DISPOSING OF PRIVATE CARS WELCOME!
You are convinced that you don't need your car anymore and that Berlin's mobility mix gets you wherever you need to be?
THEN GET RIF OF YOUR CAR & MAKE SPACE FOR NEW WAYS TO USE PUBLIC STREET SPACE!
NEW MOBILIST
MARTIN BURTH (59), father of three
Klausenerplatz-Kiez
Owns an Opel as family car:
- Annual mileage: max. 8.000 km
- Main purpose: bulk purchases once a month
THE CHALLENGE
"If the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district sets up a carsharing parking spot within 50 meters of my apartment, I will deregister my car!"
APPROACH
In the fall of 2017, a new law on carsharing takes effect and allows municipalities to redesign parking spaces for alternative forms of use. Oliver Schruoffeneger, city district councillor for urban development, construction and environment in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, wants to reward those who get rid of their car (and many other neighbours) in a 1:1 trade with a carsharing parking lot.
NEW MOBILIST
ANDREA KASTENS-P. (49), mother of two
Klausenerplatz-Kiez/Mierendorff-Island
- Sold her family car
- Alternative means of transportation: bicycle, rental electric cargo bike
- Main purpose: way to work, transport her dog + small loads
THE CHALLENGE
"As an allotment holder on the Mierendorff-Island with a place of residence at the Sophie-Charlotte-Platz, I actually relieved two districts of when I sold my car. Now, to travel short distances I rent an electric cargo bike, which is provided as part of the project NEUE MOBILITÄT BERLIN (NMB). For weekend trips to Berlin's outskirts I use carsharing offers.
I WOULD LIKE A GREATER OFFER OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF VEHICLES SO THAT I CAN MAKE USE OF THEM ACCORDING TO MY NEEDS!"
APPROACH
Since May 2017, the research project "Distribute - green neighborhood supply chains for the city of tomorrow" has been running at Technical University (TU) Berlin, publicly sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Within the next three years, the steadily increasing freight transport should be shifted from trucks to electro cargo bikes in the two pilot neghborhoods "Mierendorff-ISLAND" and "Klausenerplatz-Kiez". When the vehicles are not used for deliveries, companies as well as individuals can rent them.
NEW MOBILIST
ROLF MIENKUS (49), father of two
Mierendorff-Island
Got rid of his Ford Focus Tournament at the end of 2016:
- Annual mileage: max. 6000 km
- Main purpose: trips to Berlin's surrounding area, transporting paddle
boats, annual leave
THE CHALLENGE
"Without my own car I am more aware of my driving behavior. I am most likely making use of carsharing to transport heavy loads or to travel longer distances. Most of my everyday trips I do by bicycle or LARS, a rental electro cargo bike.
What is still missing is an app, through which I can spot, book and end rentals of any type of vehicle of all mobility service providers! "
APPROACH
To get an overview of most mobility services around you, it is worth taking a look at the VBB live map. Here you can track the movements of all public transport, regional and long-distance transport in Berlin and Brandenburg, as well as the availability of car and bike sharing. Parking lots including park & ride and taxis can also be conveniently located with the browser-based application.
For the actual rental of sharing vehicles, apps like Free2Move are of help. It allows you to register with several providers, book centrally and in certain cases also pay via the app.
