There will still be room for slight growth in car traffic in the north of Amsterdam until 2030, but after that the number of cars should remain flat. Alderman Egbert de Vries wrote this in response to questions from JA21.
Counselor Kevin Krueger had questions about North commute plan, which states that the municipality intends to introduce paid parking in the entire city area within ten to twenty years. He asked, among other things, whether the city council had agreed with him that the measure should not lead to the displacement of the existing population.
De Vries writes: “Many parking spaces will still be available.” Answer on questions. “With a parking permit, you can park your car in the designated spaces, so that car ownership is still possible. However, in the long run, a change in travel behavior needs to be made: proportionally more walking, cycling, travel by public transport and less by car.”
“Between 1990 and 2018, the share of cars fell from about 40 percent to about 30 percent.”
According to De Vries, this is an incremental change. “This trend is not new. Between 1990 and 2018, the share of cars for northern residents decreased from about 40 percent to about 30 percent. Without the introduction of paid parking and permits, residents and/or visitors to sites with limited parking spaces are expected to They will park their cars in existing neighborhoods where parking opportunities increase, causing inconvenience to residents there.”
Due to the arrival of new construction, the population of the area is expected to increase in the coming years. The Mobility Plan stated that these new residents had a “different profile”. They will commute often and prefer shared cars and eliminate parking spaces. So Krueger suggested that the picture might show that the current population has to adapt to the new population.
Movement and development always require something from the existing population.
De Vries answered this question: “A city like Amsterdam, and therefore also Nord, is always in motion and in development.” “The council should anticipate that. The council is doing it with this mobility plan. This movement and development always requires something from the current population.” He wrote that alternatives to using the car, such as better public transportation and better bike connections, would be improved first.
According to De Vries, actions from the commuting plan, such as introducing paid parking, can also be accelerated, or delayed if necessary. He stressed that for all actions there will be a process in which residents have a say and that the political parties currently in the city council should always make the decisions.
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