Traffic

In spite of the fact that there was far less traffic in Berlin during the first months of the Corona crisis, the number of accident deaths is already high this year. Since January 1st, 2020, twenty-six individuals lost their lives on the streets of the German capital.

In Germany, it just got easier to lose one's driver's license for traffic violations. From today, much higher fines for speeding and other contraventions apply.

On the streets of Berlin, the number of accidents rose by two percent in 2019, compared to the year before. But less people died. The German capital's police…

The good news is that the number of road deaths in Germany has reached its lowest point since 1960. On the other hand, every victim is one too many.

In Germany, Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer wants to deregulate so-called ride-sharing services like Uber. His plans anger the taxi business. Late in the…

In some federal states within Germany, vacations are coming up. In others, they will end. Also, the carnival season in parts of western Germany usually makes…

Police in Berlin will conduct thorough traffic checks this week. They intend to concentrate on various kinds of violations.

Berliners are great people. Many are kind, smart, they respect others, they would talk to any stranger on the street and they have a sense of humor. Well, the…

For now, Germany continues to be the only country that does not have a general speed limit on its freeways, the famous 'Autobahn'. While Transport Minister…

Berlin's Environment and Transport Senator, the Green politician Regine Günther, wants to ban cars with combustion engines from the center of Berlin within ten years. By 2035, she wants to get rid of them in the entire city. Critics slammed the plan.