The city hall painted more parking spaces on the sidewalk, in the building. Bessarabia, although the movement of cars on the sidewalks is prohibited. The decision, presented on Facebook by Deputy Mayor Stelian Bouduveanu, drew several critics. In his opinion sent to HotNews.ro’s request, Deputy Mayor Stelian Buyduveanu says he will cancel the parking spaces and leave the sidewalk for pedestrians.

• “We have asked the Bucharest Municipal Parking Company to cancel these parking spaces on Bessarabia Boulevard. This was an error that we are fixing. CMPB and CTC experts justified the marking of these parking spaces by saying that they received many reports from the residents of the area, and another argument was that the foot traffic is very low.
• We continue the project of freeing the sidewalks and continue the development of new parking spaces in the city of Bucharest. I assure the citizens of Bucharest that freeing up the sidewalks for pedestrians remains one of my main goals,” Buyduveanu told HotNews.ro.

About the arrangement of parking spaces at the building. Bessarabia.

“These days, the Bucharest Municipal Parking Company is marking new parking spaces on Bessarabia Boulevard and the surrounding streets. At the moment, residents of Bucharest have 269 paid public parking lots at their disposal in the capital. The parking lots managed by the capital’s city hall are located mainly on the central traffic ring, in order to also extend them to other areas with heavy traffic,” Buiduvianu wrote on Facebook.

Meanwhile, the post has been deleted.

Several citizens commented on the post, criticizing the decision to turn the sidewalk into a parking lot.

“Instead of clearing the sidewalk of cars, you put parking spaces there?!” – one citizen wrote.

“If all the European administrations have come to the conclusion that it is good to return the city to the citizens and not to their cars, you are going in the opposite direction. Crosswalk parking, sidewalk parking, and other downtown parking. Whose city is this, the townspeople or the cars?” wrote another citizen.

“Give examples of cities with hot water, where have you seen such solutions? And who the hell did you consult with when you came up with this crazy idea?” wrote another citizen.