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Hasselt people
UNESCOModule 2: Oetting to school
Patrick, age 12
HIlive in the old city centre. I like to visit my friends after school.
We go to the library, or play by the canal."
Angela, age 18
HIwork in an office in the city centre, but my home is about 5 km from
there. I can't drive to work any more. At the weekends, I meet up with
my friends in a city bar; we often go to one of the nightclubs."
Mrs Langveld, age 30
HMyhouse overlooks the Small Ring - we call it the Green Boulevard
now. My boy Leopold suffers from asthma, but I think it's better
since they changed the traffic system." ,
Mr Ruckert, age 47
HIhave been a bus driver in Hasselt for nearly twenty years. We've
seen some big changes. The Green Lines are very busy - there's a bus
every five minutes from the station to the city centre. My daughter
has just gained her bus-driver's licence and starts work next week."
Ms Macke, age 55
HIam a commercial traveller. Twice a week, I travel from Brussels to
Hasselt. I have to visit the shops in the city centre, and in the
suburbs. I carry a large case of samples to show the shopkeepers. I
am concerned that the car parks may get very full." I~~
Mr Martin, age 78
HIhave lived in Hasselt city centre all my life. I'm not very fit now -
the doctor says my lungs are packing up. I can walk about 100 metres
with the help of my stick. I'm worried that they'll put up my
taxes to pay for all these free buses."
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Choose one of the characters above. Think of all the different ways in which
they might have benefited from the Green Boulevard scheme, and how they
might have lost out.
Imagine that the city council is thinking about changing back to the old traffic
system. Write a letter to the Burgemeester (the mayor), putting the point of view
of your character.
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