Darmstadt - Frankfurt rapid cycle route near Egelsbach
Section of RS 1 in Mülheim opened in spring 2019.
In this list, completed, under construction or in planning cycle high-speed connections in Germany are noted. Specific project ideas that have already been discussed on site in politics / society can also be mentioned here.
Features of a rapid cycle connection can be found in the article rapid cycle path. The list is sorted by federal state. Cross-border routes can be listed twice. As of June 28, 2019, the list of planning projects is incomplete.
All sections of rapid cycle connections in operation nationwide are completely included (highlighted in green).
According to a press release from the Ministry of Transport in September 2018, a nationwide potential analysis identified “32 high-speed cycle routes with a total length of 500 kilometers as urgent needs. Another 20 routes could turn out to be worthy of cycling high-speed connections due to local factors. "
Three more “pilot routes” are already being specifically planned: Mannheim-Heidelberg, Heilbronn-Bad Wimpfen and Plochingen-Esslingen-Stuttgart.
The route in the Neckar Valley is intended to better connect the urban belt there to Stuttgart for cycling. The construction costs amount to around € 60 million
The project aims to better connect the two cities of Böblingen and Sindelfingen, which are located close together, to the Stuttgart regional center for commuters. In a first construction phase of eight kilometers, the paved “Römerstraße” (also known as Panzerstraße) will be asphalted to a width of four meters and provided with lighting (costs three million euros, completion in spring 2019). For reasons of monument protection, the historical pavement remains visible on 80 meters.
A feasibility study for this corridor in the Boeblingen district was carried out. This corridor would connect to the line to Stuttgart that is currently under construction.
A feasibility study for the route was presented in 2018. The exact route is still to be determined. First rough cost estimates assume project costs of around twelve million euros. The cycle expressway should be completed by 2025.
The route is part of the concept for the Federal Horticultural Show 2023 and was politically decided in February 2019 (costs around 6 million euros). A central, two kilometer long section in the Feudenheimer Au as well as a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the OEG railway line are to be realized.
A commuter cycle route in the urban belt along the Bergstrasse between Darmstadt and Heidelberg is under discussion. A 15-kilometer route to Mannheim could branch off from Weinheim (already the only connection between the city and the surrounding area in relation to Mannheim).
Karlsruhe / Middle Upper Rhine region
In the spring of 2019, a feasibility study was presented in which 120 km of cycle routes were examined for their suitability as fast cycle connections. The network consists of a circular route in the Karlsruhe area and 6 radial connecting routes to this cycle ring:
The route leads on an elongated semicircle around the city center of Friedrichshafen. Two 900 m long sections were opened in September 2017 (cross section: 3.5 m wide bike path and 2.5 m wide sidewalk separated by green strips).
A feasibility study has been carried out. It is unclear whether the draft route also includes the Weingarten urban area .
Bavaria
Munich region
The Garching - Munich rapid cycle route is the pilot route for the Munich region. In a potential analysis carried out in 2014–2015, 14 route corridors from the surrounding area to Munich were identified.
The rapid cycle route is intended to make the Garching Research Center and Unterschleißheim better for cycling towards Munich. No concrete start of construction is currently known. The costs are estimated at 34 million euros.
Nuremberg region
In the Nuremberg region, the following route corridors were examined in a feasibility study:
In Berlin, there are 10 route corridors for high-speed cycle connections being discussed or planned across the city. The total length of all projects is 100 km. Another high-speed cycle path is planned along the Tangential Link Ost.
From the Brandenburg state border in Berlin-Zehlendorf, the route is to connect several Berlin districts in the area of the Teltow Canal. A continuation to Berlin-Mitte is under discussion.
The Bremen citizenship of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen defined nine premium bike routes in the Transport Development Plan 2025 in 2014 . In 2017, a feasibility study of premium bike routes was presented in Bremen.
In the coalition agreement for 2019–2023, the Senate Bovenschulte set the goal of further expanding the premium cycling routes and implementing the premium cycling route Hemelingen - Blumenthal (D15).
In 2017, the Senator for the Environment, Building and Transport Bremen published the report on the "Review of the feasibility of the premium route D.15, Bremen-Nord - Innenstadt - Hemelingen" listing in the Transport Development Plan 2025
The metropolitan region of Hamburg has had various coordinates examined in a potential analysis for cycle superhighways. Feasibility studies are to be drawn up for further planning. According to a press release dated October 29, 2018, eight route corridors are being examined in more detail as part of feasibility studies. Six of these route corridors are city-surrounding areas with reference to Hamburg. Furthermore, a route in Lübeck and a connection between Wismar and Schwerin are being examined in more detail.
City-hinterland connection from the north from Stade towards Hamburg.
Hesse
Various rapid cycle connections are being planned in Hesse. The Darmstadt to Frankfurt route is already partially under construction. At the beginning of April 2019, a nationwide potential analysis for corridors was presented. The main focus of the routes is the Rhine-Main area. On the basis of this study, feasibility studies for further concrete planning can follow.
The route is to connect the regional centers of Darmstadt and Frankfurt. The project is to be implemented in five construction phases by 2022. The first, 3.6 kilometer long section (Egelsbach - Darmstadt-Wixhausen) was officially opened on June 6, 2019.
The route should better network the settlement belt along the Taunus, and improve the connections to the regional centers of Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden.
The route connects the places mentioned to the economic center of Eschborn. From Eschborn there is a connection to Frankfurt via the Vordertaunus cycle expressway (length of the total route then estimated at 15 to 18 km).
