Cycle Streets

Cycle Streets: Do content and label match?

Cycle Streets: Do content and label match?

Cycle Streets in Bremen: Purpose and Reality Fahrradstraßen - Cycle Streets - are seen, alongside cycle lanes, cycle tracks, protective strips and more, as a tool to promote cycling. The basic concept - according to Germany’s road traffic regulations - is a road...

Scharnhorststraße Plans – Who Benefits?

Scharnhorststraße Plans – Who Benefits?

Last month, on 24th November, the Office for Road Traffic (ASV) made public its plans for the conversion of Scharnhorststraße to a Cycle Street. The project, part of the city’s  Traffic Development Plan (VEP) 2025, was presented to the meeting of the Advisory Council...

The Good, The Bad, The Trees

The Good, The Bad, The Trees

The second post in our series about Cycle Streets follows a team as they look more closely at some of Bremen’s former, current and future Cycle Streets. They found that, not only is car parking a dominant factor in driving their development, but there is also a...

Bremen Cycle Streets: Too Compromised?

Bremen Cycle Streets: Too Compromised?

Cycle Streets are an important issue in Bremen. Over the coming weeks we'll be publishing a short series of  posts on the theme. The first comes from Gudrun Eickelberg, a Green politician and artist. In recent years, Bremen’s status as a Cycling City has been...

Parkallee – No Stars For The Cunning Plan

Parkallee – No Stars For The Cunning Plan

Anyone who has been on a cycle tour of Bremen will know the city’s top attraction Der Stern (The Star). The Stern roundabout sits in the Schwachhausen district, Northeast of the city centre and has seen changes to its layout over the years. Now new plans are afoot....

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