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Cars are restricted, sidewalks are wider
The plan also involves limiting areas that are open to cars and gradually expanding the area where the speed limit is 30 kilometers per hour, to 60 percent of the city’s street network. Sidewalks also get wider.
The plan highlights Berlin as an example. There, too, new bike lanes are being built after the epidemic.
The Milan initiative is supported by the country’s transport minister, Paola de Micheli, who has promised grants to cities that buy bicycles. Milan plans to increase the number of bicycles in the city to 16,000.
Rome, which is not known for its modern transport solutions, also announced plans to build a 150-kilometer network of bike lanes on Saturday.
Fewer passengers on buses
One reason why cities invest in bicycles when they reopen is that the new rules for social distance will mean that far fewer passengers will have to huddle on buses, trams and lanes, which could make it tempting for many to go for it. car, with Traffic Chaos as a result.
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In Milan, public transport capacity will be reduced from 1.4 million seats to 350,000-400,000.
“We are going to have a million people who will no longer be able to use public transportation, so we have to find alternatives for them,” says city traffic commissioner Marco Granelli.
The large reduction in pollution caused by the closure also contributes to the desire to focus more on bicycles. Lombardy is one of the most polluted areas in Europe.
