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| Lalu lintas malam di Wellawatte, Kolombo. Gambar via Flickr oleh Nazly |
Dewan Kota Kolombo baru-baru ini mengumumkan bahwa hari bebas mobil pertama di kota itu akan diadakan pada hari Minggu, 14 Juli 2019. Dewan ini bermitra dengan Kedutaan Besar Kerajaan Belanda di Sri Lanka untuk menyelenggarakan acara percontohan - dan Meskipun banyak yang memuji inisiatif ramah lingkungan ini, yang lain memperdebatkannya di media sosial.
Masalah keamanan
Banyak wanita, misalnya, mengatakan bahwa mobil memberi mereka perlindungan yang sangat dibutuhkan dari pelecehan seksual. Mengemudi memungkinkan mereka untuk menghindari berjalan di jalan-jalan atau naik transportasi umum.
Pelecehan di jalanan adalah kenyataan sehari-hari bagi sebagian besar wanita di Sri Lanka. Studi Dana Populasi PBB (UNFPA) 2015 menemukan bahwa 90 persen wanita yang disurvei mengalami pelecehan di jalan saat menggunakan transportasi umum. Dari insiden-insiden ini, 74 persen bersifat fisik dan termasuk sentuhan yang tidak diinginkan.
Dalam nada ini, jurnalis Marianne David tweeted:
No, I will not support car-free Colombo. I can barely walk 100 metres without some sick pervert or inbred idiot saying something perverted or stupid to me or making some strangled sound - today's was a meow, of all bloody sounds, a MEOW. So no, no car-free Colombo for me, thanks.
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Dia kemudian menambahkan:
Tomorrow is #CarFreeCMB day & I wish the event the best. It's a good start which I hope brings about positive change. I am not anti-car free, I am anti-street harassment, which is a lot more important to me, & I hope our voices will help birth a street harassment free Sri Lanka.
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Manfaat lingkungan
Lalu lintas di ibukota Sri Lanka telah memburuk dalam beberapa waktu terakhir karena meningkatnya kendaraan bermotor - termasuk kendaraan roda tiga - di jalan-jalannya. Menurut angka resmi , jumlah kendaraan naik 67 persen menjadi 7,2 juta pada 2017, dari 4,8 juta pada 2012. Pada 2017, dengan populasi 21 juta, Sri Lanka memiliki rasio kendaraan terhadap orang 1: 3.
Beberapa netizen memuji langkah ini:
Car-free Sunday, initiated by Embassy of Netherlands in Sri Lanka with CMC, aims to reduce our dependency on motor vehicles & to help realize how vehicle emissions is the largest contributor to air pollution & climate change.
Let's try walking & cycling!@Joan_ned #CarFreeCMB
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Duta Besar Belanda juga terlihat berjalan (atau paling tidak mengendarai) pembicaraan, ketika dia bepergian kembali dari konferensi pers dengan sepedanya. Menurut penyelenggara acara, orang-orang dapat menunjukkan dukungan mereka untuk " CarFreeCMB " dengan bepergian dengan berjalan kaki, sepeda, skateboard, atau sarana non-bermotor lainnya:
Dutch Ambassador Joanne Doornewaard is seen cycling back to the Embassy after a joint news conference with Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake today where they announced the CarfreeCMB programme to be held on July 14, 2019.
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Re-imagine how we could use our streets if they were car-free for a morning. On 14th July from 6.00am-12.00pm, selected streets will be open exclusively to pedestrians and cyclists. Join in on foot, skateboard, bicycle or rollerblades to stay fit and eat clean. #CarFreeCMB
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Namun, pengguna Twitter Sanduni Hettigoda merasa bahwa acara tersebut hanya menggores permukaan masalah:
There is no point having a car-free Colombo unless the state addresses the root causes of traffic and pollution. For example, they can introduce more electric charging points, reduce the prices of electric cars, give easy access to solar power.
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Yang lain mempertanyakan kemanjuran inisiatif ini, karena hari bebas mobil berlaku hanya untuk sebagian kecil kota dan hanya memengaruhi kendaraan pribadi:
1) why bill it as a ‘debate’ 2) #carfreecmb isn’t going to apply to public transport only to personal use cars AFAIK 3) honestly shocked how the element of class privilege/socio-economic capacity isn’t being handled properly or even acknowledged here aljazeera.com/ajimpact/car-f…
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@Rosy_Senanayake 's proposed "car-free day" is not a car free day, but a day of road closures. See the map for the stretch that will be closed and how main trunk routes will be blocked forcing motorists to take longer D-tours.
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Faktanya, pengguna Twitter Shamika Kulasingham tidak yakin bahwa hari bebas mobil akan benar-benar mempengaruhi perubahan jangka panjang:
Thought it was a great idea till I realized it was for a limited time in a limited space. #CarFreeCMB is more dangerous than sustainable as it will only result in feel good activism. Alternative- improve public transport so that more people will travel in it. twitter.com/leisurepluslk/…
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Namun, bagi Radha Withanachchi, masalah manfaat lingkungan jangka panjang dan keselamatan perempuan tidak dapat dipisahkan:
I’m all for reducing pollution (it’s a necessity!)but #CarFreeCMB will only be a glossy one time event, until public transport & public spaces are safe for women. twitter.com/kavindya_T/sta…
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Anupama Ranawana setuju:
Frankly unsettled by the furor to the point of being genuinely confused. Is anyone shocked that there’s sexual harassment on streets/in public transport? Are car-owning/car-driving women of colombo honestly saying they won’t give up their cars for one day? Am I missing something?
What you point is the privilege at the heart of #carfreecmb campaign. Folk who use buses/tuks /walk hv to navigate myriad challenges incl overcrowding, bad service, unhygienic conditions, sex harassment. If campaign really wanted to go care free it would try for transformation.
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Saat ini, satu-satunya "transformasi" yang terlihat adalah dalam bentuk Sistem Transit Kereta Api Kolombo , yang akan mulai beroperasi pada tahun 2021 dan diperkirakan akan meringankan banyak kesengsaraan lalu lintas saat ini di ibukota Sri Lanka:
I really hope #ColomboLightRail is going to minimize my 7.5 km commute which takes one and a half hours now! And massively contribute to #CarFreeCMB
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Mengubah budaya pelecehan seksual tidak semudah itu.