Overview
- Frankfurt has activated five locations that block motor traffic one hour before classes using gated closures at school entrances.
- The city re-designated nearby parking as short-stay drop-off spots and says the approach is unsuitable on main roads or where bus lines operate.
- Pupils or parents are to operate the barriers in the morning to allow emergency and care vehicles to pass when needed.
- The pilot is budgeted at about €100,000 and will run for one year with an engineering firm surveying residents, families and school staff to assess impacts.
- Accident insurer data show 4,764 children, pupils and students in Hesse were injured on journeys to childcare, school or university through October, including one death, as cycling and motoring groups back the closures while a crash researcher urges broader safety measures like more 30 km/h zones and safer crossings.