DR ranks third in vehicle per capita in Latin America; Is there a solution to the traffic mess in Greater Santo Domingo?

[NALs]

In London they charge the equivalent of RD$ 1,000 per day to drive in the center. All of that money has to be spend on public transport. When they introduced it, at a stroke they eliminated half the traffic. The only solution for Santo Domingo is to make driving way more expensive, and invest in far better public transport. To an extent they are doing that in the Colonial Zone, it's so difficult to park now that most people I know go by Uber. But it needs to go way further.

It's also about a cultural shift. I don't have a car in DR, I just use Uber and taxis, way cheaper and way less hassle. But none of my friends can believe I don't have a car, they think it's like a status symbol.

They tried to do that in NYC but had to postpone it. Otherwise it was suppose to start this summer. Not everything that works elsewhere will work or be tolerated everywhere.

In the DR creating new tolls in roads that are already in use is definitely not tolerated. The most recent was the new toll that was suppose to operate in the Duarte Highway (La Penda.) In the end, the government had no choice but to dismantel the new toll that was never used as a toll. Tolls on new roads are tolerated because they are new, thus the population hasn’t used them as free roads. So now they build new tolls on new roads. The new toll on the Duarte Highway in Pedro Brand isn’t creating an outcry because it replaces the old toll by KM 25. If it wasn’t for that…

Imposing any type of congestion toll in SD or STI (or elsewhere, even Moca gets traffic jams during rush hour and that’s a small city) will be an up hill battle.

 

[NALs]

I think they didn’t include Puerto Rico for the DR to rank 3rd. PR has more vehicles thsn it has people, the only place in Latin America that is like that.

I wonder by how much the DR exceeds or not other nearby Caribbean independent countries. The DR could very wel, exceed most or all of them too. It already exceeds all small countries of Latin America.

 

[MariaRubia]

They tried to do that in NYC but had to postpone it. Otherwise it was suppose to start this summer. Not everything that works elsewhere will work or be tolerated everywhere.

In the DR creating new tolls in roads that are already in use is definitely not tolerated. The most recent was the new toll that was suppose to operate in the Duarte Highway (La Penda.) In the end, the government had no choice but to dismantel the new toll that was never used as a toll. Tolls on new roads are tolerated because since they are new, the population hasn’t used them as free roads. So now they build new tolls on new roads. The new toll on the Duarte Highway in Pedro Brand isn’t creating an outcry because it replaces the old toll by KM 25. If it wasn’t for that…

Imposing any type of congestion toll in SD or STI (or elsewhere, even Moca gets traffic jams during rush hour and that’s a small city) will be an up hill battle.

People in London went crazy about the congestion charge. And for ULEZ they have been destroying the cameras. But it has worked.

 

[PJT]

At least once a week, usually more, there is a vehicle carrying ship unloading at Port San Souci. They need to stop bringing all these vehicles into the country.

The government needs to take all junk vehicles out of circulation, send them to the scrap yards to be recycled into rebar. Scrap more vehicles in numbers greater than the import numbers.

Regards,

PJT

 

[NALs]

People in London went crazy about the congestion charge. And for ULEZ they have been destroying the cameras. But it has worked.

That’s London. In China the government can tell the people to not do something and the people will not do that, all +1 billion of them. In the DR? Lets say Dominicans aren’t Chinese.

A few years ago Santiago City Hall implemented parking meters in the city center. People actually destroyed many of them refusing to pay them. In London it could had worked despite the destruction, but Santiago is no London…

 

[NanSanPedro]

The government needs to take all junk vehicles out of circulation, send them to the scrap yards to be recycled into rebar. Scrap more vehicles in numbers greater than the import numbers.

Regards,

PJT

I can't see that happening. Too many voters with shit-mobiles would be adversely impacted.

 

[reilleyp]

More people need to work from home. If you have a longtime employee with good phone and internet, why have them drive to the office? Have them work from home. If productivity drops, have them start driving in again.
I know the "beauties" would protest against it, but Tubi sales would increase.

 

[CristoRey]

Right....one of the many examples where this country and its people are lagging behind.

Please to tell.