The traffic-calmed city has been talked about for years. Now it becomes concrete. Cameras should massively restrict entrances in the future.
53,000 vehicles enter the city center every day. This was the result of the feasibility study on the traffic-calmed city and at the same time how this number can be reduced with a camera-based access model.
Residents and suppliers only
“Just hanging up signs would not be an efficient measure,” said Transport Alderman Ulli Sima (SPÖ). Cameras can be deployed at 26 access points (now there are 34) to monitor who is driving into the city. Only residents, suppliers, taxis, garbage disposals or emergency services are allowed to do this.
A third fewer submissions
Everyone is only allowed to park the car in a garage or leave the city center after a maximum of 30 minutes. If this does not happen, the license plate photo is sent to the police, who eventually hand out an administrative fine. With this model, the number of entrances per day should be reduced by a third (15,700) and the use of surface parking spaces by 23 percent.
Implementation will take time
“After a year of intensive preparations, we can present this great success”, Sima says proudly. She is also sure that the camera system complies with the Personal Data Protection Act. However, implementation is still a long way off. Because this requires an amendment to the traffic rules, for which climate minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) is responsible. Only then can it be tendered and eventually implemented. Therefore, no exact details about the costs could be given.
Source: Krone
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