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The car-free Chain Bridge is viewed as an escape route by the Hungarian Cycling Club and 21 other NGOs dealing with transport, urban planning and environmental protection, as they see it as an alternative to crossing the centrally located bridge for all vehicles that are responsible for congestion.
According to the development of the road network so far, it does not lead to the realization of the 2030 goals laid down in the Budapest Mobility Plan adopted in 2019, as it further increases the load instead of reducing road traffic.
The expansion of the M0, the increase of the capacity of the Hungária ring road, the development of the M6, M4 and M2 roads, the handing over of the three Danube bridges after the change of regime, the construction of thousands of P+R parking lots and many other investments are mainly for passenger vehicles -increased the standing surface available for traffic. In fact, it led to the sprawling of the city with increasing costs every year through the increase in the number of settlements that are easier to reach by car.
they wrote in their announcement. However, they agree with the concept of Budapest’s leadership, according to which the trend of increasing traffic load must be reversed, and this should be done by increasing the share of public, bicycle and pedestrian transport.
If the city administration continues to postpone the decision, according to the prognosis of the Magyar Kerékpárosklub, in the next economic growth cycle, traffic in the Budapest region will freeze from the city center to the agglomeration in a few years.
According to the example of the big cities of Western Europe, transport modes with a small area requirement should also be favored in Budapest,
i.e. bus lanes and bicycle lanes must be designated, and moreover, the basic public transport and bicycle network must be built in the most painful and acute places.
They would like to see the districts and the capital abolish public parking on city-centre sidewalks, and reduce free, private car parking in the most congested public areas.
According to them, the government has created an unsolved situation by withholding the 6 billion subsidy for the insurance of the Lánchíd only because its new traffic order corresponds to the previously unanimously adopted traffic strategy.
Civilians are the Chain Bridge to maintain the current traffic ordert petition were also launched to make it clear how much social demand there is for a more sustainable transport system.