The pilot initiative introduced this morning by the Kunsill Studenti Universitarji (KSU) concerns a method of promoting car-pooling amongst University students. This encourages one driver to have as much as 4 passengers in one car, hence reducing 4 more cars on the road.
Its use has been recommended and supported in Malta for a very long time since traffic is daily issue for any driver on Maltese roads.
Car park 4 (near quad) will be strictly reserved from 7 a.m. till 1 p.m. for those students taking part in this initiative. The security guard will be making sure that those who enter this area are 1 driver with 2 or more passengers, both holding 2 valid parking permits — being that of the driver and of the respective passengers.
This strategy is an effort to try and deviate from the increasing problem of traffic on our roads and from the grave issue of parking at University, where students have to either wait for someone to leave or park in another place which is not on University grounds.
This shall hopefully aid beat the problem whilst keeping in mind that it is still a pilot project being introduced for the next 2 months. I have already seen various posts by University students on social media judging this system — yet, I suggest we all wait to see the progress before coming to our own conclusions.
Others have already posted in University groups offering to start making use of this system. As announced by the KSU Facebook page:
Our main aim is to instigate a change in mentality – KSU
As a council, KSU has always tried to invent new concepts and tried different systems with regard to this parking issue. One might consider that what actually needs a change is the student’s mentality on car-pooling.
Many will still prefer their own car obviously, but why rub salt to the wound? Why not try to cooperate with each other and solve an issue which has been causing problems for a very long time?
This system will commence as from tomorrow.
