There will still be room for a slight growth in car traffic in Noord until 2030, but after that the number of cars must remain constant. Alderman Egbert de Vries writes this in response to questions from JA21.
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Councilor Kevin Kreuger had asked questions about the Mobility plan North, which states that the municipality intends to pay for parking in the entire city district in ten to twenty years’ time to enter. He asked, among other things, whether the city council agreed with him that the measure should not lead to the displacement of the current residents.
“Many parking spaces will still remain available”, writes De Vries in answer on the questions. “By means of a parking permit, you can park in the designated places, so that car ownership remains possible. However, in the long term a change must be made in travel behaviour: relatively more walking, cycling and traveling by public transport and relatively less by car.”
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“Between 1990 and 2018, the car share of residents decreased from about 40 percent to about 30 percent”
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According to De Vries, this is a step-by-step change. “This trend is not new. Between 1990 and 2018, the car share of residents of Noord declined from about 40 percent to about 30 percent. Without the introduction of paid parking and permits, it is expected that residents and/or visitors to locations where the parking spaces are limited, they will park in the existing neighborhoods where the chance of a parking space is now much greater. This leads to nuisance for the residents there.”
Due to the arrival of new construction, many more residents of the district are expected in the coming years. The Mobility Plan stated that these new residents have a “different profile”. They would cycle more often and be in favor of shared cars and the elimination of parking spaces. Kreuger therefore suggested that the image may arise that the current residents have to adapt to the new residents.
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“Movement and development always demands something from the current residents”
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“A city like Amsterdam, and therefore also Noord, is always on the move and in development”, De Vries replied to that question. “The council has to anticipate this. The council is doing that with the present mobility plan. This movement and development always demands something from the current residents.” He does write that the alternatives to car use, such as better public transport and better bicycle connections, will be improved first.
The measures from the mobility plan, such as the introduction of paid parking, can also be accelerated or delayed if necessary, according to De Vries. He emphasizes that for all measures there will be a process in which residents have a say and that the political parties that are currently in the city council must always make the decisions.
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