Brandenburg gets a mobility law and wants to strengthen the environmental network

The state of Brandenburg has passed a mobility law, following Berlin, NRW, and Hesse, which aims primarily to strengthen the environmentally friendly modes of public transport, cycling, and walking. The Alliance for Transport Transformation Brandenburg, the Ministry of Transport, and the governing parliamentary groups had been working on this since the end of 2021. In the end, a compromise was reached to strengthen the environmentally friendly mobility in the state and prioritize it over car traffic.

“With the mobility law, Brandenburg finally receives a legal basis for cycling and walking after Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Hesse. This is an important step towards equalizing modes of transport and a crucial prerequisite for making the switch to cycling more attractive,” explains Christian Wessel, Deputy Chairman of ADFC Brandenburg, who had helped initiate the law.

With the mobility law, Brandenburg receives for the first time a legal basis for cycling and walking and establishes the goal of environmentally, socially, and climate-friendly mobility, which is also safe, barrier-free, and non-discriminatory. Among other things, the law links the development of mobility with climate goals and thus creates a legal foundation for climate-neutral mobility by no later than 2045. It also establishes the principle of “maintenance before new construction” for the country roads in Brandenburg.

A statewide target network for cyclists shall emerge

It has also been enshrined in law that cycling should become so attractive throughout the state that more people choose to cycle in their daily lives. The number of trips made by bicycle should double. For this purpose, the “Brandenburg Bicycle Network” is to create a statewide, comprehensive cycling network with continuous, safe, attractive, direct, and comfortable cycling connections. The ADFC Brandenburg recently published its proposal on this.