PReserved parking lots to People with mobilidaD reduced in Alicante, which should guarantee accessibility and proximity to their homes, have become a real challenge for people who depend on them for their day to day. Frequent occupation by unauthorized vehicles y motorcycle Badly parked it makes it difficult to use these spaces, forcing many people with reduced mobility who have a place assigned to park Far from their homes OA wait long hours to recover your reserved parking space.
Despite the warnings of associations and neighborhood requests, the situation persists and converts something as daily as park in a structural problem. Luis Vera knows this reality well. With a disability of 58 % it has an assigned place near their home. But, on many occasions, finds it occupied by vehicles not authorized. “I have to call the crane, wait, or park far. Sometimes the police are busy and the wait lengthens for hours. That makes me late to work or medical appointments“, explains Vera.
“I have to call the crane and wait or park far. Sometimes the police are busy and the wait lengthens for hours.”
A daily battle for parking
To the invasion of cars is added the constant presence of poorly parked motorcycles. Vera has presented several writings to the Alicante City Council requesting a solution. “I have asked to enable a motorcycle parking lot near my street, because they park me in front or behind the car and I have a hard time doing maneuvers. Sometimes it is impossible to put or get the car, “says Vera.
Several motorcycles parked next to the parking of an affected user in Alicante / INFORMATION
This story is no exception. From the Spanish Confederation of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities (Cocemfe), its president, Cristian Ludwigconfirms that this problem is widespread in the city. “Many complaints, occupied squares, evil cars, motorcycles that prevent maneuvering … And the process until the crane or the police arrive is desperate. It is something very recurring and unreoting for people with disabilities, “says Ludwig.
“We do not want to be calling the crane every day, we want civism. The squares must be respected”
A civic problem
The difficulties do not end in the asphalt. According to Ludwig, when a person with reduced mobility Find its occupied square, the solution does not arrive immediately. “TYou have to stay there waiting for the police to arrive. You can't go. That often implies losing urgent quotes or not even being able to take a medication in time, “says Ludwig.
From Cocemfe they have maintained Conversations with the City Council to expedite the action protocols before these cases. “We ask that it act more urgently when it comes to reduced mobility places. We do not ask for privileges, we ask for respect. These places are not there by whim, they are because they are necessary for people who They do not have the same facilities That the rest, “says Ludwig.
Beyond the regulations, both voices agree that this problem is also a matter of citizen consciousness. “We don't want to be calling the crane every day, We want civility. The places must be respected because they are by law and by necessity, “insists the president of Cocemfe.
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