Even if the suggestions are not new - now is the time to try out a pedestrian zone in Erdingen's old town at least once.
But that won't be enough in the long term, comments editor-in-chief Hans Moritz.
There is no shortage of attempts to redesign the old town of Erdingen, ban traffic and bring in more life.
The topic boils up every year to cool down again quickly - unfinished.
The latest advance by Erding Now, none of them are like all the others.
Because he uses a political window that has never existed before and that won't open again anytime soon. Therefore, now is the ideal time to give concrete thought to a new old town.
EDJ parliamentary group spokesman Hans Egger requests the introduction of a pedestrian zone on the weekends on a trial basis.
Above all, the business world in the city center suffered particularly hard (and for a long time) from the lockdowns and the forced closings as well as the permanent construction site.
The first days of the reopening show: The Erdingers are hot for their city, cafes and beer gardens are full.
You enjoy the hustle and bustle.
This phase is ideal for trying out further steps - at a time when retailers are not losing too many customers due to a car-free city center.
And: the opponents also need the trial run to prove that it is not possible after all.
Regardless of the pandemic, city politicians have to deal with the question of getting the climate killer individual traffic under control more strongly than with the fig leaf Tempo 20.
However, one should be careful with an old town as a stage.
Nothing against (nice) street music, but you don't have to expect the residents to go to concerts every weekend.
This also applies to a shortened curfew in summer.
With all due respect, 11 p.m. is enough.
The residents must also be guaranteed to reach their homes.
The old town of Erdingen has the structural shortcoming of not being accessed twice by ring roads such as Bad Tölz or Murnau.
If you dare to use a few play equipment and allow the catering industry to have larger open bar areas on a permanent basis, the city center of Erdingen would be even more liveable - which will probably overcompensate for the loss of the cars.
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