Senators drag feet over illegal parking

Senators drag feet over illegal parking

In our article on pavement parking from January 2021, we drew attention to a lawsuit pending at the Bremen Administrative Court against illegal pavement parking. Now there is a judgement: it was published on 22.2.22 and, among other things, upholds the...
Without empathy no transport transition

Without empathy no transport transition

Why we need empathy on the road, or what does „Black Lives Matter“ and the current discourse on systemic racism have in common with transportation politics? photo: Mohamed Hassan on pixabay I am “white,“ but racism and, worse, its subconscious and systemic nature in...
Cycling Women in the 19th Century in Bremen

Cycling Women in the 19th Century in Bremen

or: How the Germans could become more beautiful and happier (Ricarda Huch) “I believe that if all Germans cycled, they would lose their dull sensuality and be happier and more agreeable.” (Ricarda Huch to Richard Huch 1896)  The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen was a...
How to Transform A Busy Street

How to Transform A Busy Street

  A transport transition needs to be attractive as well as contributing to safer cycling and walking . How could that work? A cycle street free of car traffic in the middle of the city, on a main road? Is that possible? Major tram hubs, lit and sheltered, right...
Platz Da! Parliament Agrees Compromise

Platz Da! Parliament Agrees Compromise

Platz Da! (There’s Space!) Bremen has collected 6,000 signatures in the Hanseatic city and held endless debates with politicians to make more space in Bremen for all people. Platz da! has fought for state-wide parking management, for the abolition of  parking on...
Politicians Moved to Address Sielwall

Politicians Moved to Address Sielwall

Sielwall – young men with overly-souped up cars race through it, and local politicians are finally seeing this as the danger that it is. Now the Sielwall and all four roads which lead to the so-called Sielwalleck are to be closed to car traffic up to 80 metres...