Ralph Saxe – Transport Revolution In 2019?

Ralph Saxe – Transport Revolution In 2019?

English subtitles available. Click the subtitles icon towards the bottom right of the screen. With Bremen’s state election looming next year, and the Greens riding high in the polls, there is a very real chance that they will form a strengthened half of any new...
Berlin : From Grassroots Movement to Mobility Act

Berlin : From Grassroots Movement to Mobility Act

  On June 28th 2018 Berlin’s Parliament signed a new Mobility Act into effect. This was the final point of a more than two and a half-year long campaign by the Initiative Citizens Referendum for Cycling in Berlin and their umbrella organization Changing Cities....
Portland – Myth and Reality

Portland – Myth and Reality

Following a television documentary about the “do it yourself” and bicycle culture in Portland, Oregon, last year, many Bremers, and especially cyclists, asked me if Portland is really as cool as all the hype.  Well-signed bike route through residential streets in the...
Dangerous drivers from a parent’s perspective

Dangerous drivers from a parent’s perspective

Sunday night on the way home from the swimming pool my 8 year old daughter and I were almost run over by a car turning left into the crosswalk where we were (legally!) crossing the street. Unfortunately we experience similar situations several times a week, since...
Park(ing) Day in Neustadt

Park(ing) Day in Neustadt

  Invitation: Park(ing) Day in Bremer Neustadt, Buntentorsteinweg on 15 September 2017 from 14:00 – 17:00 hrs. Help us convert a few on-street parking spaces to a green oasis or a living room. Come along for a snack of coffee and cake, for a game of chess,...
Reinhard Loske

Reinhard Loske

„Give cyclists clear advantages over cars“. That is probably the essence of ex-Bremen transport senator  Reinhard Loske’s  transport policy credo. Herr Loske, who is also a significant critic of endless economic growth,  will be back in Bremen next weekend to speak...