Overview
- The first post-summer session centered on a CDU-initiated debate titled “Gebrochene Versprechen,” targeting continued parking cuts, congestion and the still-missing discounted senior ticket.
- CDU leader Dennis Thering accused the Senate of inaction and demanded neighborhood garages to offset lost street parking and an immediate discounted Deutschlandticket for seniors.
- SPD mobility spokesman Ole Thorben Buschhüter said the Parkraummoratorium has already kept roughly 400 spaces that were slated for removal and linked heavy roadworks to city modernization, adding the senior ticket is being costed.
- Greens mobility expert Rosa Domm argued that only a shift toward walking, cycling and public transport will ease congestion, stressing unavoidable trade-offs in limited street space.
- Die Linke called for free public transport and a citywide 30 km/h limit, while AfD leader Dirk Nockemann decried an anti-driver approach and warned that lost parking harms local retail; no binding changes emerged from the debate.