In order to expand the range of measures to secure bicycle traffic on narrow roads, the Working Community of Bicycle-friendly Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg has carried out the pilot project "Safety Lanes" from 2010-
23 km of an abandoned railway line in disuse since 1999 were converted into a walkway and cycle track with 7 tunnels and 23 bridges with subsidies from the EU, the Federal Government and the State. The project received numerous awards.
New citizens are motivated to take short trips by bike or foot with a pedestrians and bicycle rider's template in order to decrease the number of short trips by car.
Within Nurembergs cycling promotion campaign “Nürnberg steigt auf” (Nuremberg gets on the bike) an improvement of bicycle parking facilities was planned. By systematically expanding small to medium-sized units of bicycle racks within an urban area, short distances to the next bicycle parking facilities are to be ensured.
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