These five cities of the country are those that have demonstrated that they have programs and major projects in the field of combating climate change, concrete actions for infrastructure and urban mobility electric.
Merida has been chosen is a good news, " he said.
The mayor explained that he prepared this information for six months approximately, the got to know the company of the ambassador Ken Salazar, and are now beginning the work.
Everything is a work-sharing, he said. In the case of mobility, infrastructure, waste, among others, all have to be put together in a same strategy and that is what we are achieving with the participation of the State government, with what has been done in public transport “Go and See”, the route Peripheral and the Ie-Tram.
I think they are actions that are very specific that they owe it to the city of Mérida for many years, today we are taking a way brave and this has been seen also by this organization, referred to.
When referring to the actual problem of the pollution, he noted that there are several, and one of the major is the number of vehicles.
Merida concentrates 50% of the population and 80% of economic activity, holds more than 70% of the municipal vehicle because it creates a very strong concentration in the capital.
I am convinced that you do not have to do more streets because that would bring in more vehicles, more and more people. What we are looking for is there an alternative system to get around the city, he said.
Imagining Merida has a million of inhabitants, and each one will have to move in auto, it becomes something practically impossible; therefore, people have to see in public transportation an option for quick, effective, economical, and safe to move.
In Europe, for example, in some cities it is much more comfortable to move around on public transport in vehicles because it is very complicated, costs a lot, you pay more taxes, there is no where to park and take longer.
Barrier Shell considered that any action of this kind, which we have to reverse in Mérida, where over many years grew the register of vehicles and the road infrastructure, but the transportation system was not improved to the couple, and that is what we are doing now.— CLAUDIA SIERRA MEDINA
Alejandra Bolio Rojas, director of the Sustainable Development Unit, said that the conference are to shape the big project is this alliance.
It will address different themes that you understand this very ambitious project for the Merida was selected as one of five cities to address it.
The idea is to act in synergy, coordination and transform to Merida in a better city.
This project will last five years will help us to make a reality of this process, " he said.
