http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile in Pontevedra en Tue, 19 May 2026 17:07:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18090#post-260911 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:14:03 +0000 chdot 260911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>“We took office on July 3rd, 1999,” Lores recalls. “And by August 6th, we’d already pedestrianised the historical centre.”</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.eco-business.com/news/how-a-city-in-spain-got-rid-of-its-cars/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eco-business.com/news/how-a-city-in-spain-got-rid-of-its-cars/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18090#post-259080 Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:50:06 +0000 gembo 259080@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Took office on my birthday but crucially appear to ha stayed in office. In Scotland the various parties will work against ach other on this. From my perspective green and labour need to remind the SNP but the Tories will never come on board. Lib dems should be ok. Do the toros will pander to their rabid followers, makes you wonder where Boris comes from? Similar consensus in Copenhagen and Amsterdam.</p> <p>To get anything done in five years before next election the city coalition needs to move far more quickly on its pledges which hav cycling targets in them </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18090#post-259079 Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:28:51 +0000 Stickman 259079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://citiscope.org/story/2017/how-city-spain-got-rid-its-cars" rel="nofollow">http://citiscope.org/story/2017/how-city-spain-got-rid-its-cars</a></p> <p><em>But it’s not just the streets near City Hall that have been transformed. According to the city administration’s numbers, motor traffic in Pontevedra’s historical centre has been reduced by an unbelievable 97 percent since 1999. Traffic is down 77 percent in the areas adjacent to the centre, and by 53 percent in the city as a whole....The city hasn’t suffered a single traffic fatality since 2011...</p> <p>We took office on July 3rd, 1999,” Lores recalls. “And by August 6th, we’d already pedestrianized the historical centre.”</p> <p>Both Lores and Mosquera think that opposition to these kinds of projects is often overblown by the media and boosted by political interests. Lores recalls a public audience with 35 business owners to discuss the pedestrianization of a street. All but one supported the plan, but the next day journals voiced complaints from people that opposed the reform.</p> <p>"There can’t be unlimited, unrestricted and unconditioned traffic in the cities. We need to act.”<br /> </em> </p>