According to the will of the German Association of Cities, municipalities should be able to introduce a speed limit of 30 km/h city-wide. “Cities that want this should also be able to impose a general speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour and only allow 50 km/h or another speed on selected main roads,” said the general manager of the German Association of Cities, Helmut Dedy, of the Düsseldorf “Rheinische Post” ( Monday). He called on Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) to adjust traffic law accordingly.
Cities should “be able to decide for themselves where it will be safer, more climate-friendly and healthier if the speed limit is not 50. It shouldn’t always take years and many reports before something changes,” said Dedy. “We need more freedom of action on site, for example for safe routes to school for our children.”
On Thursday, the City Day, an alliance of more than 3,000 district-free and district-affiliated cities and municipalities, wants to emphasize its demand at a conference. At its meeting last week in Chemnitz, the City Council passed a resolution and called on the federal government to implement recommendations made by the Bundestag.
According to the “Rheinische Post”, the municipal umbrella organization supports the “Livable Cities” initiative from hundreds of municipalities, which is committed to ensuring that municipalities can set the maximum speed of 30 km/h in towns where they find it necessary.
