Zebra Crossing – no chance in Bremen?

Zebra Crossing – no chance in Bremen?

There are hardly any zebra crossings in Bremen. Why is that so? Don’t they offer pedestrians safety? Do they disturb the car traffic? Are they too expensive to produce? Zebra crossings are – strictly speaking – a stopgap in places where car traffic...
Walking Check in Bremen

Walking Check in Bremen

At present, the share of foot traffic in Bremen is at its lowest level (21%), less is not possible. And this is because the conditions for foot traffic in Bremen are very poor. In order to draw attention to the numerous shortcomings to which everyone has become...
Parking Day: Or how to civilise a traffic hell

Parking Day: Or how to civilise a traffic hell

The Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse in the Neustadt district of Bremen is heavily congested, or better said: a four-lane traffic hell.  People who live on this road are exposed to unbearable levels of noise and air pollution every day. Because this road – 30 m wide,...
Parkallee in Bremen: Missing the Target

Parkallee in Bremen: Missing the Target

  Good Things Come To Those Who Wait? Parkallee in Bremen is part of a planned Premium Route for cycling that runs from the university in the north to the city centre. For too long, this 500 metre section between Am Stern and the city’s main railway lines has...