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must learn to share the drivers of the street car Zurich spend more time in traffic than in most other European cities, stuck, but remorse for the city on its pedestrian policies.
A recent poll showed that more than a quarter of blocked roads in the core business of the conglomerate are Switzerland, setting up 16th in the list of most congested cities of Zurich. The survey of the Dutch manufacturer TomTom comes days after a critical report in The New York Times throws Zurich “overtime in recent years, tormenting the driver.” Article reported that the lights are programmed to trams were put to use at pedestrian crossings by underground passageways to the street. Analysis TomTom has shown that traffic days to 27.4 percent of the city Zurich was forced into the streets, less than 70 percent faster than at night when roads are less busy to travel. Brussels was the worst in the report clogged with nearly 40 percent of the roads. Pedestrian angryPio Marzolini civil engineering department at Zurich swissinfo.ch that the authorities had decided to distribute a fair share of the limited space in the city.
“Most cities have cars at the start, but in Zurich, we give equal rights for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport, “he said..” We do not create congestion, but also angry pedestrians and trams if they get the end “Marzolini added that residents of the city of Zurich supports the policy – as opposed to commuters – and good public transport links and more people abandon their cars had promoted. Over the past decade, the proportion of households without a car in the city rose from 40 to 45 percent.
“It’s not just good people say to give their cars, we need to provide a good alternative,” he said. BoundPoliticians, environmentalists, started a campaign three years ago to reduce congestion at five major cities of Switzerland please.
played transplants needZurich himself with the idea of introducing a congestion charge on cars driving into the city, but the board abandoned the project because it lacked sufficient political support .
However, automobile associations are less happy with the situation in Zurich. Reto Cavegn, CEO of the Swiss Touring Club Section (TCS) of Zurich, swissinfo.ch that contrary to pedestrians and trams, the city has no clear policy for transportation vehicles. It has been argued that congestion was on the streets is of crucial importance throughout the canton of Zurich, not just in the city. Cavegn the blame for a lack of construction projects that take traffic away from the city and other built-up areas might have. The Uetliberg tunnel was opened to traffic in 2009 to improve access to central Switzerland, south of Zurich. Cavegn but believes that such deals more opportunities and existing tunnel as the notoriously congested Gubrist need to be modernized. “There is nothing for drivers,” he says of being on swissinfo.ch. “As long as there are no clear lines of vehicles from the city, then we have to be too much traffic there. “ TCS estimates that traffic jams cost the economy of the canton of Zurich CHF 100 million (8 million) per year that commuters late for work or deliveries may be delayed.” / P> intelligent traffic lightsDirk Helbing, a professor of sociology at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, says that the answer to all these problems. With colleagues at the University of Technology Dresden, Helbing has a system of intelligent traffic light, which he could reduce traffic is growing waiting times of up to 30 percent.
With the help of sensors and wireless technology, the system monitors the amount of vehicles on the road and better coordinate the traffic flow by “talk” with each set of traffic lights before you to red from green. This system would change to changes in flow traffic rather than the current method of programming rigid adjust the lights at set times after the time of day. “This is a flexible approach that responds to current traffic and provides better performance “Helbing swissinfo.ch. “It would be very expensive to install, because the wireless technology to existing systems can be customized and does not require roads to be torn apart.” The system will also be recognized, buses and trams and to give them priority was added, Helbing. Pedestrians and cyclists will also break the traffic into smaller blocks so that the space more benefits for other users to cross the street or if you want, he said.About the Author
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