http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Germany gives green light to bicycle highways en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:12:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15871#post-207438 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:09:29 +0000 gembo 207438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes as Zager and Evans sang </p> <p>in the year 2525<br /> Ain't gonna be no people wanting to drive </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15871#post-207435 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:30:51 +0000 minus six 207435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Further bicycle highways are in the pipeline for Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt</em></p> <p>Coming to a Queensferry Road near you, in the year 2525. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15871#post-207434 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:43:47 +0000 crowriver 207434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/news/173907-germany-opens-first-stretch-bicycle-‘autobahn’" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/news/173907-germany-opens-first-stretch-bicycle-‘autobahn’</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15871#post-207416 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:27:56 +0000 crowriver 207416@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's every cyclist's dream: no red lights, no trucks, just a clear, smooth lane to zoom down with the wind in your face. Welcome to Germany's first bicycle Autobahn.<br /> Fans hail the smooth new velo routes as the answer to urban traffic jams and air pollution, and a way to safely get nine-to-fivers outdoors.<br /> As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.<br /> It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm and four universities, running largely along disused railroad tracks in the crumbling Ruhr industrial region.</p> <p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany-green-bicycle-highways.html" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news/2015-12-germany-green-bicycle-highways.html</a> </p>