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Bicycle street in Schöneberg: Construction work will start soon - this is how it continues!
Construction work on the bicycle route will begin in Tempelhof-Schöneberg from September 2025 with a focus on traffic safety and improved bicycle traffic.
Bicycle street in Schöneberg: Construction work will start soon - this is how it continues!
On September 12, 2025, construction work to convert Monumentenstraße and Langenscheidtstraße into a bicycle street will begin. This was announced today by [berlin.de]. During the construction period, closures and parking bans are necessary in the affected areas to ensure the safety of construction workers and cyclists.
The first step of the construction work includes milling the road surface. Marking work and the installation of signs follow. The aim is to complete the work by the end of October 2025, assuming good weather conditions. The new cycle road will provide priority access for cyclists, while only residents with motor vehicles will be allowed to use the road.
Improvements for cyclists
Extensive safety measures are planned to increase safety for cyclists. Regular pictograms, green markings on the lane and large red markings at junctions will be installed. In addition, the area where door openings may occur is specially marked. In addition, new parking options will be created for bicycles, cargo bikes and small electric vehicles.
Another aspect of the construction project is the conversion of the perpendicular parking on Langenscheidtstrasse: Here, the northern side will be converted to parallel parking. Furthermore, selective renovation work is planned on the road surface and at the Crellestrasse intersection. These measures are intended to significantly improve road safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
In the future, the Langenscheidt Bridge will only be usable as a one-way street in a westerly direction for motor vehicles. This will also reorganize the distribution of traffic at this point to ensure safety for all road users. The new cycle streets in Schöneberg, including Monumentenstrasse and Langenscheidtstrasse, create an essential connection between Wilmersdorf, Schöneberg and Kreuzberg. In the west they lead to the new cycle traffic facility on Grunewaldstrasse.
Statistics and developments in cycling
The growth of cycling traffic is reflected not only in the new infrastructure, but also in the continuous traffic counts that have been carried out in Berlin since 1983. The data from these counts provide information about the use of bicycles as a means of transport in the city. Automatic counting points have gradually been put into operation in recent years, including 19 in 2022. These systems enable detailed monitoring of cycling traffic levels and record fluctuations that can be influenced by, for example, weather conditions berlin.de explains.
This data is regularly evaluated in the spring, with the collected information being checked for plausibility. In recent years it has become clear that more and more people are using bicycles as an environmentally friendly and practical means of transport. This is reflected not only in the statistics, but also in the increasing interest in electric bicycles, which is served by various types such as Pedelecs, S-Pedelecs and E-Bikes, as adfc.de notes.
The construction work and the statistics show that Berlin is still on the right track to expand the cycling infrastructure and make cycling more attractive and safe.