After city senate decision: No nationwide 30s in Innsbruck
The discussion about the 30 rule in Innsbruck is one chapter richer. With the exception of three streets, the city senate has spoken out against the initiation of preliminary proceedings for the projects proposed by the working group. “This means that the nationwide 30 km/h speed limit is off the table for the time being,” explains GR Mariella Lutz. Vice Mayor Markus Lassenberger sees the result of the vote as a clear failure of the green transport policy ideology and prescription policy.
INNSBRUCK. After the decision was made by the municipal council, the working group was deployed to determine the possible road. The draft ordinance for a nationwide 30 km/h speed limit away from federal, state and through roads is to be drawn up by the responsible municipal offices on the basis of this resolution on the results of the working group. The result of the working group (see point the initial situation in this article) found a majority neither in the mobility committee of November 23 nor in the city senate.
No investigation
“The city senate, with the votes of the FPÖ, FI and ÖVP, has supported the decisions of the mobility committee NOT to initiate any further investigations into the comprehensive Tempo 30 project. Furthermore, the majority of the city senate agreed with the opinion of the mobility committee that the preliminary work of the working group on Tempo 30 will NOT be pursued further. A city senate faction noted in the minutes that an investigation into the 30 km/h speed limit should be initiated for three individual, smaller streets. The nationwide 30 km/h speed limit did not receive a majority in the mobility committee as early as November 23,” informs GR Mariella Lutz.
“This means that the nationwide 30 km/h speed limit is off the table for the time being. The Green Parade Project received a first class funeral today. Unfortunately, a lot of time and money was put into the municipal working group, the results of which are now proving to be non-existent. The People’s Party did not take part in this working group from the start. Now the people of Innsbruck can decide for themselves whether they want to have the speed limit across the board or not, because the Greens will not let go and stylize the 30 km/h speed limit as the number 1 election campaign topic for the coming municipal council elections,” said VP-GR Lutz of today’s voting result in the Innsbrucker to the city senate politically.
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ideological prescriptive politics
“The green approach to this 30 km/h issue was too ideological,” analyzes Vizebgm. Markus Lassenberger. “If you keep hearing how bad drivers are and how dangerous each of these drivers is on the road, that’s purely ideological and far from any objective argument.”
The Greens are not concerned with safety at all, but purely with banning cars from the cities. If this were the case, sales in retail and gastronomy would drop massively and the city center would eventually die out.
From the point of view of the FPÖ, the SPÖ’s application should not have received a majority in the municipal council from the outset. According to Lassenberger, hour after hour was invested in a green project that was doomed to failure due to the majority in the municipal council.
“Right from the start, the FPÖ did not take part in this one-sidedly motivated discussion and stayed away from the workshop.
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the initial situation
“The municipal council is in favor of introducing a speed of 30 km/h as the preferred speed. This does not apply to federal and state roads and through roads to be defined by the municipal council,” this application by GR Helmut Buchacher was presented to the city senate by the municipal council on March 24th, 2022 assigned, the application was supplemented by the point. “The thoroughfares are defined by a municipal council working group involving all municipal council parties. Particular attention should be paid to the area around educational and childcare facilities.” The working group developed these streets and submitted them to the traffic committee and the city senate for decision-making for the official investigation.
The introduction of Tempo 30 was proposed for streets: Amraser Straße western Sonnpark, Anzengruberstraße West, Claudiastraße, Dörrstraße, Dr.-Stumpf-Straße, Exlgasse, Fischerhäuslweg, Fischnalerstraße, Fürstenweg, Hans-Maier-Straße, Herzog-Siegmund-Ufer, Höhenstraße in the built-up area, Hoher Weg, Hunoldstrasse, Ing.-Etzel-Strasse, Kaiserjägerstrasse, Klostergasse, König-Laurin-Strasse, Mandelsbergerstrasse, Mitterweg, Radetzkystrasse, Reichenauer Strasse, Schneeburggasse, Silluferstrasse, Sonnenstrasse, Speckweg lower section and Werner-von-Siemens Street.
die Tempo 50 regulation was suggested for streets: Amraser Straße east of Sonnpark, Andechstraße, Anton-Eder-Straße, Bienerstraße, Erzherzog-Eugen-Straße, Fürstenweg west of Fischerhäusl, Gumppstraße, Höhenstraße in the undeveloped area, Langstraße, Pembaurstraße, Prinz-Eugen-Straße, Rudolf-Greinz -Straße, Speckweg upper section, Südbahnstraße, Technikerstraße and Tschurtschenthalerstraße.
The streets Langer Weg, Grabenweg, Valiergasse, Trientlgasse and Rossaugasse are assessed as part of the development concept for the Rossau site. A 40 km/h limit applies in Schützenstrasse (excerpt from the official report: “Keep the 40 km/h speed as it has been tried, 30 km/h can be argued if through traffic to and from Rum is to be reduced”).