Berlin to expand bike lines, approves self-driving car test

Officials and cycling campaigners in Berlin have agreed to budget about $53 million (€50 million) a year to expand bike use with the goal of reducing car traffic in the German capital, according to Associated Press. Berlin daily B.Z. reports that the money will be used to create protected bike lanes of the kind seen in Chicago and New York, build 100 kilometres (62 miles) of dedicate cycling highways and install 100,000 bike parking spaces. The city was once considered a haven for cyclists but has fal
April 12, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Officials and cycling campaigners in Berlin have agreed to budget about $53 million (€50 million) a year to expand bike use with the goal of reducing car traffic in the German capital, according to Associated Press.

Berlin daily B.Z. reports that the money will be used to create protected bike lanes of the kind seen in Chicago and New York, build 100 kilometres (62 miles) of dedicate cycling highways and install 100,000 bike parking spaces.

The city was once considered a haven for cyclists but has fallen behind other European and North American cities in recent years. Seventeen cyclists were killed on Berlin's roads in 2016.

Separately, authorities approved a test track for autonomous vehicles to drive along the Strasse des 17 Juni Boulevard that stretches westward from the iconic Brandenburg Gate.
Location Based Systems Urban Traffic Control

Related Content

  • New York Citi Bike pilots laser safety light
    January 16, 2017
    As part of an ongoing commitment to safer cycling in New York, the Citi Bike program is installing a new safety feature, the Blaze Laserlight, on 250 bikes this winter, with the aim of making Citi Bike riders more visible to drivers and pedestrians. The light uses laser technology to project a bike symbol six metres in front of the rider and, unlike the standard beam of bike lights, is visible from various perspectives. According to Citi Bike, research on use of the Laserlight on London’s bike share f
    Read More
  • IBTTA summit hits right notes in Salzburg
    December 5, 2018
    In the birthplace of Mozart, Colin Sowman found that delegates at the IBTTA’s inaugural World Tolling Summit were playing a variety of interesting tunes The first World Tolling Summit took place in Salzburg, Austria this autumn. Created and organised by the International Bridge Tolling and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the event was supported by its European counterpart Asecap and hosted by Austria’s tolling authority, Asfinag. The transfer of views, experience and practice both ways across the Atl
    Read More
  • University of Michigan’s M City to test autonomous driving
    March 27, 2015
    The University of Michigan is creating the Mobility Transformation Center (MTC), in partnership with government and leading tech companies, as a means to test and develop the infrastructure and in-vehicle components to make autonomous vehicles a reality. M City, the nickname for the MTC, is a mock city that allows developers to test a fully autonomous driving experience in a real-world environment. With completion scheduled for July, the 32-acre facility on U of M’s North Campus will include buildings,
    Read More
  • StreetLight Data reveals most dangerous US cities for pedestrians
    July 3, 2023
    Research comes as GHSA says pedestrian deaths in US reached a 41-year high in 2022
    Read More

Highlighted Content