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Sunday question: What do you say about Berlin abolishing the 30 km/h speed limit because the air has improved thanks to the 30 km/h speed limit? (www.rbb24.de)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: changed article link and title to comply with rules (that I didn't read 😛). The article that is linked now, links to the previous one (this one https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2025/06/senatsverwaltung-verkehr-berlin-tempo-30.htm), and the title is the google translated of the new article, as close as original German as I can

The absurdity of the proposal is already in the title, and shows how motonormativity is spread all over the world.

Berlin has a very good public transit system, and a few 30 km/h zones cannot be that bad.

I would love to hear opinions from someone who lives there!

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This really hurts my brain. How can politicians be this shortsighted?

I'm living here and you are absolutely correct. Public transit is good. Most streets are 50 km/h. Some are 30 but that is oftentimes not enforced.

Several studies have shown that a speed limit of 30 km/h can massively reduce the number and severity of accidents. But as Germans we hate the idea of slowing down for other road users. We bought those shiny non electric cars and we want to blast through the city, god damnit!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago

How can politicians be this shortsighted?

not shortsighted, they're trying to make the city worse. They're conservatives and middle parties voted in by people not from the center of the city.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Oh they just got friends and potential future employers in the automotive industry.

I politics hanlons razor is reversed. Never attribute to stupidity that which could be explained by corruption.