[sustran] Re: Reducing number of cars on the road

[Lake Sagaris]

Santiago has "controlled" traffic on high smog days this way for years. The
last two digits, or in extreme cases the last four, mark the vehicle for
"restriction" on specific days according to a calendar that functions fall
and winter and part of the spring, which are the high smog seasons. The
restriction only applies to non-catalytic vehicles, which prompted wealthy
Chileans, who are the ones who do most of the driving (only 20% of daily
commutes are in cars) to simply go out and buy a second or third car. The
measure is considered something of a bandaid, although if it had been part
of a real effort to rework transportation in order to reduce driving it
might be a different matter.

All best
Lake

Living City.

At 05:45 AM 3/28/00 +0530, you wrote:
>I need suggestions on how the total number of cars on the
>road can be reduced every day.
>We are planning a 20% reduction every day by asking for cars
>with number plates ending in certain figures to be banned by
>a Court order.
>For example, cars with number plates ending with 1 or 2
>would not be allowed on Mondays, and so on.
>Do you know of any place in the world where similar schemes
>have been tried/implemented?
>Thanks and cheers
>Debi Goenka
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