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Ecologists in Action has submitted to the Department of Public Works of the City of Murcia a document of proposals and suggestions to the draft of the pedestrianization of Avenida Alfonso X the Wise.
According to the organization, the general objectives of the processes of urban pedestrianization, to the city of Murcia, have to be to improve the quality of life of citizens (particularly that of the / as residents in areas peatonalizar) a significant and progressive change in the practices and habits that produce mobility greener and consistent use of road traffic, and promoting mobility on foot involving improved services to / as pedestrians.
In addition, the effective reduction of the levels of air and noise pollution, by reducing the number of vehicles and the development of a commercial activity and diversified services is necessary not focused only on hotel operations as a central axis, empowerment proximity trade.
The draft bill raises the semipeatonalización area, thereby restricting traffic only affect one of the two sections in which Alfonso X the Wise Avenue divides.
But for the environmental organization the ultimate goal of urban quality should be, in the medium term, the full pedestrianization of the area, and restricting vehicle access only for residents, emergency vehicles and the loading and unloading of goods within a defined schedule .
They note that in other Spanish and European cities, and while peatonalizaron its historic center and its urban center makes.
Cases like Oviedo, San Sebastian, Terrassa, Venice, Florence, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Nuremberg, Freiburg, etc.
So the organization proposed that new projects are needed in the pedestrian environment of the Campus de la Merced and parts of El Carmen district.
But you should also avoid some negative effects that sometimes accompany processes peatonalización or semipeatonalización: The uncontrolled increase in the number, length and perimeter of the outdoor cafés and complementary infrastructure.
The excessive occupation of public space for private use generates environmental and neighborhood problems such as noise pollution (especially at night), a greater volume of waste and waste in general or increased air pollution and the local odoriferous.
To this must be added the generation of conflict between the resident population and consumers / users of the terraces, the barrier effect for / as pedestrians and visual barrier effect for monuments and unique buildings of the cityscape.
Ecologists in Action also suggests the adoption of a perimeter areas 30 km / hour and / or restricted traffic around the semipeatonalización of Alfonso X, to help the pacification of traffic in the urban environment.
And the development of a specific bike path on the north-south axis connecting the bike path systems from the river bank, across the Avenue Alfonso X the Wise, to the Plaza Circular separated from other road traffic routes.
The organization believes that the processes of peace and pedestrianization and urban traffic modification must be part of a planned strategy in space and time, as part of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.
But they warn that we must not make the mistake of increasing traffic volume by adding new forms of mobility at the same space, but the goal should be the reduction and real and effective replacement of excessive current traffic of private vehicles by other means of transport , collective and individual, less polluting and less demand for space, to be returned to the citizens of the public space and levels of light, sound and much lower air pollution so obtained to increase the quality of life in the urban environment of the municipality.
Finally, the organization raises the need to increase the existing trees by planting new rows of native trees and developing mass of native vegetation in different sections of the avenue with specific gardens.
The benefits of trees and vegetation in the urban environment go beyond simple landscape elements and shading, ecological mulches also dampen the heat island effect, reduce noise pollution and can retain dust particles in suspension, in addition to fixing carbon dioxide and generate oxygen, thus improving the quality of urban air.
Source: Ecologistas en Acción
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