The pop-up bike paths have to go away again?

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The pop-up bike paths have to go away again?

The pop-up bike paths have to go away again?-does matter Video shows wheel

dpa / boris roessler / dpa Cyclists and pedestrians use the roadway on the Mainkai in the amount of the Roman mountain.

Cities like Munich and Berlin used the Corona time to release car traces for cyclists. An opinion concludes now: without justification "Pop-up"-Bike paths are not installed. It takes a long dispute.

At the peak of the Corona Pandemic in March and April, public transport has not been recommended – many commuters rose to the car. In the city, cycling also experienced a boom. And that – at least in friendly weather – also stop. Many cities therefore locked lanes for cars, so cyclists on the "Pop-up"-Cycles have more space. With mixed results: cyclists are looking forward to the "New distribution of the traffic area", You want to prevail many municipalities for a long time – car commuters are annoyed. In addition, the bike paths cause long traffic jams, which can be observed in Munich and Stuttgart. That in turn annoys not only motorists, but also many residents.

Legal report: Cycling paths must be justified

Once again "Berliner Morgenpost" and the RBB report, now sets a legal opinion at least some of the new wheel showers in question. "The introduction of so-called pop-up bike paths in Berlin at the beginning of the Corona pandemic could not be legally permissible in this form. This is from an opinion of the scientific service in the Berlin House of Representatives, which the FDP has commissioned", reports the RBB. The expert is concluded that pop-up bike paths are only permissible if cyclists are particularly at risk on the route. The assumption that road traffic is generally dangerous for cyclists, are not enough. "The Senate had cited as a reason for the establishment of temporary cycling strips, for cyclists, due to the Corona pandemic, there is an increased risk of infection because a minimum distance of 1.5 meters often can not be adhered to. Therefore, especially wide wheel traces have been applied. In the opinion of the scientific service of the Berlin House of Representatives, it is now said that all traffic restrictions are only permitted for reasons of security and order of transport. In addition, cyclists are legally obliged to drive one behind the other – the minimum distance of 1.5 meters would also have to be guaranteed", reports the RBB.

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The pop-up bike paths have to go away again?-paths

Thousands of violations every day: red traffic light? does not matter! Video shows wheel rambos in action

Danger of infection in the outside air does not exist

In fact, no cyclist has to worry about stacking while driving. The Lung Medical Professor Dieter KOhler, whose expertise has also been part of improved treatment strategies of Covid patients in intensive care stations, declared: "The sampled aerosols with the viruses wander up with the warm exhaled air. Normally they dry very quickly, causing the viruses to be destroyed. The warmer the air is, the faster they are destroyed. Therefore, there are also virtually no contagion on the outside air, where they rise upwards and also quickly blown away. In a study of secured CA. 7500 contacts were found outside only a source of infection", So KOhler. "That is, no masks are required on the outside air. Also the distance is actually superfluous outside", so the physician continues.

As justification for pop-up bike paths, Corona can not serve; Improved traffic safety against it. But that would have to be proven, especially since the pop-up bike paths can also cause negative effects like more traffic jams. The FDP in Berlin now demands that every new pop-up bike path is checked. If he has proven to improve the traffic situation, a pop-up bike path could remain, otherwise he should be back to normal lane.

Frankfurt: Test phase for more cycling could become permanent state

Also in Frankfurt there are discussion needs to the new bike paths. The street is just under a kilometer long, but it ensures a lot of dispute: The Mainkai in Frankfurt, which was locked a year ago for car traffic. The traffic attempt will soon end with August, although numerous initiatives use for an extension. The coalition from CDU, SPD and Greens ruling in the main metropolis has not been able to agree on a joint approach. Since the end of July 2019, the route is reserved on the northern shore between Unterminkai and old bridge flaneurs and cyclists.

The Frankfurt SPD, which has also fundamentally pronounced for a car-free city center, wants to continue the traffic attempt. Background is also that an accompanying traffic count has no statement due to the Corona Pandemic. But the co-regending CDU is strictly against it. "We will take the attempt from the 31. Not continued august, "says their transport expert Martin Daum. His party is for a car army, but not car-free city center. At the Mainkai could be created more space for pedestrians and cyclists and still driving cars.

Daum says the blocking made for a shift of the traffic to Sachsenhausen south of the Main. A citizens’ initiative there sees the same and therefore consists of the early release of the meakais. The route is considered important east-west connection, around 20.000 Motorists used them daily before blocking.

Initiatives and clubs for more cycling are still hoping for another solution. Last weekend, you have organized a symbolic occupation of the Mainkais, further actions are planned for the coming days. A online petition started out of the SPD have more than 10.000 people connected.

"It’s not just about the Mainufer, but to a sustainable overall concept of the city that is missing so," says the speaker of the initiative "Mainkai for all", Andreas citizens. SPD and Greens, who had pronounced for an extension of the blocking, should now also coordinate accordingly – if necessary against their coalition partner CDU.

Elsewhere, the city has already been able to build surfaces to build bike paths, even on the large entry and exit lines. Recently, in the Braubachstrabe leading to ROmerberg, parking spaces in place for outdoor gastronomy and storage areas for bicycles were converted.

SV / with DPA material

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One thought on “The pop-up bike paths have to go away again?”

  1. Logical
    The coming to the bad season (for cyclists) again and next spring go back from the beginning. There is hardly anyone with the bike in winter…

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