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Frankfurt Unveils Plan for About 2,000 New Park-and-Ride Spaces

Officials cast the push as a rail-shift strategy prompted by surging P+R demand under the Deutschlandticket.

Overview

  • Römerhof and Borsigallee are designated priority sites with roughly 1,200 spaces to capture major commuter flows into the city.
  • Further capacity of about 836 spaces is being tested at Taunusblick, Kalbach and Frankfurter Berg, pending planning and nature-conservation reviews.
  • The concept is at a preparatory stage requiring building and financing proposals and city-council approval, with Wolfgang Siefert saying the timeline is not measured in decades.
  • Short-term steps continue through a P+R partnership at the Hessen-Center and potential combinations with event parking such as at Gateway Gardens.
  • Reactions diverge: ADAC and retail groups welcome the plan as a basis for easing access, while the VCD says 2,000 spaces would serve under 2% of commuters and urges smaller suburban sites instead.