Vienna had raised it – did the sticker expansion bring more free parking spaces?

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The City of Vienna has commissioned an expert to measure the effects of the new paid parking zones up to the outskirts of the city. The investigation was completed in July. However, the responsible transportation department is cryptic about the results.

In March, the parking sticker was extended to the city limits. Since then, parking has been paid almost everywhere in all 23 boroughs. An external expert has mapped out the effects in the four new neighborhoods (13, 21, 22 and 23) from April to June. The final report should be ready by the end of the year. This is apparent from a ÖVP request to the responsible alderman Ulli Sima (SPÖ).

cryptic answers
The transport department’s answers to the Turquoise’s twelve specific questions are otherwise rather cryptic. This is how the (unspecified) professional works: The demand for parking spaces is randomly mapped in the morning (9:00 to 11:00) and in the evening (8:00 to 22:00), in some cases there are also full-day investigations ( 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

The total utilization is then extrapolated to the entire district and the evaluation is sent to the districts. The response to the survey does not state whether they will also be communicated to the public.

The contract with the traffic experts was executed as a direct award in accordance with the Federal Procurement Act. Bizarre: At the same time, some boroughs want to wonder whether the rates have resulted in more free parking spaces. However, there is no coordination with the city because the traffic service officially knows nothing about it. Municipal councilor Elisabeth Olicar (ÖVP): “There is no trace of a sensible approach in connection with the necessary transparency.”

Above all, the most important question remains unanswered: have the tariff zones provided the residents and residents of the Viennese district with more free parking spaces? And if so: where exactly? And where not? A spokeswoman for Sima asks for patience. The evaluation has not yet been completed. Only then does communication take place.

Source: Krone

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