The Time Is Ripe – Parking  Must Cost

The Time Is Ripe – Parking Must Cost

The New Bremen Politics of Parking The newly-elected Bremen coalition government has agreed ambitious changes to transport policy, and placed them at the forefront of the coalition agreement (Draft Agreement on Cooperation in a Government Coalition for Bremen,...
Platz Da! Bremen enters the Home Straight

Platz Da! Bremen enters the Home Straight

The collection of signatures for the citizen motion Platz Da! (we reported) is on the home straight. With the help of over 20 collectors and over 80 shop owners and businesses in Bremen, 4,500 supporters have signed the petition to date. To ensure the petition’s...
The Desperados of Schwachhausen

The Desperados of Schwachhausen

  Bremen’s Transport Development Plan is again under attack from the car-friendly city brigade. Just a few weeks after it decided to increase the number of parking spaces on the controversial Parkallee cycle street, the local council in Schwachhausen has proposed...
“Platz Da!” Moves Up A Gear

“Platz Da!” Moves Up A Gear

  The “Platz Da!” initiative has officially launched, as reported in the Weserkurier and on the telly. “Platz Da! Bremen “is involving a growing number of Bremen citizens who are working together for a better cycling and walking infrastructure,...