Germany’s Superhighway for Bikes Offers Hope for ‘Transformative’ Transportation
(COMMON DREAMS) Andrea Germanos, January 6, 2016 While the United States closed 2015 with a record high number of auto sales, Germany offered a potentially “transformative” transportation alternative by opening a stretch of a highway for bikes that is slated to take tens of thousands of cars off the road every day.
The stretch of the Radschnellweg RS1 open now, thanks to funding from the EU, the North Rhine-Westphalia state, and regional development group RVR, spans roughly 3 miles (5 kilometers). The full length of the highway—which still needs funding—will be 62 miles (100 kilometers.)