tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410336845051007861.comments2021-06-10T15:30:42.422+02:00Oltrarno Gentrification WatchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410336845051007861.post-19254622241510219532012-12-20T06:28:04.446+01:002012-12-20T06:28:04.446+01:00Actually Renzi does offer a solution, unspecified ...Actually Renzi does offer a solution, unspecified "special rates" for residents. <br /><br />There is one example of this currently in Florence.<br /><br />At the Sant'Ambrogio parking area, residents pay a "special rate" of 160 euros a month, which comes to nearly 2.000 euros a year - a financial punishment for those who live in the area, and an incentive to move elsewhere.Nidiacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861299815222827233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410336845051007861.post-53275399160784061972012-12-19T15:06:14.119+01:002012-12-19T15:06:14.119+01:00I couldn't agree more. I am one of the 3,167 r...I couldn't agree more. I am one of the 3,167 residents in S. Frediano whose lives will be hugely and negatively affected by the proposed underground parking lot and, judging by the vast numbers of residents who come to our frequent meetings to express their opposition and discuss the repercussions of this projected "attrattore di traffico", we are not at all a "sparuto gruppo" as Renzi claims. Life in the neighborhood will be unlivable - both during the excavations and the construction of this monstrosity, and in the following years with a constant flow of cars bringing pollution and traffic into this last remaining residential haven of the centro storico.<br /><br />Renzi clearly has his own personal agenda which is dictated by interests that are not in harmony with those of the local residents, who want less, not more, traffic. It is evident that the residents who currently have preferential parking in P.za del Carmine, would be unable to pay €3 an hour to leave their cars in the underground parking area. And Renzi offers no solution for the cars of those who live in S. Frediano and who have the necessity of keeping a vehicle for a variety of needs.<br /><br />The reasons for our opposition to this parking lot are many and have been widely publicized in our repeated encounters with the city administrators. Evidently Renzi is too occupied elsewhere to stop and listen - or else he has a vested interest in building this parking lot AT ALL AND ANY COST.Judith Munatnoreply@blogger.com