Tires on the tracks, railroads, buses on the..

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Victoria Grelewicz

The Advisory Marshal of the Sejm and Vice-President of the Left, activist of the Left and east Initiative. A postgraduate of diploma studies, presently a student of administration and studies on migration. Professionally linked to Parliament, where it deals with social affairs, public policy and communication.

Andrzej Strałkowski

Member of the Last Generation, postgraduate of law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, PhD student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences (GSSR) at the Institute of doctrine and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His technological work focuses on the adaptation and operationalisation of the post-growth and post-growth demands by translating them into the language of draft legal acts. In particular, it focuses on non-profit businesses (not-for-profit), social practice theories and fair social transformations. It besides deals with energy law, in peculiar distributed social energy.

With Wiktoria Grelewicz, advisor to the Marshal of the Sejm, and Andrzej Łotkowski, a associate of the Last Generation, talks to Rafał Górski, editor-in-chief of the Week of civilian Affairs.

1 truck affects the road like a journey of 3 200,000 passenger cars.
Peter Scup, ‘1 TIR destroys the road like 160,000 passenger cars? That's not true!”

The competent municipal council (city) may also, by means of a resolution, impose a ban on all or selected roads or sections thereof within the limits of the municipality, vehicles and combinations of vehicles with a maximum permissible weight exceeding 30 or 35 tonnes.
Polish bill on reconstruction of Polish railways and bus transport and on saving jobs on freight railways

On March 30, 1996, the Green Federation, the Ecological Transport Society and the Association of Residents of the Border Settlements, representing residents of districts threatened by the construction of the A4 motorway, organized a picket under the Provincial Office in Krakow. The slogans on our banners are: “OUTOSTRADY – ROADS TO... NOBODY” and: “ THEIR EXPERTS, WITH OUR TRUTH”. In addition to information about motorways, more general statements devoted to pathological car subculture were of large interest. 1 of the passersby gave us as an expression of appreciation for the large donations – it was adequate for any paints and banner sticks. In the leaflets, we tried to emphasize the overthrow of popular myths that highways are economical development, jobs, fuel savings. There was besides information on the wellness impacts and actual costs and planned charges.
Olaf Swolkień, Green Brigades

“Tiri on the tracks” is simply a civic run that began in 1996. How and why is the Seym Left and the Last Generation fighting present to get the trucks to land on the tracks?
The Polish draft Act on the Reconstruction of Polish Railways and Bus Transport and on the Saving of Jobs on Freight Railway gives the municipalities real power: they can pass a ban on entry of TIRs above 30-35 tonnes on their full territory or on selected roads – provided that they justify this with health, environment or safety. How many municipalities in Poland will actually usage this tool and what will this change in the regular lives of people?
The bill includes an work for large logistics companies – any goods gotta go by rail, otherwise they pay a replacement fee. On the another hand, fresh economical zones and large warehouses must be close to the railway siding. How are these 2 mechanisms together expected to force logistics to change habits and isn't that the "game chainer" which the railway in Poland needs for years?

What would be the real social and economical impact in the next 10 years if the law were implemented.
Will the bill last the opposition of the road lobby? How do you measure the chances of her being admitted to the Sejm?
What can average citizens do to support the revolution on tracks and roads?
What crucial question has no 1 yet asked you on the topics we are talking about? And what is the answer to that question?