Overview
- Dresden’s ADFC will convert parking spaces on Hermsdorfer Straße in Löbtau into temporary public areas on Friday from 14:30 to 17:30 with seating, greenery, music, street art and activities for children.
- Frankfurt’s VCD hosts a Parking Day at Schweizer Platz at Oppenheimer Landstraße on Saturday, September 20, from 10:00 to 17:00, inviting visitors to bring instruments and board games to share the space.
- Dresden’s city administration plans a traffic experiment for summer 2026 to install planted seating areas on former parking spaces, signaling a policy step from demonstrations to regulated trials.
- VCD spokesperson Mathias Biemann cites surveys showing many Frankfurt residents primarily bike, use public transport or walk, and argues that trees, benches and carsharing would serve the city better than stationary private cars.
- Parking Day began in San Francisco in 2005 and recurs around the third Friday in September to highlight how parked vehicles occupy roughly twelve square meters and to promote cooler, greener streets.