Mallorca cap on vehicles not being ruled out
Council of Mallorca studying ways of easing traffic congestion
Steps to be taken to ease traffic congestion in Mallorca. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma05/09/2023 12:08
Easing traffic congestion on Mallorca’s roads is one of the main commitments of the new Partido Popular president of the Council of Mallorca Llorenç Galmés, who in his first 100 days in office has already commissioned a study to analyse the capacity of the road network.
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I live 5km from Soller up a steep hill so am reliant on a car for shopping etc. From June-September the town is chock-a-block with parking completely full, and at walking pace (30 minutes to get from the lower to upper roundabouts). The entire by-pass road is parked solid both sides, and two out of three cars have rental stickers. They are all invariably large, shiny and badly driven on our small streets, and parked taking extra spaces. The locals drive older smaller cars, often scratched, and are not afraid to squeeze them into tight spots. I avoid town during these months. Once a week is too much!
In the town where I live there is a free large parking area. 10 years or less ago it was easy to find a parking spot during day or the evening, now it's always full, not a chance to park there, not even during the winter. This town is not within any tourist area and never has been. So blaming the rental market for ALL increase of traffic is not the only problem.
Public transport needs to be improved significantly, the train lines must go into all towns island wide.
@DONALD JUMP. I DO NOT HAVE A WIFE. AND NEVER WANT ONE AGAIN!!! THE POLICIA PUT NO PARKING SIGNS NEXT TO MY CAR. WHILST I WAS VERY ILL. THEY TOOK THE CAR AWAY. I DO NOT WANT IT BACK!!!. SUCH LOVELY POLICIA AND GUARDIIA HERE!!!!
Stan The ManThere are far too many local cars on the roads but easier to blame the rental ones. No one dare tackle the amount of increase of cars of the locals, that's where the problem is.
Charles Dalrymple-ChumleyNo tourists with some kind of sense will ever drive at peak times. I believe they are not the problem but the locals who have both two and three cars within the families. Always blaming the rental cars is just a cheap option.
Stan The ManTake one off your wife and share one between you. Do your bit.
Restrict rental cars and large goods vans to enter Palma at certain times. Improve public transport to be more efficient. Allow residents with garages/private parking spaces unlimited access in and out of Palma.
There are far to many cars and rental cars on the roads. A serious investigation into the numbers , along with equally very serious controls of the volume of traffic on the roads