“The mobility turnaround is taking far too long”: Initiative wants traffic calming for Kiez am Ostkreuz – Districts – Berlin

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Corinna von Bodisco writes from FRIEDRICHSHAIN-KREUZBERG:

• Behind the initiative “Kiez für Alle – Ostkreuz” there are committed neighbors who “are no longer just annoyed about the noise, dirt, too little space or other problems in the neighborhood, but want to change something”. Specifically, they are calling for traffic calming in the Friedrichshain Südkiez. But the active people are not only pushing for a turnaround in the area of ​​traffic, they are professionally organized with their own online channels and other campaigns such as Kiezputz and Spielstraße. Why are they relieving the district of work? “The mobility turnaround is taking far too long” – even in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg with the famous pop-up cycle paths, says Inge Lechner, one of those involved. You can read the conversation about planning ‘from below’, the intertwining of commitment and a change in awareness in Xhain-Newsletter of the daily mirror.
  It also deals with these topics:
• “Chronology of Standstill” – what about the exhibition at Café Sibylle?
• Flea market operators feel forgotten by politics and are calling for steps to be taken.
• No truck traffic, bicycle streets, traffic calming in Reichenberger- and Viktoriakiez?
• Old calculators for young people: “Hey, dude! Berlin “makes used computers fit for schoolchildren, Kreuzberger Kinderstiftung starts donation campaign.
• Diary, guide, social study: “Me, Ventura” – a dog describes life in Kreuzberg.
• Outdoor activities for Neighborhood Day
• Kotti-Info-TV broadcasts voices from neighbors and traders from everyday Corona.
• Taiji im Viktoriapark
• Exhibition in the Friedrichshain photo gallery tells neighborhood stories from the past 101 years in Xhain.

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Boris Buchholz writes from STEGLITZ-ZEHLENDORF:

• “I’m tired of just being the victim”: Mariatu’s clitoris was cut off at the age of twelve. She reports on the mutilation – and why she decided to have an operation in the Desert Flower Center at Waldfriede Hospital 29 years later.
• It turns in a circle: “There is only one traffic jam in Teltow,” says the local mayor – and that is done in Steglitz-Zehlendorf.
• News from the future Mexikoplatz underground station: The BVG is not planning an exit in the existing station building – you have to walk a bit.
• The district’s first cultural development plan revolves around the office: make manor house and Schwarzsche Villa accessible, more digital offers planned, more money demanded
• Bach on the guitar: Sunday music on Nikolskoe
• Rudi Wunderlich memorial trip: By bike from the concentration camp to freedom

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Christian Hönicke writes from the PANKOW district (with Prenzlauer Berg etc.):

• The missing skyscraper: guesswork around Pankow’s highest haunted house
• “We have to build upwards”: New plan for residential towers in the district presented.
• Protests in book: Initiative calls for a new development plan and fewer apartments for the Am Sandhaus district.
• Unclear ownership structure: education administration stops planning school construction in Prenzlauer Berg – what’s next?
• Danger from supermarket trucks: residents criticize the district office’s inaction.
• Blessing or curse? E-scooters are now also set up in Buch.
• Have recreational athletes just been rehabilitated? Residents are no longer allowed to enter a large sports facility after the renovation – and suspect intent.

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