spring is here, but particularly in Berlin, the combat and the mob is scenes early in the Morning. Just in the middle of it is full of construction sites, which makes the space between the car and the wheel even tighter. Although the car city of Berlin, trying somehow to make the metamorphosis to the halfway radtauglichen metropolis and is in the new, on Tuesday presented the Bicycle climate Test 2018 of the General German Bicycle club, the best “Aufholer” in the cities with over 500,000 inhabitants.
at the same time, Berlin is among the cities with over half a Million inhabitants, Berlin is only 12. and so the last third against Dortmund and tail light Cologne. The first is here in Bremen. The most bike-friendly city finds itself for the first time, in Karlsruhe, Münster has replaced on the top spot. On the third place in the category of cities with 200,000 to 500,000 inhabitants, Freiburg, Braunschweig and Kiel follow.
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I personally find that the Situation for me as a cyclist in the last few years has improved. However, the claims are on the rise. The car-friendly city is replaced as a model in the population is slowly […].
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in Total, but there is growing frustration among the millions of cyclists in Germany – although motorists complain about the increasingly aggressive “Rambo cyclists”. A survey of 170,000 cyclists for the new ADFC-study showed that the total score of 3.9, so it has deteriorated to just a “Sufficient”, in the last survey in 2016, there was a 3.8.
“the fun of The cyclists decreases continuously,” said ADFC Federal Executive, Rebecca Peters. Most of the tab dealing with the wrong parkerizing is criticised in cities and municipalities, the block again and again, cycle lanes (grade 4,5). For the nationwide biennial survey were made in the autumn of 2018 via an Online survey of 32 questions to the bike-friendliness.
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to order Also very poor unfavorable Traffic lights for cyclists and the lack of width of the cycle lanes (both of which are based 4,4 are measured). It is particularly alarming from the point of view of the ADFC that the people always feel unsafe when Cycling (score of 4.2, compared to 3.9 in 2016). “The lack of a sense of security comes from bad or narrow bike paths and the proximity to the fast car traffic,” says Peters. 81 percent of respondents say it is important or very important to be from the car traffic are separated – the women there are even 86 percent.
Controversial helmet-campaign
the study in the Federal Ministry of transport, the master of the house, Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer (CSU), at least one of managed was Presented. On his campaign with female and male Models, the rest just wearing a Bicycle helmet, the saying “Looks like shit”. But saves my life” (translated: “Looks a bit shit, but it will save my life”), has been much debated.
In Kreuzberg found themselves at bus stops, stickers on the helmet-advertising with the Slogan: “Sexist Kackscheiße”. Berlin-Based Culture Of Dialogue. The transport Ministry has launched the campaign, which cost around 400,000 Euro, in collaboration with the TV show “Germany’s Next Topmodel”.
Scheuer emphasized, to improve the Radklimas especially the municipalities were asked: “a widespread avoid misunderstanding: The cities and municipalities for the control and Cycling routes on site to be responsible,” he said in Berlin. The Federal Ministry of transport promotes Cycling lanes on Federal roads, wheel paths, innovative model projects, such as, for example, for the testing of cargo bikes in logistics chains, cornering wizard, or endowed professorships for research and the training of qualified personnel. The Federal Ministry of transport ready to place alone in 2019 alone, around 200 million euros in funding for Cycling.
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Berlin had to accept least a lot of ridicule on zig-zag bike trails or in the shut-off lattice-ending cycle paths. Where it’s cut, well the theme Leifahrräder. Because there is less deficiency than from car traffic is clearly separated cycle routes. Almost anywhere you can in Berlin, as in the Danish Bicycle metropolis of Copenhagen, without the cross and lights on its own quickly due to the centre drive.
A swatter for the Berlin transport management
Berlin reached a total of the grade 4,3 – like two years ago. All cities over 200,000 inhabitants, is located in Berlin ranked 32 out of 39. In the Test in Berlin in 2016 was on course 36, 2014 at the 30th place and in 2012 ranked 24th. The current result of A swatter for the traffic management of the Senate.
two years Ago, transport Senator, Regine Günther (independent had commented, for Green), the disastrous Berlin the result: “The Bicycle infrastructure, the structure leaves much to be desired. Because more and more people hop on a bike and from responsibility for their safety, we need to invest more in Bicycle infrastructure, structure.“ Two years ago, she was not allowed to see the left, red-Red-Green was started at the time of the survey.
But now, after more than two years, the green transport policy, but the result is a Millimeter better. In fact, as good as any modern bike paths, apart from a few hundred meters in the wooden market street in the middle (one side only) and the hasenheide in Kreuzberg (for one year, the construction was interrupted) in the last two years, Yes.
May be these flagship projects have to a slight improvement in detail question 6 (“Bicycle promotion in the recent time”). Here, the city improved from 4.5 to 4.2. The only “Good” there was for many bikes, the second-best score is a 3.1 for “accessibility to the city centre”.
five for bike theft, cycle lane width and “conflict with a Car”
In the case of the Central question of “conflicts with a Car” is Berlin, with a grade of 5.1, in contrast, nationwide. Smooth fives for Bicycle theft, the width of the cycle paths and false Parker checks on bike paths. As reported, complain activists and ADFC for a long time, the inaction of the authorities against illegal Parker on bike paths.
the inventor of The referendum Bicycle, Heinrich Strößenreuther, had brought the times to the point: “the White color doesn’t help.” As a Standard now structurally separated bike paths are required, for example, with bollards or beacons. Just neukölln mayor Martin Hikel (SPD) has announced the first “protected” bike path for his district. A piece of the Karl-Marx-Straße is to receive between Hermann square and Reuter street is a “Protected Bike Lane” – however, only in the direction of the East.
A view to Brandenburg: Potsdam is located in the environmental test under the cities of between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants, on a good 5. Place with a score of 3,62. The grade average in these 41 cities is 4.08. The best in this group is Göttingen (3,35) and tail light Remscheid with touch 4,71.
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Expertise from Copenhagen, the Danish company is planning new bike paths in Berlin
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Otherwise it looks in the larger cities of the state of Brandenburg gloomy, Frankfurt/Oder (75) and Brandenburg/Havel (78) are located in the cities of between 50,000 and 100.00 inhabitants in the rear third of the table. Much better it looks in the smaller towns of under 50,000 inhabitants. Schwedt reached number 6, Oranienburg space 13. In this group, nationwide more than 300 cities were rated. Brandenburg is here Falkensee place on 277.
