Parkplatz protest in Berlin: Laubenpiepers fight for their places!

Parkplatz protest in Berlin: Laubenpiepers fight for their places!

In the heart of Berlin-Wedding, a conflict between old traditions and modern traffic concepts is based. In the "Quartier Napoleon", around 300 parking spaces threaten to disappear into a bicycle road due to the conversion of the Charles Corcelle ring. The Greens initiated this to increase traffic safety for cyclists. But the allotment gardeners are angry. They are forced to demonstrate against this project - a vivid symbiosis in protest and lived community spirit is announced. As reported BZ-Berlin , the protest campaign is already advertised for the next Saturday, in which the striking messages such as "is the parking lot, our pensioners have to become the activity area of ​​resistance.

planned bicycle road and resistance

Those affected, mainly older allotment gardeners, rely on their vehicles because the next bus stop is at least ten minutes away. A conversation with traffic city councilor Christopher Schriner, also from the Greens, did not bring the hoped -for backing; He defended the project with reference to safety in road traffic. "The primary goal is to increase traffic safety for cycling throughout the country in Berlin," Schriner told B.Z.
Despite resistance from residents who take action against similar measures in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg, it can be seen that judicial disputes do not necessarily cause the bicycle streams to be reversed. In one case, the conversion of the Handjery-Straße into a bicycle road that will also cost over 100 parking spaces was considered necessary by an administrative court. Here the court justified the decision with the high risk situation for cyclists on this strongly frequented street, such as quite energetic .

These developments show that the debate about the loss of parking spaces and the creation of safe cycle paths in Berlin increases in intensity. While some measures seem essential against the background of the turnaround, others are desperately fighting for their usual parking situation and the associated mobility. The oldest demonstrator, a 92-year-old allotment gardener, will be there on Saturday to fight together with his colleagues for their interests-an impressive sign of resistance to change in urban mobility.