Germany
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Hamburg’s Quest to Get Bicycling Up to 25 Percent of All Trips
Hamburg, a city of nearly two million people in northern Germany, has a 12 percent bike mode share and regularly ranks among the world's most bike-friendly cities (Copenhagenize currently has it in 19th place). Nevertheless, many cyclists and advocates in Hamburg believe their government should be doing much more to build safer bike lanes and encourage cycling.
August 25, 2015
Five Key Lessons From Europe’s Vision Zero Success
Cross-posted from the Vision Zero Network
June 10, 2015
Smart Parking Policy Makes a Difference, Even in Livable Streets Utopias
The evidence keeps mounting that smart parking policy is an essential tool in the fight to curb traffic. A new study of two German neighborhoods indicates that managing the supply of parking can make streets more livable, even in places that already have great infrastructure for transit, walking, and biking. Eliminating mandatory parking minimums, the data shows, plays an essential role in reducing driving.
March 23, 2010
Park, Ride and Wash in Fahrradfreundliche Muenster
Here are tipster-submitted pics from the bike-and-ride Radstation in Muenster, Germany -- where a train depot sits adjacent to a massive bike parking garage, featuring, among other amenities, a bike washing machine. Price per wash: 3.25 Euros (about $4.13 currently, thanks to the leveling exchange rate).
October 24, 2008
Wiki Wednesday: Quartier Vauban, Freiburg, Germany
This week's StreetsWiki feature takes us to the Quartier Vauban in Freiburg, Germany. With an area of 84 acres, the Quartier Vauban is a neighborhood of 5,000 people, designed and built as a sustainable community between 1993 and 2006. Contributor Kyle Gradinger writes that the Vauban "represents the state of the art in environmental protection in terms of
transportation, alternative energy production, and sustainable
construction techniques."
August 27, 2008
New German Community Models Car-Free Living
The Vauban Department of Transportation gets to work. Schritt Tempo: Walking Speed.
December 22, 2006
Eyes on the Street: German Bike Parking
Copenhagen is getting all the attention lately, but it's not the only livable European city with great cycling facilities.
October 5, 2006
Bus Stop. Hamburg, Germany
What it looks like when a city decides that bus riders can and should have a first-class transportation system.
July 12, 2006