Every day they access the historic center of Toledo 593 urban busesa significant number for this world heritage city. These are the data proposed last week by the mobility advisor, Iñaki Jiménez, He announced that his department is working on the development of a project that reduces the impact, both in terms of pollution and image, that these vehicles produce. So, as he explained, The mobility plan would consider different alternativesas recently raised by a group of residents of the Plaza de Zocodover concerned by this problem, who asked the Town Hall for a “zone free from noise and polluting emissions.” Although local governments have been considering moving the head of Zocodover Square for years and looking for other, more sustainable alternatives, this has not yet been possible. The Mobility Department is now working in this direction with the objective of moving forward in this direction.
The neighbors propose alternatives to solve the problem, such as moving the stops to the two ski lifts, such as the Miradero, which arrives a few meters from the Plaza de Zocodover, and they also mention the possibility of an electric shuttle, which could The aggression produced by current vehicles arrives without cause.
Organize travel
Iñaki Jiménez promised to make the initiative public when it is ready “to see how” the routes can be reorganized. A first step to improve this impact was the transfer of bus and tourist train stops, which changed locations this week to avoid traffic problems and will no longer be able to park on the way up to the Alcazar. The tourist bus now parks in the parking lot and the tourist train has returned to its original stop, pressed against the wall.
On this subject, the spokesperson for the IU-Podemos group, Txema Fernández, welcomed the fact that this decision was taken after the left party had been presenting motions and proposals for more than two years on this subject. However, he recalled that this measure should be supplemented by the installation of a pedestrian crossing on Cuesta de Carlos V, at the intersection of Calle Horno de los Bizcochos, in front of the pedestrian entrance to the Regional Library.
Regarding mobility decisions, such as the changes to bus routes also presented last week,Txema Fernández He denounced “the lack of transparency in the decisions of the government team” and criticized “that once again participation in the Mobility Commission has been eliminated”. The IU spokesperson considered it necessary for public services to maintain a criterion guaranteeing their usefulness “and this must inevitably happen through a debate that has not taken place.” In fact, as he pointed out, “in this renovation, it has not been taken into account that buses do not yet reach certain neighborhoods like Beato or Montecigarrales, which also remain isolated.”
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