Transport infrastructure comprises the basic physical facilities and installations necessary for the operation of road, rail, civil aviation, inland waterways and shipping. In the case of ecomobility, it includes cycleways, pavements and public transport infrastructure. In all cases, accessibility for all is required, without obstructions.
The New Bremen Politics of Parking The newly-elected Bremen coalition government has agreed ambitious changes to transport policy, and placed them at the forefront of the coalition agreement (Draft Agreement on Cooperation in a Government Coalition for Bremen, 2019-2023), hereafter referred to as the "Koa Treaty". Meanwhile this draft has been approved internally by all parties of the coalition and it will thus be put into effect by the coalition parties in the near future. At the same...
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...
Platz Da! (There's Space!) Bremen has collected 6,000 signatures in the Hanseatic city and held endless debates with politicians to make more...
In the objectives of the recently elected Bremen state government, regulation and limitation of parking are at the forefront. Strategic measures...
The Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse in the Neustadt district of Bremen is heavily congested, or better said: a four-lane traffic hell. People who live...
Europe-wide Parking Day in Bremen, Germany "A city for people" - for three hours reality in Bremen's Neustadt. This happened on the 15th Parking...
The new Draft Agreement on Cooperation in a Government Coalition for Bremen, 2019-2023 (from now on here called Koa Treaty) promises to install...
The New Bremen Politics of Parking The newly-elected Bremen coalition government has agreed ambitious changes to transport policy, and placed...
The "Platz Da!" initiative has officially launched, as reported in the Weserkurier and on the telly. “Platz Da! Bremen "is involving a...
Who would have believed that? Wasn’t the rule of law abolished in Bremen? Didn’t they allow everyone to park illegally, on pavements, on...
Regular readers may recall that on April 26, 2017, I had a car parked legally on the right side of the road in the Biebricher Straße in the...
Members of the Bremen Transport Transition Forum were in action today, as part of the National Illegal Parking Week. The aim of the action was to...
It's National Illegal Parking Week in Germany. As part of a series of actions in Bremen, the Bremen Alliance for A Transport Transition sent the...
Regular readers will know that, until now, we have never had to offer an explanation of a post over on the German language side of our...
The never-ending story about the illegally parked car of the key cutting company in Bremen’s Wachmannstraße rumbles on. Little has changed since...
A major step forward for a Transport Transition has been taken in Bremen, with the release of a first joint policy document by city’s the 4 major...
We like Bremen and chose to make it our home Like many families, my partner and I chose to raise our children in Bremen because we enjoy the...
Is Parking a Basic Right? What does our community do when it offers free parking for almost everyone? Do free parking spaces constitute a needed...
Invitation: Park(ing) Day in Bremer Neustadt, Buntentorsteinweg on 15 September 2017 from 14:00 - 17:00 hrs. Help us convert a few...
We’ve got a short update on our story of the keycutter from Schwachhausen. As readers may recall, a key-cutting service on Wachmannstrasse was...
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...
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...
The on-going local spat between citizen activists and the Bremen authorities in Neustadt took another twist last week, as the former tried their...
The explosion in private transport is a major problem for our cities. A growing number of cars are increasingly dominating our public space,...
Following on from our in-depth Cycle Streets posts, today we launch a new series focussing on that apparently boring, yet in practice extremely...
What a nice and friendly way to get into contact with people! A great opportunity to exchange ideas about living in the city, about transport...
Over the three years or so since we’ve been posting, a background debate has been continuously rearing its head. How, and why, did Bremen become a city with 25% modal share for cycling?
Richard Grassick|Jun, 2019
It's taken a while - over three years in fact - but finally a Bremenize blog has gone live. The idea was hatched in early 2013, as we discussed...
Richard Grassick|Sep, 2016
Ever heard about Bremen as the secret Cycling Capital of Germany, even one of the best in Europe? Of all German cities with more than 500.000 inhabitants Bremen leads the list of Cycling Cities. Here we explain.
Beatrix Wupperman|Aug, 2016
The city of Bremen is facing a major challenge. It is obliged to design traffic space in an inclusive way, enabling equal participation of all...
Olaf Dilling|Nov 9, 2021
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...
Olaf Dilling|May 7, 2021
Part 1 : The legal Situation on Bremen's Streets Public space is always a scarce commodity in cities that have grown over time without...
Olaf Dilling|Jan 28, 2021
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