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Anyone who has ever tried to cross the traffic lights at the Hoheluft underground station will not have missed the constant conflict between cyclists and pedestrians. The district office now wants to counteract this with a traffic investigation.
The situation at the Hoheluftbrücke underground station and in individual areas of the Isebek green corridor is confusing and conflict-ridden for many. At least that is the insight from the EU project “GreenSam”, in which many, especially older, people from Hamburg took part.
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The reason for this? Little space for both pedestrians and cyclists. If the traffic light at the Hoheluftbrücke switches to green, pedestrians first have to cross a cycle path on which cyclists want to cross the traffic light at the same time.
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Now additional markings and later also barrier elements should better separate pedestrian and bicycle traffic. In addition, the district office has set up a “fairness zone”.
“Fairness zones” and barriers as a traffic investigation
In the “fairness zone”, road markings with luminous lettering encourage road users to be particularly considerate of each other.
A total of four such “fairness zones” will be set up along the Isebek green corridor: At the crossing points Bogenstrasse and Bundesstrasse, in front of the entrance to the Kaifu outdoor pool and in the area of the Goebenbrücke.
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“We would like to test new forms of traffic management – not on the drawing board, but in a very practical way,” says District Office Manager Kay Gätgens.
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The EU project “GreenSam” tries to develop green mobility solutions for people aged 60 and over. “I am pleased that we are responding to specific suggestions from older road users,” said Gätgens. The experiment will run until March 9th. The results of the investigation should be taken into account in future planning.
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