Overview

• The Senate approved lifting the 30 km/h daytime limit on 34 of 41 principal roads after data showed nitrogen dioxide and particulate levels consistently within legal thresholds.
• Seven routes continue to observe 30 km/h restrictions due to persistent pollution, while nine others remain under the limit for traffic safety around schools, care homes and key intersections.
• Officials must now assess 25 additional roads for high-frequency school paths under the revised road traffic code before any limit changes are implemented.
• The approved noise action plan extends nighttime 30 km/h restrictions across roughly 600 road segments, aiming to reduce night traffic noise for an estimated 200,000 residents.
• Deutsche Umwelthilfe has threatened legal action and SPD traffic spokespersons have voiced concerns that higher speeds could compromise road safety ahead of the final August decision.