Among other things, a commuter cycle connection to Frankfurt is to be established between the above-mentioned municipalities. The participating cities have commissioned a feasibility study.
The route should better connect the settlement belt to the regional center of Frankfurt am Main. Furthermore, the conditions for cycling between the mentioned municipalities in the Wetterau in the corridor of the Main-Weser Railway are to be improved.
The route is to lead from Frankfurt Airport through the conurbation of the Offenbach district to Seligenstadt. A feasibility study should be commissioned as of 09-2019
A high-speed bike connection is to lead from the main train station to the Wiesbaden district of Mainz-Kastel. Partly a route parallel to the city railway is planned, which is also to be completely rebuilt. From Kastel, the regional center connection could be continued across the Rhine to Mainz city center. Construction may start in 2021 with a three to four year construction period.
Among other things, as part of a funding project on the subject of “Bicycle mobility in large commercial and industrial locations using the example of Frankfurt Airport”, a high-speed bicycle connection is being planned from central Frankfurt to the Gateway Gardens business location and to the airport. The route may have worked out in the Groß-Gerau - Frankfurt project. Details as of 08-2019 not known.
The route is intended to connect the surrounding communities east of the regional center of Kassel to the center of Kassel more optimally for bicycle traffic.
Lower Saxony
Hanover region
Planning of high-speed cycle routes in the Hanover region.
As of 2019, high-speed cycle routes have been planned in the Hanover city region for a good 10 years.
There are currently four routes in the planning stage:
Hanover - main station north side - Vahrenwald-List (including via Wöhlerstraße) - stop Vahrenheider Markt - Silbersee - - Langenhagen-Zentrum - Karl-Kellner-Straße (existing bicycle street)
in planning, construction may start from 2021
The route is intended to connect the municipality of Langenhagen, north of Hanover, and other districts of Hanover to the city center of Hanover in a more comfortable and safe manner for commuters. A cycle route already runs here in parts (regional route 9 of the Hanover region)
Hannover -Mitte Steintor - Herrenhausen Gardens - Letter - Marienwerder - new mechanical engineering campus of the university in Garbsen
in planning, construction may start from 2020
The route is intended to connect the Garbsen municipality west of Hanover and other districts of Hanover to the city center in a more comfortable and safe way for commuters.
In 2015, the 4 km long north branch was completed as the "eRadschnellweg Göttingen" ( route on Openstreetmap ). The route connects the north campus of the university to the main train station and the city center. To the south there is a 2.5-kilometer section under construction up to the city limits near Rosdorf. To the north, a two-kilometer extension to Bovenden is under discussion as a cross-community project .
With this cycle commuter connection, the surrounding community northeast of Osnabrück is to be connected more attractively for the bicycle to the city center of Osnabrück. In April 2018, the first 500 meters of the route along Schlachthofstrasse were released, followed by around 700 meters in May 2019 and the official opening of the first construction phase. A total of 7.5 million euros is calculated.
The route should follow the railway line in the urban area. With the fast bike connection, the journey time would be reduced from 45 minutes to 25 minutes. The first cost estimate is 6.5 million euros.
The route should better connect Wolfenbüttel to the regional center of Braunschweig for commuters. A plan should be created. The project is supervised by the Braunschweig Regional Association.
After completion, the route should run in a west-east direction through the entire Ruhr area. Several upper and middle centers are connected. Old railway lines are partly used. The first major city connection of the RS1 in the section Mülheim an der Ruhr to Essen was opened in 2015 on the route of a former railway line. Route on Openstreetmap . official website: www.rs1.ruhr
The Nordbahntrasse is officially not a cycle highway. It was planned as a “multifunctional leisure and everyday path”. The route opened in December 2014 on an old railway line in the northern part of the city of Wuppertal actually functions as a high-speed bicycle connection. It also fulfills the criteria in terms of guidance (various tunnels and bridges). Furthermore, the approximately 8 km “central part” of the 22 km long northern railway line has a separation between bicycle and pedestrian traffic (2 m paved walking area and four meters wide, asphalted cycling area).
Among other things, the route should better connect the two medium-sized centers to the Aachen regional center. Project website : www.radschnellweg-euregio.de
In the region, the idea is being pursued of possibly creating a rapid cycle connection in the corridor of the Iron Rhine railway line . In part, the line could also run on the route of the former, single-track freight railway. A feasibility study is to be developed. The project would also make De Meinweg National Park better accessible for environmentally friendly travel by bike.
The Dutch fast cycle route F35 ( Dutch Fietssnelweg F35 ) aims to make the Dutch region of Twente even more attractive for cyclists. An extension across the border to the cities of Gronau and Ochtrup was also under discussion.
Hubert Bruls and Christoph Fleischhauer, Mayors of the municipalities of Nijmegen and Moers, presented the results of a feasibility study to the Euregio Rhein-Waal on April 5, 2019, in which three potential bicycle high-speed connections are named.
Hubert Bruls and Christoph Fleischhauer, Mayors of the municipalities of Nijmegen and Moers, presented the results of a feasibility study to the Euregio Rhein-Waal on April 5, 2019, in which three potential bicycle high-speed connections are named.
A feasibility study for route finding is currently being developed. The ADFC advocates the direct route in the area of the S-Bahn line S 3 via Schkeuditz.
The rapid cycle route should better connect the northern suburb of Bad Schwartau to Lübeck's main train station and the city center. South of the city center, the route should continue to the university.
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↑ Hesse's first rapid cycle route is growing - the first section of the express route planned between Darmstadt and Frankfurt has opened. In: Frankfurter Rundschau of June 7, 2019
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