Wuppertal movement
The Wuppertal Movement eV is a non-profit association founded on February 6, 2006 in Wuppertal , the purpose of which is the private civic commitment to the urban development of Wuppertal.
The association has almost 2000 members. The chairman is Carsten Gerhardt .
Projects
Nordbahntrasse
As the largest project, the association initiated the successful conversion of the route of the disused 22 kilometer long Wuppertaler Nordbahn - section of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf – Dortmund Süd railway line - to the pedestrian and cycle path Nordbahntrasse, acquired the subsidies and necessary own funds and the conversion partly in its own Directed.
The Wuppertal Movement eV continues to look after the Nordbahntrasse. It has contractually stipulated its permanent participation in the further development of the northern railway line with the city of Wuppertal. It organizes over 70 schools, companies and individual citizens who, as route sponsors, help to keep the northern railway route in good condition and, despite the sometimes very high use in the inner city areas, to shape the community.
Draisine and railway history
The Wuppertal Movement eV wants to keep the memory of the railway history of the route alive. At the restored former railway station Loh railway group of Wuppertal movement operates on a 1.6 km long railway track with switches and signals a trolley route . In summer, rides take place here on Sunday afternoons and by appointment and are free of charge.
Schwarzbachtrasse
As a new project, the Wuppertal movement is running the conversion of the Schwarzbach route , an approximately 2 km long branch from the northern railway line from Oberbarmen to Langerfeld , after which 50,000 citizens will have direct access to the northern railway line and thus car-free access to the Wuppertal centers of Barmen and Elberfeld will be. The Wuppertal Movement eV prepared the planning, received funding from the Federal Environment Ministry and is currently preparing the renovation as the client until the end of 2018.
Awards
Since 2007 the Wuppertal movement and its actors have received numerous awards. In 2015 the project received the German Bicycle Prize in the “Infrastructure” category, and a year later the founder Carsten Gerhardt was awarded the City of Wuppertal's Ring of Honor for his commitment . In 2017, the Landschaftsverband Rheinland awarded Gerhardt for his commitment in the field of landscape maintenance and culture with the Rhineland thaler. In particular, the long-term and ongoing civic engagement, the future viability of the project and its initial spark for the development of a city previously far away from bicycles due to its hilly topography into a bicycle city were recognized.
Web links
- Wuppertal Movement eV Gerhardt, Carsten, Chairman of the Wuppertal Movement eV, accessed on July 26, 2010 : "Website of the Wuppertal Movement eV"
- The current route status
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wuppertal Movement . Retrieved September 28, 2015 .
- ↑ City of Wuppertal - Thanks to the godparents of the Nordbahntrasse ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: wuppertal.de , accessed on October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Driving a trolley on the Loh | Wuppertalbewegung eV In: nordbahntrasse.de , accessed on October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Stefan Melneczuk: Extension planned: On the route to Langerfeld . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of September 19, 2013, accessed on November 1, 2017.
- ↑ Awards | Wuppertalbewegung eV In: wuppertalbewegung.de , accessed on October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Nordbahntrasse wins German bicycle award. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of May 18, 2015.
- ↑ Andreas Boller: Ring of Honor of the City for Dr. Carsten Gerhardt. ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: wuppertal.de from May 20, 2016.
- ↑ Award. Carsten Gerhardt receives "Rheinlandtaler". In: Wuppertaler Rundschau from October 4, 2017.
