The mayor of Cali, Jorge Ivan Ospinaensured that the measurement of peak and plate, continuously and for 14 hours, was established due to an environmental approach.
On the one hand, The Cali president highlighted that due to the increase in the load of macroparticles and carbon dioxide, produced by the number of vehicles that circulate in the city, Strict decisions were made on mobility.
Likewise, he indicated that from the District Administration a rehabilitation plan is being worked on, which, according to him, makes mobility even more difficult.
Regarding the issue of the environment, the mayor was emphatic in emphasizing that the planet must be decarbonized, for which he delimited that The use of public transport should be increased, as well as the use of bicycles in the capital of the Valley.
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“We all have to understand that decarbonizing the planet, demand for greater use of bicycles, greater use of public transport and potential for pedestrian corridors,” added Ospina.
Secondly, the president made a call to the people of Cali to put a ‘grain of sand’, arguing that due to the quality of the environment, the health of the vulnerable population is at risk.
“We must be supportive when what is at risk is the health of our grandparents and our children, we must all do our ‘grain of sand’, We must also understand that if we want to have an aggressive road rehabilitation plan, we have to help”, projection.
Although the new peak and plate measure has generated much controversy, the mayor invited all sectors to understand the need to promote sustainable mobilityfor which the project to expand the corridors of the bike paths is still in force.
Finally, Jorge Ivan Ospina noted that a pay-for-service project design is being created, a fund that enables pay the cyclist for the use of his bicycle to encourage its use.
“We are designing a project to pay for bicycle service, that is, We are identifying a fund that allows cyclists to pay for the use of their bicycle to stimulate, as much as possible, the use of it, in a flat topography and in a climate of 28 degrees centigrade”, he concluded.
