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Bonn City Air Quality and Transport Improvement Plans. March 2018 summary for activists.
Bonn City has a problem. No, not the Beethoven Hall catastrophe. No, not the debt problem. No, not the swimming pool plan. I’m talking about the other one, the one that is seriously impacting health and quality of life. Air pollution levels have risen above permitted norms. Public transport quality appears to be dropping. Traffic levels are too high. The ongoing discussion involves diesel cars, electric transport, free public transport, cycle infrastructure, parking and even ski-resort style cable-car lifts. It’s a complex mix of projects and difficult to follow. Thanks to a recent statement from the City of Bonn, however, there’s a concise summary of actions available. This bullet-point list…
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Venusberg. Urban Gondola and E-bikes as traffic solutions.
As you pass through Bonn on the train and look west you’ll see a hill with a big radio mast on top. That’s the Venusberg. Around that mast lies the Venusberg district and it’s populated by around 2200 people. The Venusberg postal area is only 4 square kilometers in size, has a few shops and is a gateway to the Kottenforst forest that stretches south and west. Oh, and there’s a University Hospital where 7000 people work and over 1000 patients can stay overnight. I live there and I can tell you we have a traffic problem that needs to be fixed..niversity clinic Bonn or UKB – Wikipedia) generates a lot…