Prague 2 fights with electric scooters. They are lounging on the sidewalks, we have run out of patience, says the mayor Alexandra Udženija
While the question of who will lead the capital after the elections is still being discussed, it is already clear in Prague 2, Alexandra Udženija from the ODS has once again become the mayor.
In the future, the problem with parking in Prague 2 should be partially solved by the parking garage that will be built under the Nuselským schody. Parking will be done here without the presence of a driver, everything is controlled by a computer.
“There will be around 130 of those places. I think we should put out a tender within the next year and as soon as we close the tender and find a contractor, then construction will begin. I assume that it could be within two years,” the mayor clarifies.
Electric scooters on sidewalks bother citizens
Prague 2 has also been dealing with complaints about e-scooters loitering on the sidewalks for a long time. “First of all, it desecrates the public space, secondly, it is an obstacle for the handicapped, for blind people, for mothers with strollers. Sometimes it’s really impossible to get through, and that bothers us.”
So the city hall ran out of patience and took the initiative negotiations with representatives of operating companies. They were given a trial period of 14 days to improve supervision of the cleaning of scooters. However, the management of the city district is ready to take even more radical steps.
“I ordered our cleaning company to pick up the scooters and take them away. Let the operators pick them up and of course I’ll pay for them to be taken away. So I think it was such a strong impulse even for those companies that we really ran out of patience,” describes Alexandra Udženija.
So far, Prague 2 has selected 32 places that would be suitable for storing e-scooters and handed them over to the City Hall. m of Prague. The mayor also contacted the Minister of Transport, Martin Kupka, and pointed out that these matters should also be dealt with legislatively.
“We have a big hole in the law where we don’t have the resources, so the minister promised me that we will definitely look into it, create a working group and change the law.”
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