Vienna is starting a bicycle city: Large expansion program for cycle paths!

Vienna is starting a bicycle city: Large expansion program for cycle paths!

Meiselstraße, Wien, Österreich - Vienna is well on the way to becoming the bicycle City! As the progress coalition around Mobility City Councilor Ulli Sima announces, around 100 kilometers of new cycling infrastructure will be built during this legislative period. In 2024 alone, those responsible put a whopping 53 million euros in the expansion of the cycle path network. A traffic-calmed section in Meiselstrasse, which is to be redesigned this year, was mentioned as a particularly highlighting project that is in conjunction with the new top bike connection to the west of the city. The first 1.6 kilometers of the bike path along Hütteldorfer Straße are already finished and passable, now the second section comes, which makes Meiselstrasse a safe and green bicycle road. The announced Kleine Zeitung .

As part of this large -scale initiative, almost 200 projects have already been implemented that represent a total investment of around 130 million euros; Of which 73 kilometers alone in the main cycle path network. The separation of bike and footpaths on the Danube Canal and the unbundling of traffic on the Praterstern are particularly emphasized. Future projects such as the "Klimahighway" in Floridsdorf and new bike connections in the districts are also good for the city. This "climate-friendly mobility" is considered forward-looking, especially since the city uses the unused areas of the former motorway for bicycle and pedestrian paths. These plans were announced by the mobility spokeswoman for the NEOS, Angelika Pipal-Leixner, who expressly pointed out that the expansion of the cycling infrastructure was set as a priority and the use by the population is steadily increasing, which increases the quality of life. The details of the comprehensive planning also found in a

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