{"id":22504,"date":"2026-06-12T09:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/residents-around-waldemarbruecke-demand-an-end-to-through-traffic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:19:25","slug":"residents-around-waldemarbruecke-demand-an-end-to-through-traffic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/en\/residents-around-waldemarbruecke-demand-an-end-to-through-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Around Waldemarbr\u00fccke &#8220;Stop through traffic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We, the residents around <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/DJ1jsP3EEaEpNuJKA\">Waldemarbr\u00fccke<\/a>, demand safe streets, less noise, and clean air.<\/p>\n<p>Our residential streets <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/DmSJCeBz6Fzv2Ukx7\">Waldemarstra\u00dfe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Y3BDS3aXx63WbcjbA\">Leuschner<\/a>&#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/B1Z2JLPJznSD4XGKA\">Legiendamm<\/a> with cobblestones are used by cars and trucks as a shortcut between East and West. Motor vehicle traffic belongs on main roads \u2013 not in residential areas!<br \/>\nWe are active and demand that the district offices of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Mitte immediately build the diagonal barriers approved by the BVV FK or install speed-appropriate bumps, alternating perpendicular and parallel parking, and opposing one-way streets. According to the BVV&#8217;s priority list, the diagonal barriers won&#8217;t come for another 10-12 years. <\/p>\n<p>Join us: subscribe to the newsletter waldebruecke@posteo.de, attend our meetings, inform the public, write to authorities, inform the press, use social media, contact politicians<\/p>\n<p>More information &#8220;Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/en\/blog\/motions-against-through-traffic\/\">application to both district offices<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/en\/blog\/kfz-wildwest\/\">Traffic in the scar<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Mitte is doing it<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22551\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22551 size-full lazyload\" title=\"Berlin-Mitte district will close a speeding route around Michaelkirche in June 2026\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20260722_104827-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin-Mitte district will close a speeding route around Michaelkirche in June 2026\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20260722_104827-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20260722_104827-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20260722_104827-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20260722_104827-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20260722_104827-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_20260722_104827-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berlin-Mitte district will close a speeding route around Michaelkirche in June 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In June 2026, the district of Mitte closed Michaelkirchstrasse. We are pleased. But that won&#8217;t be enough. The shortcut toward Schillingbr\u00fccke remains attractive. Motor vehicles are now driving through <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/m7rRC12VAfMrLDfM8\">Melchiorstra\u00dfe<\/a>, which is only open to bicycles and residents.    &nbsp; <strong>We expect opposing one-way streets, speed-appropriate bumps, and alternating perpendicular and parallel parking on the parts of Leuschner- and Legiendamm that belong to the district of Mitte. The one-way streets would be a start! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The district of Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain is only planning &#8220;smaller measures for speed calming and improving the crossing situation in Waldemarstrasse&#8221; and refers to the Mitte district. That will certainly not help us! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, the residents around Waldemarbr\u00fccke, demand safe streets, less noise, and clean air. Our residential streets Waldemarstra\u00dfe, Leuschner&#8211; and Legiendamm with cobblestones are used by cars and trucks as a shortcut between East and West. Motor vehicle traffic belongs on main roads \u2013 not in residential areas! We are active and demand that the district &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomalbrechtart.de\/en\/residents-around-waldemarbruecke-demand-an-end-to-through-traffic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Around Waldemarbr\u00fccke &#8220;Stop through traffic&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22506,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22504","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Around Waldemarbr\u00fccke &quot;Stop through traffic&quot; - Tom Albrecht<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We, the residents around Waldemarbr\u00fccke, demand safe streets, less noise, and clean air. 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