Máté Kanász-Nagy (LMP) urged the introduction of the congestion charge as soon as possible in Budapest before the agenda in the Parliament on Tuesday. According to him, "excessive car use" should be curbed in order to improve the quality of life. According to him, the congestion charge is not a joke, but a traffic control tool.
Balázs Fürjes, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, explained in his answer:
as long as this government is in office, there will be no congestion charge. The government does not want to educate people, it does not want to tell them how to live their lives, how to drive.
Máté Kanász-Nagy (LMP) also said that motorists should pay more because, in his opinion, they do not pay the cost of transportation.
Balázs Fürjes, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, stated: In addition to Mayor Gergely Karácsony, the LMP is now also in favor of the congestion charge.
The problem is real, but the congestion charge as a solution is not good, because it is not right to extort those living in the outer districts or in the agglomeration who, for example, use the car to go to work.
Driving a car is not deviance, he said.
He said: Budapest's traffic is in ruins, chaos is a daily occurrence, because the developments implemented by the capital's local government are not coordinated, and they are delayed, even though the government gives them significant money. If István Tarlós had remained the mayor, the developments in Budapest would have been ready a long time ago, he emphasized.
He missed the air conditioning of the 3 subway. He concluded that the mayor is not doing what he promised, but he is doing what he didn't say a word about: he is paralyzing the city's traffic with bicycle lanes and closing almost the entire quay to those driving by car.
As we reported earlier, the left-wing leadership of the capital can work on projecting new faces, once again motorists are in Gergely Karácsony's crosshairs. Deputy Mayor Gábor Kerpel-Fronius spoke about the possibility of introducing a congestion charge in ATV, noting that there is currently a legal obstacle to this, since the left is not in power. Recently, two of his colleagues, Kata Tüttő and Anett Bősz, spoke about the need to reduce car traffic and that everyone should use less energy at home. All of this is in line with the Brussels initiative, which, according to the Karácsony's announcement, Budapest will join.
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