Significant changes to come in the traffic system in downtown Budapest
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On 22 May, the people of Budapest – and Hungary – will have metro line M3 back in full. With this, the five-and-a-half year period of metro replacement will end. Significant changes will be made to the traffic regime with the reconfiguration of the lanes used for replacement buses on the north-south axis, the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) said on Friday.
The end of travelling on metro replacement buses
As BKK wrote, the plans for the new traffic order were also coordinated by the Municipality of Budapest, the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) and Budapest Public Roads (Budapest Közút) with the district municipalities concerned, the Hungarian Automobile Club (Magyar Autóklub) and the Hungarian Cyclists Club (Magyar Kerékpárosklub).
“BKK and Budapest Public Roads are working on a traffic regime that will maintain the lower congestion in the inner city districts, while at the same time reducing the congestion in the inner city core – on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street or the Small Boulevard (Kiskörút) – caused by traffic restrictions,” they wrote.
As part of the plans, the traffic regime before the metro replacement will be restored on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street and the Small Boulevard with minor modifications. This will mean the restoration of the former 2×2 car lanes on both sections, in addition to the existing bus lanes on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street and the tram tracks on the Small Boulevard.
I live on Bajcsy so I’m very pleased to hear (some of) this, but I’m suspicious about the bicycle-related initiative. In my experience, they’re ludicrously expensive and do not justify the cost. To add insult to injury, despite plowing millions of $$$ into these fancy cycling lanes and whatnot, there are still imbeciles tearing down sidewalks on their bicycles or those ghastly scooters.
Vaci street = Vaci utca
Vaci road = Vaci ut
Which is it that is getting a new bicycle lane?
Coming to Budapest for the second time and needed this line, so great news