Riga opens first park&ride
The park&ride system provides that Riga visitors and guests will be able to leave their cars in protected car parks and then take public transport.
“This is just the first step. There are plans to build a similar car park next to trade centre “Dole”. Our aim in building park&ride car parks is to reduce traffic jams in Riga and to give priority to public transport,” Riga Vice-Mayor Andris Ameriks emphasized.
The park&ride car park will be available free of charge, if a car driver has at least two-trips registered on his/her e-ticket during a day.
“The park&ride car park is located near public transport routes. Yet we will study the situation carefully and will launch extra buses if there will be a big interest for this service”, Chairman of the Board in SIA “Rīgas satiksme” Leons Bemhens Bemhens said.
The first park&ride car park was established by SIA ”Rīgas pilsētbūvnieks” when building a dwelling house complex in Ulbrokas Street. The area intended for building dwelling houses was restricted and it was decided to build a multi-storey car parking with 676 places. As the car park’s capacity is loaded only by one third, the free parking places were reserved for the needs of park&ride.
„The car park is well organised and protected. To save funds, we have decided to use the free parking places and to establish here the first ever park&ride car park in Riga,” said Andrejs Požarnovs, chairman of the board in SIA „Rīgas pilsētbūvnieks”.
Riga Vice-Mayor Andris Ameriks emphasised that in the nearest future they will think on how to solve the problem of those drivers who arrive in Riga in their own cars and want to go further by bicycle, not in public transport.
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