Citizens' request in Freising: Fight for the big pedestrian zone!

Citizens' request in Freising: Fight for the big pedestrian zone!

Freising, Deutschland - In Freising there are currently heated discussions about the planned pedestrian zone in the city center. The city's planning committee has made a decision with a narrow majority of 8 to 6 votes, which rejects a large pedestrian zone. Instead, it remains with the traffic concept decided in 2014, which only provides for a "small" pedestrian zone between Schiedeck and district court alley. The goals also have certain areas such as the upper and lower main street, the General-von-Nagel-Straße and Heiliggeistgasse, in which a traffic-calmed area remains. This causes resentment, especially when it comes to grouping "Freising for everyone", which is now planning a citizens' request to include the population in the decision about a more extensive pedestrian zone. According to merkur.de criticizes the previous decisions above all the interests of a few.

The situation is tense: "Freising for everyone" does not believe that the current traffic concept reflects the ideas of many citizens. With your citizens' request, you would like to seek dialogue with the population and call for a more comprehensive solution for the city center. The current traffic situation is insufficient and the quality of stay in the city center Lasse is something to be desired. The topics of security and accessibility, especially for older people and people with disabilities, are central to criticism. While the active city does not see any problems with the existing concept, the comparison is almost for example for different perspectives on urban development.

A look at the arguments

The discussion about the pedestrian zone leads to different opinions even within the city council. The Greens, the Left and the ÖDP advocate a complete pedestrian zone, while retailers, restaurateurs and doctors express concerns about the accessibility and parking facilities. On this political stage, it is not possible to find a consensus. Even the Freising Road Traffic Authority, which initially advocated a far -reaching solution, changed her opinion after a traffic count has documented a drastic reduction in car traffic by 90 % since 2013, [sueddeutsche.de] (https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/freising/freising-Innenstadt-verfussgaengerzone-li.3273567)

But not only in Freising is disputed about traffic calming. Similar debates can be found in other German cities, such as in the Berlin Ostkreuz-Kiez, where concepts for traffic calming were also presented and citizen participation is of great importance. An approach that was even evaluated positively by several hundred participants with 94 % could serve as a model for future measures in Freising, rbb24.de.

For "Freising for everyone", the next step is to start with the citizens' request after the construction work has been completed. It will be exciting to see whether the voices of the citizens are heard and how the desired pedestrian zone could finally be implemented into reality. Together with other groups and organizations, the initiative invites you to work for a human -friendly city and to give new impulses to the traffic situation in the city center.