It submitted more than 50,000 signatures at the beginning of August, of which the Senate of Berlin recognised 27,000 as valid. The Senate now has five months to examine the initiative’s legislative proposal, The Berlin Law For Road Use Based On The Common Good (‘Berliner Gesetz für gemeinwohlorientierte Straßennutzung’). It is used to decide whether the turning point for traffic in Berlin will continue to progress so slowly or whether it will pick up speed. We want to convince the new House of Representatives of our car-free law,” said Nina Noblé, spokeswoman for the initiative. The Berliner Morgenpost reported previously that the Berlin Senate had recommended banning vehicle traffic around the Checkpoint Charlie section of Friedrichstraße – only a few hundred metres south – for safety reasons.

Source: The Local September 04, 2021 12:11 UTC