by Wolfgang Köhler-Naumann | Jun 9, 2017
The following video was shot in the summer of 2015 and the street scenes were filmed at an information afternoon organized by the “Citizen’s inititiative of Biebricher Strasse” campaigning for the space in their street being available for all citizens, not just...
by Gudrun Eickelberg | May 26, 2017
In Bremen-Schwachhausen, or to be precise, Wachmannstrasse, there is a key cutting shop. On most working days, you’ll see its yellow or white company car parked outside. Very normal, right? Well no. The car is actually parked at a tram stop, right on top of a guiding...
by Beatrix Wupperman | May 4, 2017
The on-going local spat between citizen activists and the Bremen authorities in Neustadt took another twist last week, as the former tried their hand at legal parking, and the latter responded with the, umm, full weight of the law. The Alice in Wonderland, parallel...
by Gudrun Eickelberg | Apr 12, 2017
The explosion in private transport is a major problem for our cities. A growing number of cars are increasingly dominating our public space, pushing cyclists and pedestrians to the edge. Bremen is no different. However, unlike a number of other European cities, here...
by Beatrix Wupperman | Apr 3, 2017
Following on from our in-depth Cycle Streets posts, today we launch a new series focussing on that apparently boring, yet in practice extremely controversial theme, car parking. To start the series, we’ve dug out these short films from 1993 made by performance artist...
by Richard Grassick | Mar 22, 2017
Right, here’s a post for people who like their rock ’n’ roll loud. Regular readers of our blog may remember our post back in September about a citizens’ initiative in Bremen’s Neustadt. In an attempt to calm traffic in their streets, and after years of official...
