Radentscheid Munich

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The Radentscheid Munich were determined by a citizens' initiative to bring about a referendum or a city hall decision by which the cycling infrastructure in Munich to be strengthened. On July 24, 2019, the Munich city council decided to adopt the goals set for the referendum.

background

The model is the Berlin initiative Volksentscheid Fahrrad , which led to the adoption of the goals by the Berlin Senate in 2018. In Munich, cycling made up around 20 percent of city traffic in 2019, and the trend is rising. Criticism of a policy that was too hesitant in the opinion of the organizers and that did not sufficiently promote the traffic turnaround led to the initiation of the citizens' initiative to improve the cycling infrastructure.

Founders and Supporters

The initiative was launched by six organizations:

In addition, numerous allies joined the initiative.

aims

First desire: better bicycle infrastructure

The measures are intended to improve cycling in the following areas:

"Are you in favor of the state capital of Munich continuously pursuing the four goals formulated below for attractive, efficient and safe cycling as a priority in terms of transport policy, either by implementing them as far as possible through suitable measures up to the year 2025 or with measures that require planning approval or planning approval?" need to prepare and submit the application documents by 2025, whereby these measures are to be implemented primarily by reallocating areas for vehicle lanes or parking spaces and possibly also at the expense of the efficiency of vehicle traffic, but usually not at the expense of areas for pedestrian traffic, local public transport and urban green spaces? "

- Wording of the question for the referendum

Second desire: Altstadt-Radlring

The second request, which is carried out separately for legal reasons - different topics may not be combined in one request - aims to implement an old town cycling ring . A corresponding application was submitted to the City Council on February 6, 2019 by the Green / Pink List , ÖDP and Die Linke parliamentary groups and the responsible department was commissioned by a resolution on June 26 to design an old town cycle ring. So far, there are no bike paths along some parts of the Altstadtring, in other places they are narrower than the required minimum width of 2.30 meters or the standard width of 2.80 meters.

"Are you in favor of the state capital of Munich immediately setting up a safe, independent and continuous old town-Radlring, which runs along the street: Karlsplatz (Stachus), Lenbachplatz, Maximiliansplatz, Brienner Strasse, Odeonsplatz, Ludwigstrasse, Von-der-Tann-Strasse, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Ring, Karl-Scharnagl-Ring, Thomas-Wimmer-Ring, Isartorplatz, Frauenstraße, Blumenstraße, Sendlinger-Tor-Platz and Sonnenstraße and consists of cycle paths with a minimum usable width of 2.30 meters and a standard width of 2.80 meters per direction of travel plus lateral safety clearances, which are structurally designed in such a way that inadmissible driving and stopping by motor vehicles is avoided and can be driven on by people of all ages with little loss of time? "

- Wording of the question for the referendum

In June 2019, the ADFC presented a concept and called for implementation to begin as soon as possible.

Takeover and implementation

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In a first step, about 33,000 signatures had to be collected for both requests in order to enable a referendum. The collection of signatures began on March 28, 2019. On July 4, Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter received a total of around 160,000 signatures, significantly exceeding the required quorum.

In contrast to many other Radentscheid citizen petitions, the Munich alliance succeeded for the first time in Germany in passing the admissibility test with its Radentscheid claims without objection. In its submission to the city council, the state capital of Munich assessed the demands of the cycling decision as legally and substantively permissible. A "fundamental decision to improve cycling and cycling infrastructure" could be "the permissible subject of a referendum", and the ban on coupling would not be violated, "although [the citizens' request] calls for 4 goals and corresponding measures to implement them, because between the 4 subclaims listed there is an internal factual connection. " The measures named in the objectives could "be implemented in a legally (especially planning and traffic law) permissible manner".

On July 24, 2019, the Munich city council decided to adopt the goals, which meant that the referendum was canceled.

In October, a first proposal was made for part of the Altstadtring in Blumenstrasse, in which two cycle paths could be established by the end of 2021. In November, Dieter Reiter and the initiators of the initiative agreed to set up a complete and safe cycle path network by 2025, for which the city council should decide ten specific measures per quarter. Around 1.6 billion euros are estimated for this by 2025. On August 31, 2020, the construction of the Altstadtring began on Blumenstrasse.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to Radentscheid: "It's going extremely slowly". sueddeutsche.de, April 4, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ What is the bike decision about? Can high-rise buildings be Munich's solution? sueddeutsche.de, March 28, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Verkehr: This is what the Munich cycling decision is all about. sueddeutsche.de, March 28, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Our allies. radentscheidmuenchen.de, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Procedure and goals. radentscheidmuenchen.de, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ StR application number: 14-20 / A 04960. ris-muenchen.de, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Decision page on TOP A 9 ö (car-free old town). (PDF) ris-muenchen.de, June 26, 2017, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ An old town ring for cyclists. sueddeutsche.de, June 18, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ An Altstadt-Radlring for Munich. (PDF) adfc-muenchen.de, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Handed over around 160,000 signatures for better bike paths in Munich. sueddeutsche.de, July 4, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Presentation No. 14-20 / V 15572 - Citizens' petition “Radentscheid” Decision on the admissibility of the referendum. (PDF) ris-muenchen.de, July 24, 2019, accessed on September 6, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Munich is getting better bike paths. sueddeutsche.de, July 24, 2019, accessed on July 24, 2019 .
  13. ↑ First concrete plans for a cycle ring around the old town. sueddeutsche.de, October 16, 2019, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  14. ↑ There should be a complete and safe cycle path network by 2025. sueddeutsche.de, November 21, 2019, accessed on November 22, 2019 .
  15. ↑ 1.6 billion euros for new cycle paths. sueddeutsche.de, December 11, 2019, accessed on December 11, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Construction work for the Altstadt-Radlring begins. sueddeutsche.de, August 30, 2020, accessed on August 31, 2020 .