Private Parking Privileges vs. Priorities
Often "the devil is in the details" and the issue of this message is definitely a detail. However we consider the wrong priority setting by the management as the devil in this case and we fear that it is just the tip of the iceberg. We received many complaints about a proliferation of the number of reserved private parking places for some privileged colleagues. Since a specific parking place is even in a restricted/pedestrian zone we have sent a note to the President of the road safety committee and asked him - since safety is at stake - to not allow private parking anymore in this zone and to check already granted permissions. We also have written that only in exceptional cases cars could be allowed in these zones, but without parking rights unless for colleagues with a reduced mobility. Further to that we insisted to apply the principle of equal treatment of all staff and that for parking areas the same rules should apply in Brussels as well as in Ispra. Since it was not safety related, we kept the following reflection out of our note: How is it possible that on one hand the JRC is involved in many positive initiatives like the commitment for EMAS registration and the recent sustainable mobility event, but that on the other hand a less sustainable car is parked in front of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability? We believe that this is a strong but wrong signal and not a good image for the JRC.
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