Berlin could soon set the bar for human-centered cities around the world, now that a long-sought ballot measure is finally being released from political limbo.
I’ve just been to Berlin last week. There are barely any cars in central Berlin anyway. Whatever they do it’s already working without the need for a special regulation (and associated problems of trying to legislate everyday behavior).
They do lack pedestrian streets, but that’s not the issue here.
I’m afraid this move will just be seen as politically antagonistic without any real benefits.
No I didn’t, but I did notice a relative lack of dedicated bicycle infrastructure. Not the worst ever, but in too many places the bike path shares space with a pedestrian sidewalk.
There are barely any cars in central Berlin anyway.
Can you specify which “central” Berlin? the “center” or rather centers of Berlin are many and big. And most of them are choked full of cars. The government district and Tiergarten, which is a big park are a bit of an exception. Although there is the whole roundabout the Siegessäule with 5 or so three lanes per direction, streets leading off of it and regularly being full with traffic.
The center West around Zoologischer Garten and Kurfürstendamm is a complete car-brained nightmare and the center East around Alexanderplatz is until Brandenburger Tor is a bit less crazy but still quite a bit. However when you get to the streets leading up there, it is complete madness.
For the Siegessäule see the picture and imagine it to be mostly full.
I’ll agree that the traffic was not bad at all. I was expecting much worse! But given how good the public transport system is there, I think if I lived there I’d only ever use a car to travel out of Berlin rather than within it.
I’ve just been to Berlin last week. There are barely any cars in central Berlin anyway. Whatever they do it’s already working without the need for a special regulation (and associated problems of trying to legislate everyday behavior).
They do lack pedestrian streets, but that’s not the issue here.
I’m afraid this move will just be seen as politically antagonistic without any real benefits.
Did you ride a bike? Berlin is good for pedestrians (in many parts) but often life-threatening for bikes.
There’s defenetly worse urbanism in many other places but that doens’t make ours good.
No I didn’t, but I did notice a relative lack of dedicated bicycle infrastructure. Not the worst ever, but in too many places the bike path shares space with a pedestrian sidewalk.
Can you specify which “central” Berlin? the “center” or rather centers of Berlin are many and big. And most of them are choked full of cars. The government district and Tiergarten, which is a big park are a bit of an exception. Although there is the whole roundabout the Siegessäule with 5 or so three lanes per direction, streets leading off of it and regularly being full with traffic.
The center West around Zoologischer Garten and Kurfürstendamm is a complete car-brained nightmare and the center East around Alexanderplatz is until Brandenburger Tor is a bit less crazy but still quite a bit. However when you get to the streets leading up there, it is complete madness.
For the Siegessäule see the picture and imagine it to be mostly full.
Did you happen to be there when traffic was blocked off in the centre, by any chance? Because there are shit tons of cars around usually.
Berlin? Last week? No shit, me too!
I went to see Linkin Park 🤘
I’ll agree that the traffic was not bad at all. I was expecting much worse! But given how good the public transport system is there, I think if I lived there I’d only ever use a car to travel out of Berlin rather than within it.
Found out about the concert when I tried to visit the Olympic stadium and it was closed for visitors 🙂