The project to create a second pedestrian floor in the Tlalpan Causeway, proposed by the Head of Government, Clara Brugadawas recognized by opposition legislators and a researcher in mobility of the UNAMwho endorsed privilege he welfare of pedestrians, however, the feasibility and soil studies.
The master in Sustainable Development and Architecture by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Antonio Suarez Bonillaconsidered it, in an interview with 24 HORAS, as an avant-garde project, without similar precedents in other cities, but one with high intention to promote viability and connect the Tlalpan crossing, in addition to the south and center of the capital.
“This is a maintenance project for the Metro and to help the City, it is a project for which there is not much background, but the interesting thing about this is that they are going to use the resources in a multifunctional way because it will cover the Metro, it will make it more efficient; It will unite the city and will also generate a new public space. It seems to me to be a cutting-edge proposal that has to be very well implemented.“Very well thought out,” he commented.
For the coordinator of the Mobility and Green Infrastructure Laboratory (LabMov), from the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM, In addition to a mobility issue, the project would seek to make the service more efficient on Line 2 of the Public Transport System (STC) Metro, which is affected during the rainy season.
“He Metro in Mexico It rolls with rubber wheels on a metal surface that is a rail, so it creates some problems in the rainy season, making it much slower and much less efficient,” he explained.
legislators of PAN in it Congress capital did not reject the project, however, they stated that it is necessary to thoroughly understand the land use studies and their viability.
“From my point of view it is a good project, but there are more urgent things in the City, such as the water issue (…) I think that the Ciudad “Right now it has much more critical priorities than thinking about an air corridor above the Metro, it is a good idea, but first let’s resolve what is urgent,” asked deputy Ricardo Rubio.
The PAN legislator Andres Atayde He considered it necessary to make pedestrians the protagonist on the existing roads and not relegate them to a second floor.