Tempo 30 extended: Wolfratshausen steps on the brakes

Created: 2022-02-11, 8:00 p.m

By: Carl Christian Eick

A speed limit of 30 km/h now applies to a section of the Schiesstättstrasse between the Roma crossing and the Tapsi crossing.

One reason: noise protection.

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The federal government wants to “open up decision-making leeway” to municipalities.

The city of Wolfratshausen is reacting: In future, a maximum speed limit of 30 km/h will also apply on the section of the busy Schiesstättstrasse between the Roma and Tapsi crossings.

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– Off the gas: This is the urgent appeal from the head of the town hall, Klaus Heilinglechner, to road users who are on the Schiesstättstrasse.

Specifically, the mayor issued an amendment to an order on behalf of the city that has been in effect since the beginning of 2019.

What is new is that a maximum speed limit of 30 km/h will also apply in the future on the section of the busy Schießstättstrasse between the intersections of Schiesstättstrasse/Margeritenstrasse/Moosbauerweg (Roma intersection) and Königsdorfer Strasse/Pfaffenrieder Strasse/Schießstättstrasse (Tapsi intersection).

The speed limit, which is intended not least to protect residents from noise, comes into force “when the traffic signs are posted,” Heilinglechner said in a public announcement.

As reported, the speed of car, truck and motorcycle drivers is to be reduced to a maximum of 30 km/h on all inner-city streets in Wolfratshausen.

In this context, the rafting town has applied as a model municipality for the initiative “Cities worth living through reasonable speeds”.

The German Association of Cities had asked whether Wolfratshausen could imagine that - the majority of the city councilors supported the application.

Two reasons were the climate emergency declared in 2019 and the planned promotion of bicycle traffic in the rafting town.

The decision was made with 19:6 votes.

Criticism came mainly from Dr.

Patrick Lechner (FDP).

He spoke of a “nonsensical” “symbolic policy” that was only effective in the media.

Lechner would have preferred to see the local authority act “specifically” when it comes to speed reduction, “if there is a need”.

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According to the current legal situation, cities and municipalities in Germany need a specific reason to be able to order 30 km/h on inner-city streets.

This can be, for example, a particularly dangerous situation in the vicinity of a school or kindergarten.

Some municipalities, including Wolfratshausen, now want to shake up this status quo.

There are a total of seven so-called initiative cities that are being supported by the German Association of Cities.

A change in road traffic law is called for, "which sets the maximum permissible speed in built-up areas at 30 km/h as a rule," according to the city association.

And further: "According to the ideas of the initiative, the change in the legal framework should be accompanied by a federally funded and centrally evaluated model project in several cities."

You can read all the news from Wolfratshausen here.

The hopes of the seven mayors now rest on the new red-green-yellow federal government.

When asked by the German Press Agency, a spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport referred to the coalition agreement concluded between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP.

It was agreed that the road traffic regulations should be adapted in such a way that, in addition to the "fluidity and safety" of traffic, the goals of climate and environmental protection, health and urban development are taken into account.

"The federal states and municipalities should be given scope for decision-making," explained the ministry spokeswoman.

She cannot provide any further details at this time.

The General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) welcomes the project of the municipalities.

Lower speeds would reduce the dangers for the most vulnerable road users, i.e. cyclists and pedestrians.

At a speed of 30, the probability of surviving a collision with a car or truck is significantly higher.

The General German Automobile Club (ADAC), on the other hand, argues that in Munich, for example, 30 km/h already applies to around 80 percent of the streets.

If the speed limit in the state capital were to be extended, traffic would shift to residential areas.

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