Mobility in Frankfurt: safely across small intersections
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OfFlorian Leclerc
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The Radentscheid Frankfurt presents its “Siglinde” concept for intersections in city districts.
Sieglinde is a waxy potato that is often found in potato salad. The “Siglinde” planning variant, which the Radentscheid Frankfurt developed for small intersections, should also be usable.
Rebecca Faller and Beatrix Baltabol from Radentscheid Frankfurt explained that small intersections in the city are often characterized by the fact that cars park up close to the intersection of the road edges and small people or people with walking or visual impairments cannot safely cross the intersections.
“We propose a standard solution that can be applied to all small intersections,” says Faller and Baltabol, who work full-time in the Frankfurt architectural office “Drei Eins”. The abbreviation Siglinde stands for “safe, equal, lime green”.
At the Siglinde crossing in Frankfurt, the road in the crossing area is paved at the level of the sidewalk. Cars have to drive up a small bump – and slow down in the process.
Similar to the pavement noses in the north end, the pavement is extended into the street space. It should offer space for seating cubes and plant beds to increase the quality of stay, and so that no cars are parked there.
So that vehicles do not park too close to the zebra crossing, trees should be planted directly at the zebra crossing. Behind it are areas for bicycle racks and parking spaces for delivery traffic, craftsmen and car sharing.
The Frankfurt intersection Siglinde is another concept with which the Radentscheid Frankfurt is working to improve the quality of stay, Alexander Breit repeats from the Radentscheid. Most recently, the Radentscheid presented a concept for bicycle-friendly side streets. The city has taken up the concept in many places on the Oeder Weg.
The application of the classic coalition for the Radentscheid Frankfurt was decided by the city councilors in summer 2019, it runs for three years. “We hope that the decision will be supplemented by further measures this summer,” said Breit. He pointed out that many measures, such as continuous cycle paths on main roads and the conversion of large intersections, have not yet been implemented.
“The Radentscheid has already achieved a great deal,” stated Breit. The cycle paths in Friedberger Strasse were unthinkable before the Radentscheid with 40,000 signatures.
Crossroads are accident black spots for people who cycle or walk, Breit said. “We want to improve this situation with our concept.” The costs for converting an intersection vary from case to case, but could be in the hundreds of thousands.