In Erding, car traffic is to be reduced in the next few years. That is why large bypass roads are needed.
Erding - The new red-green town hall coalition in Munich has made a historic decision: Large parts of the city center should become car-free. You don't want to go that far in Erding. However, motorized traffic will gradually be pushed back in favor of cyclists in particular, but also of other forms of mobility. This is provided for in the "Mobility Development Concept 2035" (MEK), the second stage of which the city council has now decided.
The number of cars is growing faster than that of residents
With 538 cars per 1000 inhabitants, the city of Erding is below the district (620) and the national average (568), but registrations increased by 19 percent in 2006 and 2016, but the population only by eight percent. A survey conducted as part of the MEK by team red from Berlin showed that more than one in two (54 percent) uses the car (almost) every day. 93 percent have a driver's license.
On the other hand, the respondents complained that there were not enough parking spaces in the city center and that the city buses were too confusing. Overall, the almost 1,800 respondents gave mobility in Erding just the grade of sufficient (3.8).
Important places should be within walking distance
On the basis of the survey and the ascertainment of the current status, team red has developed ten guidelines for the development of inner city traffic together with the city councils and the city planning office. City planner Christian Famira-Parcsetich presented the future instructions to the city council.
In the future, the city wants to align its planning so that local supply and social meeting points can be reached on foot in all districts. The street space is becoming livelier, the attractiveness of the quarters is higher, says Famira-Parcsetich. An example of this is the Social City project around the Church of the Redeemer in Klettham.
To this end, the MEK provides for traffic calming of "sensitive areas" such as the old town and residential areas. Too many cars parked on the streets. The city wants to contain it with appropriate markings, such as those that already exist in the park, Altenerding and the Freising settlement. The controversial removal of "wild" parking spaces at the Wirtsacker in Pretzen is also part of this.
All traffic is equal
Erding strives for equality of all forms of mobility. So far "disadvantaged road users should get more space". A start has been made with wheel protection strips. A guideline defines the “barrier-free design of traffic routes”. One goal is to "raise awareness of the independent participation of children and adolescents".
Every fifth trip is expected to take place by bike in the next few years. It is the "ideal means of transportation in the city". This includes not only more bike paths, but also sufficient parking facilities. The survey had shown considerable deficits here. In the same step, Erding wants to expand and upgrade public transport and better connect it. One point of criticism is the confusing city bus lines, which are often not coordinated with one another and are therefore only poorly accepted.
Expand parking spaces close to the center
The MEK does not provide for the prevention of motorized traffic and also takes the city's growth into account. In order to create more space for other traffic indoors, bypasses are necessary. The concept is clearly committed to this, also in order to cope with through traffic. Among other things, the north bypass and the south-east bypass (B 388) are considered necessary. The MEK is also demanding more parking spaces on the edges of the city center - a reference to the multi-storey car park in the Lebzelterstrasse area that has been under discussion for years: "Efficient use of existing capacity takes priority over the construction of additional parking spaces."
Majority is for pedestrian zone
Erding also wants to open up to other areas of the traffic transition and is in favor of promoting alternative mobility offers, technologies and drive types, such as electric or hydrogen buses.
The survey shows that the controversial issue of pedestrian zones in the old town will also concern the new city council. 32 percent ask for a large part of the city center, 17 percent for the whole. One in five approves the closure of smaller road sections. 27 percent are strictly against a pedestrian zone.
