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The mayor of Budapest called on state institutions, appealed to shopping malls and large department store chains to make their parking lots and underground garages free for the time of the curfew, between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Gergely Christmas In his Facebook post on Thursday, he wrote that several district mayors, both pro-government and oppositional, have approached him to find a solution to the chaos caused by free parking.
“The introduction of free parking obviously has nothing to do with addressing the epidemic,” yet recent data shows that about a third of the underlying diseases amplified by the coronavirus are related to air quality, and “free parking has more to do with it, “he wrote.
According to the mayor, “the problem can be solved by whoever caused it.” He added that if the municipalities had not been consulted before the decision on free parking, then at least now, “when the problems caused are spectacular”, it would be time to consult with them and the Prime Minister to admit that he committed a error.
Free parking causes serious problems precisely because the current parking regime in Budapest is unsustainable: there are more cars than parking spaces. Additionally, there are more residential permits issued in downtown districts than there are parking spaces, he said.
A solution needs to be found for this, especially in the long term, even after the epidemic. We have been working on this new parking regime for a long time, we have many negotiations behind us, quite a few more ahead.
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He added that increasing the number of parking spaces in the short term could be a solution to the chaos caused by free parking.
To do this, I call on state institutions, call on shopping centers, large department store chains so that their parking lots and underground garages are free for the duration of the curfew, between 7 pm and 6 am A.M. This can also be ordered by the government with its extraordinary authority, with the same determination as it did with free parking.
Commented. According to the mayor, it would also contribute to the relief of Budapest if the government made the use of the M0 ring free of charge for the duration of the restrictive measures.
Regarding the fact that some mayors of the district request the designation of exclusive parking spaces for residents, he said that this does not require a letter, but that the mayors “according to the law must elaborate an exact traffic plan, broken down into parking.” , you can act on the basis of an evaluation of these detailed plans.
Gergely Karácsony also wrote that due to the size of the capital and the complexity of the city, “it is not possible to copy Győr’s measurements in Budapest one by one.”
According to the mayor, “if there is any benefit to unreasonably ordered free parking, it is that it makes clear the problems that we have been living with for many years and that make the transformation of the Budapest parking system urgent.”
(MTI)
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