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Berlin: proposal to remove 30 km/h zones because air quality improved, thanks to 30 km/h zones (www.rbb24.de)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

In Berlin, only 3% of all registered cars are pure electric cars (numbers from 2024).

Speeds of 30 km/h lower the emissions of nitrogen oxide from cars with combustion engines. This happens because of significant reduction of pollutant-laden acceleration processes.

The reduction of emissions from such a speed limit is based on more uniform traffic flows.

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