Car Show-offs Away from Bahnhofstrasse Zurich.
The streets around the Zurich Stadthaus complex turn into an open-air car showroom, especially on nice weekends. Neighbors and businesses complain about noise, poor air quality, and traffic jams.
Problem
- From Thursday evening, hundreds of luxury cars will roll into the neighborhood from Bürkliplatz to Münsterhof.
- Car posers rev their engines and accelerate unnecessarily, leading to poor air quality and traffic jams.
- The actually beautiful neighborhood no longer invites strolling, conversations in street cafes are impossible, and residents as well as small and medium-sized businesses are disturbed.
Solution
- Driving is prohibited in the neighborhood around Stadthausquai (with permit requirement). This affects Stadthausquai, Fraumünsterstrasse, and the corresponding sections of Börsenstrasse as well as Kappelergasse.
- Residents, hotels, shops, suppliers, and craftsmen continue to have access with a permit.
- Road pricing applies in the neighborhood around Stadthausquai: license plates are checked by cameras at the entrances and exits, and a permit for a one-time passage can be purchased online.
- The parking spaces in the neighborhood are being reduced in favor of trees and gastronomy areas.
- Fines are already imposed against car posers in many European countries.
Benefit
Public support
Total votes: 59
Breakdown: FullyOnBoard: 27, SoundsGood: 14, NothingAgainstIt: 7, Concerns: 6, NoChance: 4, NeedForDiscussion: 1