Dangerous Situation at the Railway Station
The ongoing rail replacement bus service brings dozens of buses into Bahnhofstraße every day – and with them a traffic situation that, in the view of the FDP group in Passau, can no longer be tolerated. …
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The ongoing rail replacement bus service brings dozens of buses into Bahnhofstraße every day – and with them a traffic situation that, in the view of the FDP group in Passau, can no longer be tolerated. Manoeuvring problems, obstructions and an accident that has already been documented show that action is urgently needed.
The city administration is to be instructed to temporarily close the parking spaces in the upper part of Bahnhofstraße, directly opposite the stopping areas of the rail replacement buses, for the duration of the replacement service. At the same time, the lower part of Bahnhofstraße below Europaplatz by the post office is to be opened to general car traffic – with time-limited parking on one side of the street and a one-way system in the direction of Badhausgasse. All measures are to be implemented at short notice and limited until the end of the rail replacement service on 15 December 2026.
“The situation is no longer tolerable. Two buses have already collided simply because there was no room – that must not happen again. We need pragmatic, quick solutions now, not months of weighing things up.” So says Prof. Dr. Holm Putzke, chairman of the FDP | Team Putzke group.
From a legal and traffic-planning perspective, the measures requested can be implemented without difficulty, stresses Prof. Georg Steiner:
“The traffic orders clearly lie within the discretion of the city administration. These are temporary, reversible interventions affecting parked traffic – legally the most straightforward instrument the city has.”
Sebastian Frankenberger adds the citizens’ perspective: “The solution is simple, costs nothing and relieves the bus drivers as well as the residents and businesses in Bahnhofstraße. Anyone who needs to pop to the station briefly will find a space down below – and the buses up above finally have room to manoeuvre.”
Alongside the motion, the group has launched a survey on its citizens’ platform mitmach-passau.de: citizens can state whether they support the FDP proposal, prefer a different solution or want to contribute their own ideas. The results will feed into the group’s further political work.
The survey can be found at fdp-fraktion-passau.de.
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