A bollard blockage in the Reuterkiez ensures that drivers have to take long detours. A comment by Andreas Vollbrechtshausen. Photo: Ufuk Ucta
By Andreas Vollbrechtshausen
Polleritis has now also broken out in Neukölln’s Reuterkiez.
Actually, cyclists should be protected from cars with the bollards at the intersection of Weichselstrasse and Weserstrasse.
But now it turns out: Because other routes involve detours or only lead around in circles, cars keep weaving between the red and white posts in violation of traffic.
This shows once again that what may look plausible on the drawing board often turns out to be foolish in practice.
A complex jumble of one-way streets, diagonal and thoroughfare barriers is more irritating than making traffic safer.
But craftsmen, suppliers or care services must also be able to do their work punctually and reliably instead of wasting valuable time with detours and looking for a parking space.
To make matters worse, construction work on Jansastrasse is currently leading to long tailbacks up to Sonnenallee. So the traffic calming is taken ad absurdum and no one is really helped.