Dear real estate enthusiasts,

have you ever wondered why traffic controlled 30 kph-zones in lake communities are shooting up like mushrooms? Have the bourgeois-dominated local councils recently adopted a green policy? The reason for this is that, as a result of housing densification, municipalities are facing new challenges in connection with "access standards". Not only the accessibility of residential areas, but also traffic safety must be guaranteed, so that one- and two-sided pavements and road widenings threaten to cause compaction. The sustained slowdown in traffic solves these problems in one fell swoop, with the result that instead of road widening, 30 kph-zones are now being used to comply with access standards.

The situation is different again in the city of Zurich, where 30 kph-zones are being created because of the noise limits. Transport policy arguments are also being used to force traffic to be stopped.

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friendly greetings,

Claude Ginesta