accompany their children not in school, more: the counter if possible. Usually fighters roam around, do not settle for gridlock, but to sate of fines during those 5 / 10 minutes by car parked badly to be able to accompany on foot this time, their children to school.
Proposed solution: some northern European airports and train stations have instituted the "kiss zones" which are car parks where those accompanying someone who must take a train or a plane can stop just long enough to say hello, just a kiss. Exhausted the brief pleasantries we leave without paying anything and without creating bottlenecks. How can you apply in the case of a school?. Create a kiss in front of the school area where children, after the kiss mom and dad go down quickly from the machine as quickly disengage the area used to make room for other vehicles. The children are monitored and supervised by a watchful grandfather in waves that accompany them inside the school. The same after school. Cost: Draw the stripes on the ground put some sign, train fighters grandparents who will perform their work as volunteers.
Municipalities should also encourage "walking bus" or groups of children led by adults or youth volunteers that run certain routes involving other children in the caravan along the way that you add. This initiative is as beautiful as little used. You are stronger incentives for the common use of the walking bus children would more serene, more healthy, more environmentally friendly. Parents are less stressed and reassured by the fact that children are controlled. The traffic, of course, it would benefit. As I said, unfortunately, these initiatives do not have much success and after some time fall by the wayside. In my opinion, to increase the action is necessary to involve teachers. The school principals have the services that the school offers (the so-called "open school") should point out that there is an escort service supervised children. Teachers should make parents understand that the general assessment of the pupil will depend on the degree of participation in these activities.
Scooters: Italy has a minor percentage of motorized unique. It 's really incomprehensible that in a country like ours where the mother's anxiety to their children is almost pathetic to allow the young and immature to run around on little noisy racing cars just to go to school or make movements that could be safely dealt with foot or by bicycle. The approach Early in the shift operator is detrimental to health, the traffic pollution. A boy on a motorbike that runs today, tomorrow sfreccerà on a bike or a more powerful machine will just old enough to drive it. The use of motor and morally harmful primarily because it is useless, expensive, dangerous and polluting. Schools should prevent the motors inside the entrance of the yards and provide the means to remove parked erratically in front of the school. The teachers, in this case, they should make it clear to pupils and parents who prefer to come to school on foot or by bike is most appreciated.
Afternoon activities: recreation, sports and education carried out by our boys in the afternoon forcing more parents to meetings at the wheel to go with and go get the kids to tennis lessons, swimming, football, music and dance. So much unnecessary traffic as well as being a major cause of stress for parents. The solution in this case would be simple: to force the organizers of the courses to equip themselves with appropriate vehicles such as buses to go home to pick up students and athletes. The additional costs incurred by the organizers of the courses would be rewarded with a small incremental fee to pay the costs of leasing the vehicles. In addition, the travel time from home to the place where the activity is turn can be used to review activity, preparation and reporting of activities. The same course of return. Municipalities could do their part by offering its own such as unused school buses in the afternoon.
the bicycle, the bicycle is the deputy that has the potential to solve the problem of traffic and pollution. However, it continues to be opposed. Not directly, but indirectly because of the widespread resistance of governments in creating environments conducive to travel on two wheels not likely to facilitate the dissemination and to foster a benevolent attitude towards him. Some authorities have invested in
cycling and now are reaping the fruits of these forward-looking policies. Others are trying to catch up. Many others, however, as the City of Milan, have not yet decided what to do if sporadic initiatives that have more flavor than propogandistico tangible signs of a strong commitment to original models of sustainable mobility.
Regardless of bicycle paths and its development should satisfy logical centripetal and centrifugal - the flow of commuters from the suburbs to go downtown and therefore do not need to build bike paths alone in the center, other tools may exist to facilitate the use of deterrence 'car. For example, if the network of cycle paths is insufficient or no use to other areas of traffic density, such as schools, hospitals, offices and courts can be studied road routes at certain times of the day will prove to be completely closed to motor traffic. If the orographic relief of the city has a certain size (eg Roma) that makes the difficult journey by bicycle from people just train, city buses into disuse and appropriate adjustments made to comply with regulations on emissions, could be put into Unwind road shuttle service ferrying bikes and riders from the top of the slope.
The union train-bicycle is another frontier to which the government venture with a certain fear. Yet if we could pour out on the track only a quarter of incoming traffic in a city like Milan, traffic problems and pollution could be seen in a different light. The ability to carry your bike on is an exciting opportunity that is not adequately promoted and exploited. Municipalities that receive large flows of commuters would involve working closely with companies and railways to facilitate the use by the commuter train to offer special prices combined monthly rail passes to the possibility of transporting the bike. The railways, however, must commit themselves to supporting the burden of the municipalities for the development of the network of cycle paths. This desirable cooperation between railway companies and local governments could lead to the creation of a consortium aimed at the design and implementation of integrated sustainable road network. Always
by rail could reach a great help to those provincial capitals or mid-sized region suffering from the worst traffic problems of the metropolis now. I am referring to the possibility of operation by the sub-urban sections of the railway lines of the third level (there are many in Italy, yet efficient, though underutilized) to light rail with the intention of offering a viable alternative own transport to get to the center. The trains used for the service, also should have a wagon for transporting goods for the business activities of the center, freeing the city from the commercial vehicle traffic, which is usually more intensive, polluting and dangerous. The latter option would allow recovery of the striking freight terminals, which for years supported the traffic of goods of our country and now lie abandoned in desolate.
Limiting the use of private vehicles: years ago the figure was introduced in the company of the mobility manager, a role that business through agreements with local authorities, transport companies and unions would have to harmonize and optimize the movement of employees and contractors with the intent to decrease the use of private vehicles. The total lack of good examples of application of these guidelines leads me to think that the experiment has been quite disappointing. This for the simple reason that membership is on a voluntary basis and the posting of the Italians from their motorized vehicle and the supposed feeling of independence that attorney continues to be very difficult. In my opinion the problem of mobility can only be resolved with effective measures substantially limiting the right to use their car as an alternative to public transport. In support of its arguments, will reclaim the data found in Milan where there is a public transport system, all things considered valid and effective, one in two people prefer their cars to go to work. As long as the possibility exists to choose the problem can not be solved in London if I want to go downtown with the means are forced to go on foot or bike or be a Saudi sheikh. In Milan, I go downtown at an affordable equivalent after all. Also in Britain the opportunity to go to the stadium by car is blocked, simply because the stages have more parking, but only efficient public services.
The propensity to use of own car is a cultural aspect: educating the new generations to a more environmentally friendly will be easier to implement policies of sustainable mobility and collective without danger that they would be opposed. Education should start by teaching school children that the uncontrolled growth of individual mobility is no longer tenable. It would also be appropriate to raise the age to allow children to ride scooters or other motorized vehicles or to restrict motorized travel only in certain circumstances or against a particular need. A measure also proper for the Protection of young from the dire consequences of accidents on a motorcycle now which reveals a predominance than cars. Dovers, but very difficult, since the dominance of Italian manufacturers of two-wheeled vehicles.
authorities should take full responsibility to evaluate the impact of traffic in each type of initiative that intendeno undertake and implement policies aimed at containing the collective mobility of private vehicles: the granting of a permit for a shopping center, the establishment of a new hospital, from cultural shows. In the case of shopping malls, for example, business managers will be responsible for putting into practice systems of free public transportation (shuttles, buses) to transport customers home delivery of the goods purchased. At shows, concerts, games or other events which will attract a large audience will also be given to the provisions to enable the achievement of the place of events, stating that access to private vehicles is prohibited. And if you do not want to ban, do pay a blunder.
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