Berlin's Cycling Streets
Individual districts have the authority to establish bike-priority streets where cars take a back seat
I was on my way to an appointment on Monday near Hausvogteiplatz in Mitte when I noticed that the Oberwallstraße between Werderscher Markt and Kleine Jägerstraße was now a fahrradstraße (literally “bicycle street”). I don’t know how long it has been this way, but it wasn’t one when I was last in the area about six months ago.
Bicycle streets give priorit…