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Madrid has faced today one of its usual, huge traffic jams. Thousands of drivers have been late for their jobs due to the widespread collapse of traffic in the city center. Obviously, the debate has ignited on the networks and in the media, but it has taken very different forms. From those who advocate reducing cars in the center of urban centers to those who believe that this is the problem, what is gained or lost with these measures?
First of all, Madrid has already done something
Like other large European cities, Madrid has already taken measures to alleviate traffic, the abundant traffic on its streets. The most notable is the establishment of Residential Priority Areas (APR). They are not complete pedestrianization, as claimed by some activists against vehicles in urban sections, since public transport, residents and parking users can access with their car. It affects Embajadores, Sol, the area of the Royal Palace and the Barrio de las Letras y las Cortes. It can spread to other areas.
But it can still go much further.
A clear advantage: less pollution
We talked about it last week: Paris spent the last Sunday in September without a single car on its most emblematic streets. The city government last year set out to fight more effectively against pollution (in March this year it reached all-time highs in the city center) and against traffic congestion. Among many other measures, the closure to traffic, to all traffic, of the center of Paris for an entire Sunday has been the most striking. And it has worked.
The benefits of the measure are translated in the form of figures: according to official data provided by the city hall of the Parisian capital, pollution levels in the city center fell between 40% and 20% last Sunday. The measure has satisfied the local authorities so much that Anne Hidalgo, the mayor, has already raised the possibility of it being repeated once a month (and that it is more extensive: it only affected 30% of the urban area of Paris).
Neighbors, in general, are in favor
In Madrid and other cities in Spain it is a constant: it is the neighborhood associations that tend to fight the most to free their neighborhoods from cars. The public space is oxygenated and there is much less congestion, which entails a logical elimination of noise and the high levels of pollution in the areas most saturated with traffic. In Madrid, the residents of the center have adopted the APRs with great enthusiasm, demanding similar measures in other parts of the city.
Traders have mixed opinions
A video piece collected by El País on the occasion of the implementation of the first APR zones in Madrid shows the obvious: in the process there are always winners and losers. If the neighbors are on the positive side of the scale, thanks to the recovery of spaces to stroll and enjoy their neighborhood, merchants have reason to be concerned. Fewer cars means fewer people going to your district, especially if it is a central one, and therefore less sales. In addition, all this makes it difficult to distribute supplies to many stores.
The tonic is reproduced in almost all cities: opinions are diverse. Why? Because there are those who also win. Many tourists or residents of other neighborhoods see the exit of the cars as an opportunity to enjoy more of the neighborhoods where the restrictions already exist. The pedestrianization allows to give greater visibility to the shops and to facilitate that the pedestrians access them.The areas are more attractive, which encourages shopping in local businesses.
Suburban residents lose
Especially if in exchange they do not have a public transport offer adapted to their demand. Both in Madrid and in other European cities, there are many residents living on the outskirts, where the price of housing is much cheaper. However, they work downtown. By closing much of the central areas to vehicle access, they have a problem: their travel to the workplace is complicated and takes longer. Only by reinforcing and expanding both access to public transport and promoting other alternative transport methods will they not be harmed.
The transports of the future win
As we have seen, the introduction of measures that restrict the volume of cars in cities have negative consequences for many people. If, as it seems clear, all the big cities are heading towards it, they will have to offer transportation alternatives to those who lose out in the process. That is where the transport methods of the future make an appearance: those that allow to facilitate mobility outside of the highly polluting private car.