Vienna relies on cycling: New security path on the new building belt!

Vienna relies on cycling: New security path on the new building belt!

Neubaugürtel, Wien, Österreich - The city of Vienna takes a significant step to improve the cycling infrastructure by converting a previous car trail on the belt into a two-direction cycle path. This measure is realized between Stollgasse and Christian-Broda-Platz on Mariahilfer Straße and is planned for the night of June 13th to 14th, 2023. With this redesign, bicycle traffic is significantly relieved, since the route is shortened from 400 to 250 meters and cyclists now have to accept less traffic lights. The redesign should not significantly impair urban traffic, as the mobility councilor Ulli Sima (SPÖ) assures. Colored concrete control walls will protect the cyclists from car traffic, which should ensure more secure use. This development is supported by numerous district leaders and regarded as an important progress for cycling infrastructure. Markus Reiter from the Greens describes the project as an important milestone in the bike path offensive in Vienna.

Currently, cycling girves are forced to cross the new building belt on the crossings Felberstraße and Mariahilfer Straße twice, which leads to considerable delays. This new route is intended to ensure that the city's cycling traffic is secure and significantly reduce the previous challenges. Angelika Pipal-Leixner from the NEOS criticizes the current situation as a "annoying bike path chicane" that needs to be remedied. According to Dietmar BaUrecht (SPÖ), the new bike path means a clear improvement for cyclists in the city because they are so more efficient and safer.

Expansion of the cycling infrastructure in Vienna

The redesign on the belt is part of a more comprehensive offensive through which Vienna has implemented almost 200 cycle path projects since 2021. In this legislative period, the city has invested almost 130 million euros in the expansion of the bike paths, with the aim of realizing a total of 100 kilometers of new cycling infrastructure. A total of 100 km of new cycling infrastructure in Vienna is to be built by 2024, including both the main cycle path network and the district network. In 2024, record investments of 53 million euros were recorded, which shows the great importance that the city supports cycling traffic.

For the year 2025, another 24 kilometers of new cycling infrastructure have already been included in the construction program. A highlight will be the climate in Miselstrasse, a 4 km long top wheel connection and a structurally separate two-direction cycle path on Alserbachstrasse. There are also extensive plans for the Klimahighway, which will lead from the Old Donau to Lower Austria. The implementation of these projects is intended to raise the bicycle infrastructure in Vienna to a new level and strengthen the city as a bicycle -friendly location.

planned measures for the future

• bike path at the Naschmarkt
• two-direction cycle path in Neilreichgasse in internal favorites
• new bicycle roads through Ottakring and Hernals
• two-direction cycle path in Meiereiße in Prater
• Uncoveration of bike and footpaths on the Danube Canal
• Mega-Radhighway from Urania to Kagran

These ambitious projects and investments show that the city of Vienna is determined to create a sustainable and user -friendly cycling infrastructure that meets the needs of cyclists in the long run. The developments are supported by an interactive online card for all projects that are available to citizens to offer better orientation.

The comprehensive measures to improve cycle paths in Vienna are in line with the objective of the progress coalition to promote mobility in the city and at the same time increase the quality of life of the residents. This takes a clear step towards a sustainable transport policy that focuses on environmentally friendly types of locomotion.

More details about the new cycle path and other projects in Vienna can be found at Kosmo , Bicycle Vienna .