Ruhr cycle route (RS1)

Ruhr 1 cycle expressway
overall length	101 km
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
map
	Planned course
Starting point	Duisburg
Target point	Hamm
Places along the way	Duisburg , Mülheim , Essen , Gelsenkirchen , Bochum , Dortmund , Unna , Kamen , Bergkamen , Hamm
Flooring	asphalt
Website URL	rs1.ruhr

The RS1 between downtown Mülheim and the Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, with two lanes and lane markings

The Ruhr cycle route , or RS1 for short , is a 100-kilometer express route from Duisburg to Hamm , most of which is currently being planned. So far, a 12.5-kilometer section between Mülheim an der Ruhr and Essen has been navigable . This route is also known as the "Rheinische Bahn" because it runs on part of the former Osterath – Dortmund Süd railway line operated by the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft .

timeline

year	event
2010	Project idea at the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR)
June 18, 2010	Opening of the first section from the park at the Essen university quarter to the Mülheim city limits
2011	Decision at the association assembly of the RVR and submission of a funding application to the Federal Ministry of Transport
October 2012	Feasibility study of the RVR with funding from the Federal Ministry of Transport is commissioned
September 2014	Publication of the finished feasibility study
November 27, 2015	Opening of the section between Mülheim main station and the Essen city limits
23 October 2017	Approval of the main station section over the Mülheim city viaduct to the Ruhr bridge
15th May 2019	Official release of the section over the Ruhr Bridge Mülheim to the Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
February 7, 2020	Groundbreaking in Essen for a bridge over Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard
February 7, 2020	Groundbreaking in Bochum for a 900 meter long section between Stahlhauser Strasse / Windhausstrasse and Bessemer Strasse

Current state

The Ruhr cycle route begins in the Speldorf district of Mülheim an der Ruhr directly at the Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences ( ). It is paved and marked in two lanes with the help of road markings , and a separate footpath runs immediately south. With the transition from the Ruhr bridge to the Mülheim city viaduct , the RS1 changes into a shared pedestrian and cycle path . The entire city viaduct was designed as a promenade with plants and various seating options to encourage lingering and to slow down bicycle traffic. From the main train station in Mülheim (Ruhr) , the common path is separated into an asphalt cycle path and a gravel footpath, between which there is sometimes a small strip of green or gravel. This delimitation is only interrupted for overpasses or access routes. 51.4278 6,856

From the bridge over the Böhmerstrasse in Essen-Schönebeck , the rapid cycle path continues as a shared footpath and cycle path. From this point to the bridge over the Schölerpad in Essen-Altendorf , the path is graveled, then paved again. After a total of 12.5 kilometers, the RS1 ends south of the Essen campus of the University of Duisburg-Essen ( ). 51.4625 7.0075

The entire rapid cycle route runs without an intersection with the rest of the road traffic, apart from the crossing of the Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard in Essen's west quarter . Construction of a bridge began in February 2020.

There are connections to other cycle paths from the Ruhr cycle route. In Mülheim a connection to the remote meter 300 is RuhrtalRadweg ( ) are reported and in Mülheim-Hot the "Grugaweg" (branches ) on the former railway Mülheim-Hot-Altendorf (Ruhr) from. In addition, a cycle path to the Borbeck train station ( ) begins in Altendorf . 51.42945 6.8710851.44723 6.9455151.46329 6.96646

Due to its width, the RS1 can also be used over its full length with larger wheeled vehicles such as sidecars , velomobiles and cargo bikes . An up and down movement, however, because of bollards or circulation grids not possible at all entrances, as well is for those not connected to the Grugaweg.

future

The State Ministry of Transport has documented the planned route on the Radschnellwege NRW website .

In Essen's Eltingviertel (as of 2017) there are plans to remove the embankment on which the RS1 could run and to lead the cycle path over the roofs of buildings. Critics have called for the dam to be used for the time being until a building plan for the Eltingviertel is in place.

In 2020, the Federal Ministry of Transport approved 4.3 million euros for the construction of two sections of the 2.8 km long cycle expressway section in Gelsenkirchen. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2020.

There are seven projects for cycle superhighways in NRW. In 2019 and 2020, NRW provided budget funds of 9.25 million euros each. The state government ( Laschet cabinet ) announced in March 2020 that it would be eleven million euros annually from 2021.