EcoMobility Month moves on social media

01 October 2015 - 12:09 By RDM News Wire

Many slated it. Many encouraged it. Others took a wait-and-see approach. EcoMobility Month was moving on social media on Thursday morning as it kicked off in Sandton.Gauteng MEC for Transport @ismailvadi has officially launched Transport Month!https://t.co/frW01RV8N1 … @CityofJoburgZA#EcoMobility— joburgtoday.tv (@JoburgToday) October 1, 2015asyncOctober will see the restriction of access for personal vehicles to Sandton’s CBD to encourage the use of other modes of transport.This‚ the City of Johannesburg believes‚ will reap economic and environmental benefits by reducing congestion.@MagicMcSparkles was unimpressed by the inconvenience and tweeted:#EcoMobility month sounds like an impending disaster.Really though;they want to run experiments so bad,start with somewhere less important!— Ujala Aman (@MagicMcSparkles) October 1, 2015async@FuthiDali sardonically posted:Thank you #EcoMobility for the heavy traffic pic.twitter.com/9IaTNzf9UU— Futhi Dali (@FuthiDali) October 1, 2015async; which was echoed by ‏@ancillarmangena: “i am dreading this #EcoMobility month. Sandton traffic is already bad enough”.@ThomasBaloyi19 ‚ however‚ took a positive approach:I really hope that #EcoMobility month becomes a total success! Shout out to the organisers— Thomas Baloyi (@ThomasBaloyi19) October 1, 2015async; while ‏@shazcoli tweeted simply: “#ecomobility festival = awesome”.‏@Geckocrater acknowledged that he would be put out a bit‚ but welcomed the project:Soooo excited about Sandton's new green cycle stripe! Now just to get through the gauntlet to reach this 1000m of safety!! #EcoMobility— David (@Geckocrater) October 1, 2015async‏@Entle_Singo was cautiously curious: “Very interested to see how #EcoMobility goes”...

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