The Berlin Senator for Transport Bettina Jarasch (Greens) is committed to 30 km/h. According to a report by the “Tagesspiegel” she is examining a Senate bill in order to join a corresponding initiative of the German Association of Cities.
“As a municipality, we need more design freedom from the federal government when it comes to creating new 30 km/h areas,” Jarasch told the newspaper. “So I can’t imagine that anyone in the Senate would be against joining the city initiative.”
The City Day initiative presented in July calls on the federal government to create the legal conditions for municipalities to be able to impose a maximum speed limit of 30 km/h in urban areas where they deem it necessary.
The topic is currently much discussed. For a model project, the Senate had set up 30 km/h zones on five main thoroughfares in the capital – on four of the streets this had led to better air quality, as the state government reported.
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