The Spider and the Flies

„No money“ – is the mantra of the Bulgarian rulers. Especially in Sofia, where urban problems are most severe. Where, however, goes to taxes and the citizens of the capital, should they pay to park in front of their homes?
In a small country in Southeastern Europe works well only „spider“. He tirelessly raised improperly parked cars. Well, not all. However, if everything in this country called Bulgaria, worked as a spider, it would be the Switzerland of the Balkans, Rolls-Royce among cars, „Patek-Philippe – the clocks, and then dies.
May, but is not
Problems of parking, lack of public garages, traffic and poor transport has long spoken of the beginning of change. It would be unfair to say that nothing is done. The center of Sofia today paid „Blue Zone“ metro „potragna“; „Titan“ shift „Wolf“ and „Ditts. Several places in the capital, some people have surrounded their „temporary“ parking spaces for any and neloshi earn money without having invested a penny.
Measures in a piecemeal over the years, rich individuals (their names are well known), but not helped to solve urban problems in Sofia. The explanation for naivnitsi is „no money“ but in this mantra that nobody believes. After decades deals Sofians want to know what to do with taxes and fees. For example: How are the revenues of „spider“ and where they go? Harvested from the offenders work for Sofia: to improve the road surface and sidewalks. They want to know why the territory of the city was built and a public garage.
Several questions that start with „k“
A reporter from China Central Television saw a lot of elbow grease, squeeze out the air while the amount of revenue for 2008 of „Parking lots and garages. She stood na12 million. And how has gathered so-called „Center for urban mobility“, already responsible for parking lots and garages, for 9 months of 2009, nine million. As it all started, the proceeds will again be just 12 million euro, regardless of changed conditions in the last year and expansion of the blue zone. Although difficult, was plucked another information: 20 percent of that money went to signs and markings. Dokovski Marcello, head of the Pakingi and garages, not at all wanted him to announce the numbers in the air, although the information was public and all knew it … He wanted to say that, for the more global things … Because the numbers say more.
Our long municipal councilor Lilkov Villas (DSB) said that signs indicating the locations and parking conditions and sanctions for violations should they are ugly and should be changed. We agree, but why are these? And why should we pay twice for the same thing. So goes the most expensive. Meanwhile, the Center for Urban Mobility announced it would buy 10 new „spider“, 10 cars for the teams’ brackets and 20 devices for reading whether the vehicles were parked legally or not. Own expense. This is called the reinvestment of profits. In Sofia, at the end of 2009 there will be 13 000 parking spaces in the „Blue Zone“. And the spring of 2010 Sofia citizens will probably pay for parking even before their homes, something of a „White Zone“.

The city is breath of traffic and needs urgent solutions, but many of them are nedomisleni and unfair. What will make me pay to park outside his home when the street is asphalt and there is no light, he asked residents of Pavlovo. The answer to the municipal councilors was vague and unconvincing, and I will fix things, even then. But maybe you will become like a vignette: buying them to drive on broken roads and
Stolen highways
The decision, according to experts in urban transport. But he is unattractive and very slow because it must overcome numerous parked cars and offenders who move from its route. While the problems of the city loop, the fees grow exponentially.
The burden of fees and charges and becomes more severe, so the taverns are complete – as in the instructive anecdote about life in the Ottoman Empire. Money is money, but the biggest problem is the shortage of fairness and confidence in the administration at all levels. The problem is that money is the capital were often stolen or useless incompetents and disbursements, which has again the same.

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Antoinette Puncheva, Deutsche Welle

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