Traffic Rights

The Struggle for the Right to Mobility

The Struggle for the Right to Mobility

What happens when the Highway Code clashes with fundamental individual rights as formulated by the UN or national constitutions? In Germany, federal legislators’ proposals to resolve the issue failed to get approval at the Federal Council on November 24th 2023. Here we explain some of the contradictions, and what should and could be done.

..but I NEED my car….

..but I NEED my car….

“I’m dependent on my vehicle – it has to be parked somewhere” is a common refrain in Bremen. Here we take a look at who – legally – really IS dependent.

Transport Accessibility 2. Pavement parking

Transport Accessibility 2. Pavement parking

There is hardly an issue in Bremen that is as heated as the parking of cars in residential areas. Questions like these arise: Who does resident parking help? Is parking on pavements permissible? And if so, under what conditions? What rights do pedestrians have? The...

Transport Accessibility – 1. Road Law

Transport Accessibility – 1. Road Law

  Part 1 : The legal Situation on Bremen's Streets Public space is always a scarce commodity in cities that have grown over time without central planning.  Ever more, and ever bigger, vehicles are competing for the same amount of space.  At the same time, ...

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....

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