The Hungarian government says fencing off bike paths is dangerous

The safety bollards “unprofessionally installed” to protect bicycle paths along Budapest’s Váci and Üllői avenues are “dangerous and will cause traffic jams”, and hinder ambulances and police, Bence Rétvári, state secretary at the interior ministry, told MTI on Monday.

Rétvári slammed Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for taking “pseudo-measures” and taking lanes away from vehicular traffic rather than providing new bike paths.

He insisted that the bollards had been installed without preliminary consultations and the move had “created incomprehension and fear”. “Nobody had considered how much trouble it would cause to ambulance and police cars, and firefighters.” “It is important for the city to take measures which will assist the work of ambulance staff, police, and firefighters, rather than ones that would actually hinder and jeopardise them,” Rétvári said.

Source: MTI