Naples is a city held hostage by traffic and neglect, with traffic now out of control.
This is the harsh indictment launched by taxi drivers' representatives from SITAN/ATN and Unimpresa/Mobilità, Pasquale Ottaviano and Raffaele Serpico, who in a statement dated November 12th once again denounced the mobility emergency paralyzing the Campania capital.
The union points the finger directly at the city administration and, in particular, at the transport councilor, Cosenza. They call the councilor "incapable of implementing a traffic plan, ensuring citizen safety, and restoring order and decorum to the historic center." Taxi drivers complain about the complete lack of initiatives to reduce private traffic and the lack of concern over the constant exceeding of fine particulate matter limits, suggesting, at the very least, the adoption of "environmental days" with driving bans.
The consequences of this management, according to the statement, are there for all to see: an "unstoppable degradation" further demonstrated by numerous accidents, such as the recent one that saw a fourteen-year-old girl hit by a motorbike in Fuorigrotta.
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Added to this are "permanently open construction sites" that transform the streets into "war zones," making traffic a "structural obstacle" for taxi services and public transport, which are also trapped in the same chaos.
"Everyone enters the city, even those with zero euros," the complaint continues. The union representatives wonder whether the city council and councilors "don't see what happens every day before their eyes, or whether they pretend not to see out of political calculation, ignorance, or laziness."
The final appeal is a request for "urban traffic relief" through modern planning in line with European regulations on sustainable mobility.
Ignoring the emergency, Ottaviano and Serpico conclude, means "condemning the city to a future of chaos and insecurity" and violating the right to liveability. Therefore, they are calling for "support, dignity, and respect" for those, like taxi drivers, who live and work every day amidst the chaos of Naples' traffic.
Comments (2)
I agree with the article: traffic is a real problem. The roads are always jammed with cars, and there's never a sign of any change that could improve the situation for residents.
The article discusses a very serious problem plaguing Naples, such as traffic and the lack of solutions. Taxi drivers are right to complain, but it remains to be seen whether the administration is doing anything about it.