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Sunday question: What do you say about Berlin abolishing the 30 km/h speed limit because the air has improved thanks to the 30 km/h speed limit? (www.rbb24.de)

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EDIT: changed article link and title to comply with rules (that I didn't read 😛). The article that is linked now, links to the previous one (this one https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2025/06/senatsverwaltung-verkehr-berlin-tempo-30.htm), and the title is the google translated of the new article, as close as original German as I can

The absurdity of the proposal is already in the title, and shows how motonormativity is spread all over the world.

Berlin has a very good public transit system, and a few 30 km/h zones cannot be that bad.

I would love to hear opinions from someone who lives there!

crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/114732266280428499

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[–] unabart@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

As stupid as this sounds, eventually someone is going to suggest letting grocery stores be open on Sunday and this will usher in what German historians call "Der Modern Age". There will be a domino effect... Rathaus will get Internet, Doctors will forgo fax for email and Aldi will finally bring Trader Joe's to the motherland. We will slowly creep into the 21st century. One pointless rule at a time.

This stupid speed limit thing will be remembered as the catalyst of progress in the race to catch up to their neighbors.

( /s Because Germany hates change )

Queue up the: "I'm entitled to a peaceful Sunday" folks.