German cities only little bicycle-friendly

Bad cycle tracks, few bicycle stands, too much danger of accident: The conditions for cyclists are not good in the twelve largest German cities according to a test.


Of Germany of twelve largest cities are only little bicycle friendly. At the conclusion the General German Automobile Association comes, after it had tested the conditions for cyclists. Most badly Dresden and Dortmund cut, to the two cities off gave the testers the note “below average”. Also the other ten tested cities did not cut off well, them received the note “on the average”. Best still Munich and Stuttgart were evaluated.

The General german automobile association testers criticized the accident frequency for cyclists, to narrow cycle tracks and too few or badly equipped parking areas. In addition often lack it service offers such as rental business stations or repair possibilities. The General German Automobile Association referred scarcely two thirds of it to numbers of the statistic federal office, according to which last year 354 bicycle drivers had an accident mortally, in closed localities. The number of the bicycle accidents altogether rose 2013 to over 71.000. There is need for action, reminded the General German Automobile Association. “Everyday annoyance” it are besides overfilled and became outdated to storage possibilities. Here fast remedy is necessary – and feasiblly. In each city the General German Automobile Association testers drove off ten routes with on the average 28 kilometers of length. Besides they evaluated accident statistics. Cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants were selected.