In my local news....from around Wiesbaden, I noticed a short article which got folks hyped up in the city.
Apparently, the city council folks came to vote and agree on some measure around the Kurt Schumacher Ring of Wiesbaden. For those who might have been stationed around city in years past and need a refresher to the 'ring', the city has two 'rings' (fast-access streets, four-lanes). There's the inner ring (the Bismarkring), and then this outer ring which has like three names (depending on which part of it you are traveling). The Kurt Schumacher Ring is on the far west end of town...maybe 1.5 km in length.
So with all this hype of pollution and bad air, some Green Party guys convinced enough folks to vote on the idea of removing 150 parking spaces along Schumacher Ring. Their idea....if there is no parking there, then you won't have cars around to pollute. If you've ever been around Wiesbaden, you would know of the ever increasing issue over finding parking for your car. The city just doesn't have enough parking for all the people who live in the city.
Naturally, locals who live around the ring will stand up and ask.....where the heck would you want us to park? So in some amusing way, the city council and this Green effort....has created a case where folks might be driving for an extra five to fifteen minutes....going into other neighborhoods....to find parking. In a way, they probably doubled up pollution numbers.
What happens now? For a year or so, they will play out this decrease parking and decrease pollution game, and then come to admit that the numbers didn't go down on pollution, and it's a mystery why air in the city isn't cleaner.....then resolve things by putting the 150 parking spots back into action.
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