Tag: Speed limit
Further ban on combustion engines in Lyon - environmental lane to be extended in both directions
The A6 motorway will lose a lane at the entrance to Lyon, which may then only be used by certain vehicles. This is the result of preparatory work that began on 5 February 2024 to widen the existing lane (M6). The work is taking place at the junction of the A89 and the A6 (Limonest) north of Lyon and should be completed by 2 March 2024.
A speed limit rarely comes alone - now 50 km/h on Berlin's roads again?
Transport Senator Manja Schreiner (CDU) recently proposed lifting the speed limit on many main roads in Berlin. This is a departure from the previous regulation, according to which a speed limit of 30 km/h applies on 34 main roads. The speed limit was introduced a few years ago to improve air quality and is now to be largely lifted now that this goal has been achieved.
Speed limit 30: Climate protection costs public transport dearly
There are more and more 30 km/h zones in cities. The concept of reducing traffic is popular both in terms of climate protection and road safety. Cities are also supposed to become more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly. The problem: public transport, an important component of sustainable mobility concepts, suffers from speed reduction!
Paris: Today free parking against air pollution!
The City of Paris has announced free parking for residents on Thursday 15 June due to air pollution. AIRPARIF predicts that the ozone information threshold (O3) will be exceeded on that day.
Speed limit for cyclists
For some, pedestrian zones are an effective means of combating too much car traffic in the neighbourhood. Others see them as the best way to make the surrounding, mostly smaller streets impassable, as cars congest here as a result. A bicycle can offer a faster way to get around, but even they cannot simply ride as they please.
Berlin: Speed limit for trams?
With this proposal, Berliners hope to reduce noise pollution from tram lines, at least in the most affected neighbourhoods. But so far the BVG and the Senate have only rejected the idea.
Darmstadt: Driving bans remain, speed limit 30 to come
Despite a reduction in pollution, driving restrictions remain in the Citytunnel and Heinrichstraße. Against noise pollution, the introduction of a 30 km/h speed limit on the Rhönring is also planned.
Berlin: Zero-Emission-Zone from 2030?
Call busses, CO2-tolls and a ban on combustion vehicles in the city centre: this is how Berlin's Greens envision the mobility of the future. But the coalition partner is the first to reject the idea.
California: "Noise speed cameras" against loud exhausts
Soon, the US state will be tracking down noise offenders. Initially, six cities will participate in the pilot project.
Federated states want immediate speed limit
The conference decided in favour of a motorway speed limit. In this way, the environment ministries of the federated states want to advance climate protection and reduce dependence on fuel imports. Now the ball is in the federal government's court.