Overview

• The Senate’s traffic administration directed Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf to remove the Kantstraße pop-up bike lane installed during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing blocked space for fire engines.
• Green Party officials and cycling groups like ADFC and Changing Cities have criticized the decision, saying it will undermine cyclist safety and violate the city’s mobility law.
• District politicians proposed narrowing the center median to create emergency vehicle space without dismantling the lane but the Senate rejected this as prohibitively expensive.
• A demonstration is scheduled for June 16 at Savignyplatz to protest the removal and demand alternatives such as converting parking spaces instead.
• In Karl-August-Kiez, construction of the "Opern-Route" proceeds despite resident resistance to replacing historic cobblestones and doubts over the route’s directness and necessity.