Con cierta sorpresa veo en Twitter, y en los comentarios al post de Salvador Medina Ramírez que uno de los argumentos A FAVOR de supervía y demás cosas segundopisescas....es que en México la cultura es diferente a la del resto del mundo, y por tanto el fenómeno de tráfico inducido no existe...así namás.
El argumento, me suena raro. Pero para no dejar, el ex-Alcalde de Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa, quién decidió no construir más calles durante su gobierno, en un texto explica cómo ve una ciudad democrática, y cómo esta está definida por las formas en las que las personas se transportan. Aquí se puede descargar el texto, y acá dejo unos párrafos que valen mucho la pena:
The governments of less-advanced cities are reluctant to make the inevitable decision: no more road infrastructure in the built city. Resources will be concentrated not on more or bigger roads but on creating, expanding and improving public transport. From then on, car use must be restricted explicitly through means such as number plate-based use restrictions, tolls, parking limitations; or implicitly, through traffic.
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This partly because a city that makes too much room for fast- moving cars becomes less humane and loses quality of life, but also because road-infrastructure investments primarily benefiting higher-income citizens, redirect public funds away from schools, parks, housing and many other needs. The most vulnerable members of society, such as the poor, the elderly, children and disabled citizens, are not normally conscious of their interests and rights and do not have much political influence. A democratic government must act as their proxy and confront powerful minorities on their behalf. It must convince even upper-income groups that car-use restriction benefits them as well in the longer term.
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