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Coalition in Berlin cuts funding for Nextbike system: Devastation for cycling
The bike rental service of the Leipzig company Nextbike is falling victim to the budget cuts of the Berlin state government. The approximately 1.5 million euros allocated to support a public bike rental system in Berlin are to be completely cut, according to the budget cut list approved by the coalition. This means that both a planned new tender for the operation of the bike rental service and an extension of the contract with Nextbike beyond December 31 are off the table. The "Tagesspiegel" had also reported on this earlier.
Service likely to disappear from outlying districts
The existing contract between the Senate and the Leipzig company, which has been operating the public bike rental system in Berlin since 2017, expires at the end of the year. The company can continue at its own expense, but has already announced that it will then focus primarily on economically viable inner-city areas. The service is expected to disappear from the outlying districts.
```"We will have to adapt our system in a purely private enterprise operation to the new circumstances," the company stated. "It is an alarming sign for the viability of Berlin's transport policy if the German capital is to be the only one in Europe without a publicly funded bike sharing service."
Bicycle Traffic Particularly Affected by Budget Cuts
The bicycles from Nextbike can be rented and returned at fixed as well as virtual stations. Those who park them outside these locations pay more. Demand has continuously increased since the offer's inception, as stated in a response from the Senate to a parliamentary inquiry by the Greens - from 234,000 rides in 2017 to around 3.4 million rentals this year. Most recently, Nextbike operated about 4,500 stations. Almost half of them were located outside the S-Bahn ring.
One-third of Bicycle Infrastructure Funds Cut, Better Public Transport Transfers Eliminated Entirely
Public bike rental offerings are considered by transport research as an important means to encourage more people to switch from cars to other modes of transport. Moreover, alternative modes of transport are also poorly affected in the new budget decision. About one-third of the funds for improving the bicycle infrastructure are to be cut. The money for better transfers to buses and trains is completely eliminated. However, there will be no higher fees for residential parking permits, which are also considered an important component for traffic shifting.
Translated automatically from German.
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