Overview

• Augsburg began a one-year 30 km/h test on September 16 between the Staatstheater/Kennedyplatz and Jakobertor, citing noise protection and safety.
• The city installed new signage and adjusted signals for the corridor, with total costs of about €160,000 including speed-display smileys.
• Dresden is setting up multiple 30 km/h residential zones in Friedrichstadt, with signs due by September 26 to improve the living environment and safety at a cost of roughly €5,000.
• Halberstadt scrapped its inner-city 30 km/h zone after the Landesverwaltungsamt judged it unlawful and ineffective, noting unchanged traffic volumes and speeds but more intersection crashes and rush-hour congestion; several junctions are being re-regulated.
• The VCD urged broader use of the October 2024 StVO revision, saying many lower traffic authorities still reject applications for slower limits, while Hamburg’s Mönckebergstraße remains a 25 km/h outlier rooted in bus operations.