Overview

• The pop-up bike lane, installed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, must be dismantled under the Senate’s directive.
• Officials say the existing layout prevents fire engines from positioning ladder trucks to reach upper floors of Kantstraße buildings.
• The Senate deemed the district’s proposal to reinforce the median strip as cost-prohibitive and rejected it.
• Under the new plan, cars will park along the right curb, buses and cyclists will share a middle lane, and other traffic will use the left lane.
• Councilor Oliver Schruoffeneger and cycling advocates warn the reconfiguration will heighten collision risks for cyclists as A100 and Ringbahnbrücke construction raises local traffic volumes.