Stop-and-Go traffic turnaround – Berlin’s tram M 10

Berlin is propagating the ‘Verkehrswende’, i.e.: the traffic turnaround. That implies: switching as much as possible from cars to bicycles and to local public transport. For the climate’s sake, for better air, for more calm and quality of life in the city.

In concrete terms, this means building wide, fast and safe cycle paths. It also means offering attractive public transport. How does that work in the German capital? As an example, the film shows the outstanding tram line M 10, the capital’s most important tram connection to ‘Berlin Hauptbahnhof’, the main train station.

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‘Unter den Linden‘ the linden trees dwindle – The sealed city

Asphalt-sealed planting holes instead of linden trees – Berlin’s well-known boulevard is in a sad state. The video focuses on Berlin’s soil-sealing and the capital’s failure to make up for a constant loss of street trees even in representative areas – with negative impacts on the city’s local climate and rainwater management.