Lawsuit against new bicycle road in Friedenau rejected: residents are subject to the Berlin Administrative Court

Lawsuit against new bicycle road in Friedenau rejected: residents are subject to the Berlin Administrative Court

According to a report by www.berliner-zeitung.de, it was recently known that the Berlin Administrative Court did not upheld the applications of residents against the establishment of a new bicycle road in Handjerystrasse in Friedenau. The residents had sued because the new bicycle road has a lot of car parking spaces to make room for cyclists. The court decided that the residents have no individual legal claim to parking facilities and that the bicycle road was necessary due to the high traffic density for bicycles.

The Handjerystrasse in Friedenau is an important north-south connection and is to be transformed into a bicycle road according to 2015. Many car parking spaces should be lost, which was criticized by residents and political parties. However, the administrative court has decided that the bicycle road is necessary for safety reasons, since the road width for the high bicycle traffic density in the street is not sufficient.

The district office also has other bicycle traffic projects, including the creation of protected cycling strips in Schöneberg. However, the planned changes are criticized and are criticized by the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC). This calls for a bicycle demonstration that is not only against the plans in Grunewaldstrasse, but also against an alleged bicycle traffic policy.