by Beatrix Wupperman | Sep 19, 2019
(The following is taken from the original text) Lots of dosh for car traffic – hardly anything for foot and bicycle According to a study by the University of Kassel, car traffic in Bremen receives a subsidy of 156 euros per inhabitant per year, public transport...
by Beatrix Wupperman | Aug 7, 2019
The new Draft Agreement on Cooperation in a Government Coalition for Bremen, 2019-2023 (from now on here called Koa Treaty) promises to install resident parking, to ban illegal parking and to push back the illegal practice of parking on pavements with two wheels....
by Beatrix Wupperman | May 10, 2019
After this week’s Buten un Binnen Wahl Lokal broadcast failed to address the self-proclaimed second most important issue in the forthcoming election (transport), we thought we would be helpful and provide a summary of the main parties’ positions. Seven parties...
by Beatrix Wupperman | Feb 14, 2019
People who are involved with transport politics are continuously confronted with the issue of safety. Bike lanes are rejected, supposedly because of safety, while others demand them for exactly the same reasons. Cycling on the road is recommended by some as being...
by Beatrix Wupperman | Dec 3, 2018
Who would have believed that? Wasn’t the rule of law abolished in Bremen? Didn’t they allow everyone to park illegally, on pavements, on cycle paths, on junctions, in the park, you name it? No, a judge bravely decided: legally parked cars cannot be towed away...
