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Il Post - The great census of illegally parked cars in Milan
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Il Fatto Quotidiano - Cars on sidewalks, at intersections, in flowerbeds. In Milan, the first mapping of wild parking: “A jungle, let’s return the space to people” (video)
Il Fatto Quotidiano - Milan, 64,000 cars parked illegally in one night. “More parking spaces? No, too many cars,” say the activists of Sai che puoi
Milano Today - Over 64,000 cars parked illegally: what I saw mapping the streets of Milan
Il Manifesto - “Via Libera” tonight in Milan, on the streets of the city to count the cars in “wild parking”
“The municipality must address the problem because it involves an enormous amount of public space taken away from everyone,” say the activists.
Milan, May 19, 2024 - 63,990 illegally parked cars were counted on Thursday, May 16, from 6 PM to 1 AM, by over 2,000 people, divided into 800 teams who covered all 3,873 streets of Milan for VIA LIBERA, the major initiative of active participation organized by "Sai che puoi?" This unprecedented event aimed to demand respect for public space in Milan.
Of the 64,000 cars, 37,000 were illegally parked on the roadway (double parked, on pedestrian crossings, at intersections, in bike lanes), about 15,000 on sidewalks, and more than 11,000 in green areas, such as under trees.
64,000 parked cars is equivalent to 32 times Piazza del Duomo or 77 soccer fields.
For the Municipality of Milan, this represents a loss of at least 5.3 million euros in one night, considering an 84-euro fine for illegal parking for 64,000 cars. With this money, it would be possible to finance 134,000 monthly public transport subscriptions (assuming a monthly subscription of 40 euros), or about 1**,800 annual daycare fees** (assuming a monthly fee of 300 euros).
In the coming weeks, the results will be made available in easily available maps, relating the data obtained to other characteristics of the city.
“The data from the mapping is frightening,” declare Bianca Uberti Foppa and Alberto Gianera of "Sai che puoi?" - especially considering that the time slot for VIA LIBERA was chosen to clearly underestimate the phenomenon, which is greater during the daytime, but allowed for maximum participation. For that reason, we can consider 64,000 cars as the minimum number of illegally parked vehicles found daily in Milan.
The enthusiasm with which people responded to VIA LIBERA was extraordinary, not only in terms of number of participants. We received hundreds of messages from people who, after participating, said it had been over 10 years since they felt part of such an exceptional and collective moment in Milan, and finally felt part of the city's active life. Now the Municipality of Milan faces a choice: continue addressing the problem with clearly insufficient strategies and resources to solve it, or acknowledge the data and the large community of people calling for a transformation of the city and create a bold, inclusive, and fair plan for a major behavioral and infrastructural change. If they choose this second path, we and all of the over 2,000 VIA LIBERA participants will be the best allies for this change.”