Kidical Mass in Dortmund: For safe bike paths and child -friendly roads!

Kidical Mass in Dortmund: For safe bike paths and child -friendly roads!

On May 10, 2025 at 2 p.m., the Kidical Mass will take place at Friedensplatz in Dortmund, a bicycle demonstration that works for a child -friendly transport policy. Organized by the Bicycle Initiative Bicycle Dortmund, the event aims to improve the bike paths in Dortmund and create a safe environment for children and families. The participants expect colorful bicycle demos and actions that address both children and humans of all ages.

accompanying feeder trips from various Dortmund districts are planned to enable a safe approach to peace place. The Kidical Mass is part of the nationwide campaign weeks "Streets are there for everyone!", Which take place from May 5th to May 25th, 2025. This initiative calls for action and calls for a reform of road traffic law to focus on the protection of children.

claims to politics

The Kidical Mass demands include structurally separate bike paths along busy roads, safe intersections, lower speed limits and a reduction in through traffic in residential areas. The possibility for cities, Tempo 30 in the entire urban area, is specially required. There is also criticism of the city of Dortmund because these options neglect to improve the cycle paths.

Initiatives such as the Kidical Mass have already established themselves as a movement that is not only active in Dortmund, but also in numerous other cities such as Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne. The overarching goal is to create children's and bicycle-friendly places that enable safe way to school and promote independent mobility.

Current traffic safety

In 2023, 27,235 children in Germany crashed in road traffic, with tragically 44 children died. The need for safer cycle paths is only underpinned by these statistics. The Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) supports various programs that are dedicated to the traffic safety of children, including traffic education for parents and children with the new Featuring Pumuckl.

Concrete programs such as "child and transport" of the German traffic safety council offer information and training in day care centers in order to promote the safe behavior of children in traffic. In addition, initiatives such as a pilot project in Mönchengladbach, which is supposed to bring kindergarten children closer to road traffic, are particularly commendable.

The Kidical Mass demands underline the range of concerns that affect parents, children and politicians alike. A child -friendly transport system is not only regarded as an essence for the safe mobility of children, but as a fundamental prerequisite for the safety of all road users.

The Kidical Mass in Dortmund hopes to draw attention to the broad needs of society with this celebration of cycling and thus to persuade decision -makers in politics and administration to rethink the street space as a living space. For more information please visit Kidicalmass-dortmund.de .