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On the 15th May 2012 under the project SUSTRANS Green Mazovia organized a meeting on energy efficiency in the Polish transport policy. The meeting was attended by representatives of two ministries (transport and environment), the city hall, the public transport authority, the traffic and transport office, the environmental protection office and by non governmental organizations.
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On the meeting the main obstacles and possibilities in working towards the following energy efficient solutions were identified:
The guests of the meeting agreed that the main obstacle is caused by the insufficient national law regulations.
Regarding the system of on-street paid parking zones the fee limit set by the national law for the first hour of parking is too low. It would be also fruitful to extend the limit of hours when paid parking can be applied. The local administration should have more possibilities to adapt rules in parking zones to their needs.
Concerning low transport emission zones it is important to bring into the law the legal basis for the creation of such zones. It would be also necessary to improve the system of technical control of vehicles.
Concerning traffic calming zones there is a need to make the technical rules of road building less restrictive or to introduce ministerial guidelines for the creation of traffic calming zones. The only legal traffic calming device is the traffic bump while it is not the only device that could be used.
The practical results of the meeting are the following: