Kantstrasse in Charlottenburg: Cycle path is removed - fire brigade urgently needed!

Kantstrasse in Charlottenburg: Cycle path is removed - fire brigade urgently needed!

Kantstraße, 10625 Berlin, Deutschland - The Berlin transport administration is planning comprehensive changes on Kantstraße in Charlottenburg, which affect the existing bike path between Wilmersdorfer Straße and Bleibtreustrasse. Like rbb24 , this cycle path is to be removed in order to set up a common trace for buses and cyclists. This is done in response to the criticism, which says that the current road layout makes the operations of fire engines considerably more difficult.

The pop-up cycle path was implemented during the Corona pandemic and has proven to be inadequate. Critics point out that the bike path does not offer enough space for emergency vehicles, which hinders the emergency services in their work. In the future road layout, parking space on the right side of the road, a bus ponder lane with approval for bicycle traffic on the left and a lane for other traffic are planned.

delays and challenges

The planned changes do not come without controversy. The district administration has 14 days to object and give comments on the changes, but is put under pressure to quickly implement the changes. Otherwise, the transport administration threatens to advance the implementation itself. The district's proposal to make the median for fire engines can be used as unrealistic and too expensive.

The citizens' initiative and various cyclists have exerted massive pressure on the city administration in the past after a fatal accident in Kantstraße has uncovered the risks of the inadequate cycling infrastructure. Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf had already named roads for cycle paths several weeks ago in order to meet the needs of cyclists, but lags behind other districts such as Kreuzberg. Where a separated bike path was created in Kreuzberg within two days, there are still open questions in Charlottenburg and no concrete completion dates, such as berlin.de . These counting points help to analyze long -term developments in cycling and the data collected are evaluated in an annual report.

The current plans for changing Kantstraße are part of a more comprehensive endeavor to improve the cycling infrastructure in Berlin, but the pressure on the responsible city councilor Christiane Heiß (Greens) is growing, since the implementation of the cycling projects in the district remains. The SPD faction also expresses resentment about the lack of implementation and demands faster progress for safe bike paths in the district.