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How
can you change your hometown?
I love my town. I believe it is a very beautiful
town. Brasov
is
an old town, with beautiful landscapes, buildings and full of history.
Our town has gone through a lot of changes lately
but the most visible one has been the work that has been done to our
roads. All
the roads wide or narrow were altered in a certain way lately, to adapt
to the
huge wave of cars that appeared in the past years.
Our city is old with narrow streets especially in
the old city centre. There are not enough parking spaces, the roads are
always
crowded and this is difficult for drivers and for pedestrians equally.
The sidewalks became naJTower so that the roads can
get a second lane. In this way sometimes it's very difficult to walk
because
the sidewalks become so very crowded.
If I were to change something in this city I would
definitely change the way people try to make more space for the cars
without
taking into consideration the pedestrians, especially in the old part
of the
town when people go to enjoy the view, to shop, to sit around the
fountain in
the Council Square, to listen to the concerts organized there.
What would I do? I would restrict the driving access
in the city centre, and like in other European cities I would add a
road tax
for the drivers who want to drive into the city centre. In this way, I
think
there would be less traffic jams, and we won't end up without
sidewalks.
I would also make a bike lane, so that children can
enjoy riding their bikes particularly because the bike lane they have
in the
central park is very narrow and difficult to use.
I totally agree that cars should have their rights
in our lives but we should fight against pollution that affects the old
buildings and the noise the people who live there have to put up with.
When we
do something we have to think about all of us, we have to consider all
the
options, not to see only one side of the coin.
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