Cali authorities reported pollution reduction and increased users of mine on the day without a car

The day of the day without a car and without a motorcycle in Cali on September 22 left a positive balance in mobility and environmentaccording to the district authorities.

Thousands of citizens joined the initiative, which seeks to promote alternative means of transport, reduce pollution and generate awareness about the impact of private vehicles in the city.

According to the Secretary of Mobility, Gustavo Orozco,Mass public transport was one of the great protagonists of the day. Mine registered a 22% increase in passenger demandexceeding the percentages of previous years, which barely ranged between 6% and 10%.

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“This reflects greater confidence of the caleños in the system, which has improved in security and has reduced theft rates between 40% and 50% In front of last year, “said the official.

Metrocali reported that The system mobilized more than 50,000 passengers additional with respect to the average of an business day of the previous week, which ratifies the importance of strengthening public transport as an alternative of sustainable mobility.

As for citizen behavior, the authorities imposed 300 appeals for breaching the measure and made 50 vehicle immobilizations. Even so, it is estimated that near 800,000 cars stopped circulatingwhich represented a decrease of 80% of the usual car park.

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According to Orozco, each person who left his car at home avoided the broadcast of around Six kilos of CO2 to the environment.

For its part, the director of the DagmaMauricio Mirahighlighted the environmental effects: “We report an average reduction between three and five decibels in the noiseand in some points up to ten less decibels. “

“In addition, initial measurements show that the decrease in automotive Park RParticulate material and greenhouse gases educated Between 20% and 50%, “Mira added.