The absurdity of the proposal is already in the title, and shows how motonormativity is spread all over the world.
Berlin has a very good public transit system, and a few 30 km/h zones cannot be that bad.
I would love to hear opinions from someone who lives there!
crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/114732266280428499
I’m having déjà vu.
They’ve got a new moronic conservative government which also stopped every new bike lane. Even if they were federally subsidized and it means the city now has to pay back those.
Stupid Ideologically driven morons
This is like when a person goes on a diet, loses weight, then stops the diet.
More like stopping an antibiotic course mid-way.
This really hurts my brain. How can politicians be this shortsighted?
I’m living here and you are absolutely correct. Public transit is good. Most streets are 50 km/h. Some are 30 but that is oftentimes not enforced.
Several studies have shown that a speed limit of 30 km/h can massively reduce the number and severity of accidents. But as Germans we hate the idea of slowing down for other road users. We bought those shiny non electric cars and we want to blast through the city, god damnit!
How can politicians be this shortsighted?
not shortsighted, they’re trying to make the city worse. They’re conservatives and middle parties voted in by people not from the center of the city.
I have to assume these guys only take a shower once a month, at most, and only because people keep complaining about how much they stink. And they definitely only wash their hands if they got shit on them.
That is not the original headline or the in-article analysis, so unfortunately I don’t think that’s a good fit for this sub/magazine.
That’s true. I got to the op article through this one: https://www.der-postillon.com/2025/06/sonntagsfrage-tempo-30-berlin.html
Would this be a good fit? (I don’t speak German)
I think so, if the headline is preserved while machine-translated.
I agree. It’s just go with the English one.
This post’s article is not English either.