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Germany: Climate activists, cyclists oppose autobahn expansion
Cyclists and climate activists across Germany have defied autobahn construction, arguing that more roading and relentless car traffic violate urgent global climate rescue goals.
Cyclists and climate activists protesting on the B54 near Dortmund
Climate activists challenged Germany s motorway and individualized car industry on Saturday in a day of action by interrupting autobahn construction and traffic at sites near Berlin, Wittenberg, Dortmund and Kassel dotted around Germany s 13,000-kilometer (8,100-mile) open speed roading network.
The diverse protests led by activist groups such as Robin Wood and Sand in the Gears [Sand im Getriebe] claimed excessive costs put at €200,000 ($243,000) per meter for Berlin s A100 autobahn extension will exacerbate the global climate crisis instead of being invested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
I’d rather not send my family out on a smart motorway, admits police chief
Comments add to pressure on ministers to scrap or overhaul measures that use the hard shoulder as a live lane after several driver deaths
19 May 2021 • 7:01pm
Work on the M4 earlier this month as parts of the road are converted into a smart motorway
Credit: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock
A police chief has told MPs he would rather his loved-ones drove on roads with hard shoulders than a smart motorway.
Chris Todd, assistant chief constable at West Midlands Police, who oversees the force s motorway response patrols, said “if pushed” he would want relatives to have the “additional” safety of a continuous hard shoulder.