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There is a fierce struggle for parking spaces and bike paths in Zurich. City council took up the case of giving bikes more room. The people agree with him. The so-called preferential network of bike lanes aims to make the city more attractive. The first is already open. They are significantly wider than normal bike paths, so they need more space.
This is at the expense of lane for cars. And especially the parking lots. The political right is angry, the merchants are angry that the parking spaces in front of their shops have been removed. Or customers arriving by car have to deviate from the road. Residents who do not have their own parking space or garage file a complaint with the municipal civil engineering office. That’s it for a starting point.
Zurich residents complain especially loudly
But why all the fuss? There are 64,400 parking spaces in Zurich today! 32,000 in the blue zone. 23,200 of them are in multi-storey car parks and large parking lots. And 9,400 meters of roadside parking spaces. The city in Limmat has a population of 443,037. Meaning: There is one public parking lot for every seven residents.
Residents of Zurich complain especially loudly about the dismantling of parking lots. Parking spaces in Bern are much rarer. Drivers among the 134,290 residents have to share 16,245 public parking spaces. There is one parking space for every 8.3 Berner.
People don’t seem far from Lucerne
The search is much easier for the people of Lucerne: the city of 82,620 has 15,043 public parking spaces. This means there is one parking space for every 5.5 residents. st. It’s annoying to find parking in Gallen. There are 10,300 in the city center. Makes a place for 7.9 of the 81,615 population.
Winterthur ZH cannot provide any figures. “There is no up-to-date, binding survey as the public and private sphere is constantly changing,” he says. The diversity of parking lot types makes an investigation difficult. There are many areas in Winterthur where you can park outside the marked parking spaces.
Source :Blick
I’m Tim David and I work as an author for 24 Instant News, covering the Market section. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, my mission is to provide accurate, timely and insightful news coverage that helps our readers stay informed about the latest trends in the market. My writing style is focused on making complex economic topics easy to understand for everyone.
