How did it happen that new road signs were installed in Karolew and the whole estate became a tempo-30 zone?

We'd like to invite you to our meeting during which we'll try to answer all questions.

In our project Bezpieczne Miasto - Inna Droga (Safe City - a Different Way) we want to focus not only on the theory, but also on the engagement on the side of residents in order to implement changes in a particular area of the city. To proceed with such changes, we have chosen free model areas, each different and located on a different side of the city. They differ in location, but also residence structure. Julianów with its detached houses, Stare Polesie which mainly includes pre-war buildings, and Karolew - mainly full of blocks of flats with not many shorter buildings.

Thanks to co-operation with the road supervisor, we were able to put our ideas into practice. Mid-December 2015, first tempo-30 zone was introduced in Łódź - such a zone includes road engineering elements which aim at traffic calming. Of course it was not an entirely smooth ride. Media coverage focused mainly on a 5-metre long line which narrowed the road to such an extent that it made it impossible for more than one car to drive past it. The line was removed within 24 hours, but journalists were not interested in changes implemented in the whole area. 

The meeting will take place on January 18, 2016 (Monday), in LOKAL at 06.00 p.m..