Ordinary cars will have to disappear from Prague, says the head of the commission, Bursík
This part of the almost half-hour radio interview outraged many “conservatives.” Some responses paraphrase the politician’s statement that Bursík should disappear from Prague, moreover, when no one elected him. The discussion also started on Bursík’s profile. “I honestly don’t want any war against the car. I would rather raise the attractiveness and quality of public transport (it is also about cleanliness) than make it difficult to use cars, “wrote Martin Jaroš, a popular marketer with political ambitions.
Going by trabant to the center is not worth it. Bursík will also help reduce emissions
However, according to Bursík’s vision, Prague should take the road to London and introduce tolls. “There is already a movement of people from cars to shared or discounted taxis. They are now considering taking over the Swedish model, which sets the toll dynamics and spreads morning and afternoon rush hours. This is also connected with employers, who then adapt the beginning and end of working hours so that everyone gets to work effectively. “
Electric cars would not pay tolls
The Sustainable Mobility Plan, which was recently approved by the city council, envisages charging for the entry of internal combustion cars into the city center. In the future, electric cars should be given priority. Companies and, gradually, individuals should start reducing non-environmental modes of transport. “Prague will not be an island with electric cars, where internal combustion engines would run everywhere else. Everything will be the result of many consultations, “Bursík pointed out. “It will certainly be a very sensitive topic, but I don’t think Prague will do without it.”
Prague is struggling with emissions. Failure to comply with the standard may result in a ship being prohibited from mooring
However, the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech government admitted that the problem is that the electric car takes electricity from brown or black coal in the Czech Republic, which are not exactly ecological sources. According to Brusík, the Prague City Council has already called on the minority government of Andrej Babiš (ANO) to be more active in the field of climate change and mentioned Babiš’s blocking of the agreement at the European Council to keep the continent climate-neutral by 2050. “It will happen sooner or later and the government will quickly change its position,” says Bursík, according to whom the management of the metropolis should look for sources of “clean” electricity.
We were Don Quixote
“By 2030, it is estimated that up to 80% of the world’s city bus purchases will be electrically powered. And the Czech Prime Minister will not stop it either. Fortunately, the whole process is driven by business and, regardless of the Prime Minister’s statement, he invests huge money in the development of electric cars or in the network of charging stations, “Bursík remarked on ČRo Plus.
Are you out of the exhaust? The police will start measuring car emissions in Prague
However, critics argue that the Czech Republic lacks infrastructure. In addition, Prague lacks completed customer road circuits for efficient “ordinary” vehicles. Some people recalled Bursík’s “sins” from the past. In 2010, the former head of the Greens, as Minister of the Environment, fought for an amendment to the Environmental Protection Act, which stipulated an increase in the share of bio-components blended into petrol and diesel.
Bursík got into a dispute with the then president Václav Klaus. Today, we can see the effects of this legislative change in the fields ruled by the yellow color of rape. Opponents also blame Bursík for the new head of the Prague Ecological Commission for the massive expansion of the bark beetle.
But Bursík himself praises himself that people’s views on environmental protection are currently changing fundamentally. For decades, it was only a marginal topic, we were such Don Quixotes, and suddenly it is the main topic, “said Bursík.
Prague will reduce emissions from cars. And he wants to increase the collection of unsorted waste by a third