The Motoristé party wants a free metro in Prague
“The capital was attacked by pirates four years ago. Cyclofanatics from Prague want to reeducate us. Road traffic is the most pressing issue that our city is using. We want to end the reign of dysfunctional experiments, led by young men lacking any authority and life experience,” said Macinka, who is a candidate for mayor.
According to him, the new party wants to stop the bullying of drivers. “Our party was considered by the people of Lec as a certain form of recession, but we want to show that the recession is, on the contrary, what is happening at the Prague municipality,” said Macinka.
Make coupons cheaper, tickets more expensive
The main point of the Motoristů sebi program is the free Prague metro. An annual coupon for other city public transport would then cost one thousand crowns, children under 18 would not have to pay at all.
“Public transport is the only alternative to car transport. We want to motivate people to take the metro, because motorists also take the metro. Looking at rising fuel prices and the energy crisis, it is also a social support program. Many people may not be able to drive a car,” said Macinka.
According to him, the city should sell year-round coupons to non-Prague residents as well as foreigners. Ordinary tickets, on the other hand, would become significantly more expensive.
The party also wants one parking card for all Prague residents, which would only work during the day on weekdays. “When someone lives in Žižkov, works in Dejvice and visits his parents in Smíchov, we see no reason why he should be limited to three parking cards,” said Macinka.
“However, there is a significant exception, the Prague-wide parking card would only work on weekdays from eight to six o’clock. In the afternoon and evening, these places should be guaranteed for resident residents,” he added. According to him, empty parking spaces could be freed up for non-Prague drivers, of whom 300,000 come to Prague every day.
The party also wants to review all cycle lanes and abolish most of them. Cycle lanes in Prague promise to revise TOGETHER.
Instead of a culture to support cars
According to the guarantor for finances, economist Vladimír Pikora, who is in second place behind Macinka on the candidate list, Prague could save significantly, for example, on the revitalization of the lower part of Wenceslas Square.
The party would like to cut money on culture and transfer it to transport.
Former Deputy Minister of Transport and former ambassador to Poland and Austria Jan Sechter, former director of TSK Praha Petr Smolka, screenwriter Petr Kolečko and ex-MP for ANO Bohuslav Chalupa are also running for the party in the Prague municipal elections on September 23 and 24.