Vienna called upon

Greens are now looking for danger spots in front of schools

Watch out, cars! The Greens want to improve safety on school routes and are looking for further suggestions from the public.

(Bild: Evelyn Hronek Kamerawerk)

The Vienna Green Party has set itself the goal of uncovering danger spots in front of schools. The aim is to reduce the risk to children. Citizens can now report "traffic traps" and solutions are to be targeted by the fall. The Greens themselves want to develop a master plan for this.

For many children in Vienna, walking to school is a daily risk. Narrow streets, fast-moving traffic and parked cars sometimes turn the way to school into an obstacle course. The Vienna Green Party is now looking for these danger spots and wants to get parents and teachers on board. As part of the campaign, which runs until the end of June, the Greens are providing information about possible concepts on site. Support will also be offered for the implementation of measures.

School streets should be much easier to implement.

(Bild: Grüne Wien)

Developing a master plan for schools
Experts in the districts are ready to help with their specialist knowledge and background information. The Greens themselves are calling for comprehensive measures to improve safety on school routes. A central point is the creation of a "school forecourt master plan". This plan should include the traffic calming of all 350 school forecourts that are not yet traffic-calmed. The aim is to make the school environment as car-free and child-friendly as possible.

The specific requirements: 

• Around 350 car-free and green school forecourts by 2030
• As an immediate measure: push for the establishment of school streets - 100 school streets by the start of school in 2024. The procedure for establishing school streets should also be drastically simplified
• "Master plan for school forecourts": City of Vienna should develop a strategy, evaluate the surroundings of all schools and present a plan for traffic calming
• Car-free school forecourts to become standard for new schools

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