Safe routes to school: one-way street and new bicycle bars in Wilmersdorf!

Safe routes to school: one-way street and new bicycle bars in Wilmersdorf!

Construction work will be carried out on Pfalzburger Straße in Wilmersdorf from August 27th to 29th, 2025, which represents an important measure to improve road safety for the school children of the Nelson Mandela Primary School. During this period, the section between Düsseldorfer Straße and Hohenzollerndamm will become a one-way street. Motor vehicles are only allowed to drive from Düsseldorfer Straße towards Hohenzollerndamm, while cyclists can continue to use Pfalzburger Straße in both directions. From August 27, 2025, the entrance from Hohenzollerndamm to Pfalzburger Straße will also be closed to motor vehicles. Residents are asked to park their vehicles in accordance with the new regulations, as berlin.de reports.

The parent representatives of the Nelson Mandela School, in collaboration with the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office, have published a joint statement to improve safety on the way to school. Previous misunderstandings about responsibility for implementing a temporary school street have been cleared up. This school route will continue for another week before a final decision is made by the parent representatives. A recent traffic count showed that before School Street was introduced, around 60 vehicles were on the road during the peak period between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. After the school street was established, the number of vehicles was reduced to approximately 20, which underlines the effectiveness of this measure. Further information on this can be found at [berliner-zeitung.de](https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/charlottenburg-wie-die-schulwege-an-der-nelson-mandela-schule-sicherer- Werden-sollen-li.2275486).

Planned security measures

Structural and traffic control measures are being considered for the coming year. These include, among other things, the introduction of a one-way street regulation and the improvement of the visual axes on Pfalzburger Straße. The measures are to be implemented gradually next spring, although some may possibly start earlier on a provisional basis, depending on planning, tendering and weather. The school will also examine the possibility of reintroducing student pilot services under the new conditions. Further speed-reducing measures are also to be introduced in the immediate vicinity of the school.

The discussion about road safety in schools is part of a broader debate about the mobility transition in Germany. It is often emphasized that effective measures to keep children safe on the way to school are necessary to ensure that they can reach educational institutions safely. According to riffreporter.de, it is essential that such initiatives are supported not only locally, but also at a national level in order to bring about sustainable change in transport policy.