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.
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