It's crazy: Wiesbaden prefers a driving ban to public transport
In the referendum, the citizens clearly voted against the construction of the City-Bahn and, according to Mayor Gert-Uwe Mende (SPD), missed a century's chance of a traffic turnaround.
In the referendum, the citizens clearly voted against the construction of the City-Bahn and, according to Mayor Gert-Uwe Mende (SPD), missed a century's chance of a traffic turnaround.
The first environmental track already started on Tuesday in the Ruhr metropolis of Essen.
Only a few days ago we reported in our daily Green-Zones Blog about the avoidable removal of the eco lane in Düsseldorf. But now, in one specific case, everything is happening much faster than expected.
According to the organisation Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), the eco lanes in the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia have failed.
In Wuppertal there is still no sign of agreement on the eco lane. But time is playing against the metropolis.
Since the famous suspension railway is being renovated, there will be rail replacement traffic for as long as it is in operation: is chaos pre-programmed?
An eco lane is currently being built in the city centre of Hesse.
Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen - they all have already set up the so-called eco lanes or at least are firmly in planning. Now the metropolis of Lyon in France is venturing to follow the German "light" diesel driving bans.
The test phase for the eco lanes in Düsseldorf will be extended by several months due to Corona.
In Düsseldorf, the re-commissioning of the environmental tracks is fixed. Lord Mayor Geisel has been subject to repeated media criticism, not least because of the months of chaos since autumn 2019 around the environmental tracks in his city.