20 km of new cycling infrastructure in 46 projects – 4 km long cycle connection to the west of Vienna – closing central gaps in Währing and Alsergrund – Floridsdorf cycling offensive
Vienna (OTS) – The big Vienna cycle path offensive is entering its third year and is still running at full speed! Vienna Mobility City Councilor Ulli Sima presented today together with NEOS Vienna mobility spokeswoman Angelika Pipal-Leixner and the District leaders from Penzing and Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus Michaela Schuechner and Dietmar Baurecht the cycle path expansion program 2024: 46 projects with almost 20 km of new cycling infrastructure will be implemented or launched this year – the city’s mega cycle path offensive will continue unabated in 2024! The focus of the offensive is on closing important gaps and creating new, continuous cycle connections. Special highlight: The creation of a new bike connection from the new building belt via the 15th and 14th districts in the West Wiens ab 2024.
“We have already had over since the beginning of the legislative period 75 million euros in the cycling infrastructure investedaround 130 projects and more than 48 km of new cycling infrastructure implemented or launched in the main cycle path network alone! This year we are again spending a lot of money to build another 20 km of new cycling infrastructure. Consistent, comfortable cycling connections are very important to us. After the mega cycle highway from Kagran to the city and the cycle highway south from Karlsplatz via the main train station to Lower Austria, we are tackling the next major project with the new cycle connection to the west of Vienna. This year we are building as 1st part of the 4 km long route a structurally separate one Two-way cycle path on Hütteldorfer Straße – a real highlight!” says happily Sima. Of course, more greenery will also be ensured in the projects planned for 2024: “Wherever possible, we are planting new trees along the routes, unsealing areas and redesigning places to be climate-friendly under the motto ‘Get out of the asphalt’, like on Hütteldorfer Straße , where about 2,000 sqm of new green space with 34 additional trees “is created,” said Sima, who thanked the district leaders, the municipal departments and the Vienna Mobility Agency for the good cooperation.
“Cycle paths and cycle streets as safe and fast connections are crucial to establishing bicycles as an attractive means of transport for people of all ages. I am particularly pleased about the next regional cycle connection, the 4 km long connection through the west, which starts this year with Hütteldorfer Straße. I also welcome the redesign of Rinnböckstrasse in Simmering into a safe and attractive cycle route parallel to Simmeringer Hauptstrasse. These groundbreaking measures and investments not only underline our pioneering role in promoting cycling, but also reaffirm our commitment to modern and sustainable mobility that benefits all citizens,” says Pipal-Leixner.
4 km comfortably from the Neubau belt to Penzing
Go West: Cyclists will travel westwards safely and comfortably in the future. One will be built in stages from 2024 to 2026 4 km long safe cycling connection from the Neubauzeile via the 15th district to Pachmanngasse in the 14th district!
It starts in 2024 with the new two-way cycle path on the Hütteldorfer Straße. So far there is only a multi-purpose strip available up to Huglgasse. Where this direction Penzing ends, you have to drive in mixed traffic. That is now changing: A highlight of this year’s program is the redesign of Hütteldorfer Straße with the construction of a 1.3 km long two-way cycle path from the new building belt to Wurmsergasse and further over the traffic-calmed water world to Johnstrasse, where the Meiselstrasse cycle route will connect in the future. At the same time, 2,000 square meters of additional green space will be created and 34 new trees will be planted along the route in the 15th district. Start of construction for the first stage is already End of April 2024the cycle path should be finished by the end of the year.
“As district leader, it is particularly important to me that, in addition to creating a two-way cycle path on Hütteldorfer Straße, all people who travel on foot also benefit. By redesigning this important traffic artery in the district, we are creating many advantages, including more shaded places to rest, more traffic safety and more greenery through new planting. Through automatic irrigation we will also significantly optimize the situation for the trees. Hütteldorfer Straße will soon shine in new splendor, with an improved quality of life for everyone,” said District leader Dietmar Baurecht.
But that’s just the beginning, things will continue from 2025: From Johnstrasse you can get there via the new cycle route Meiselstraße and the new cycle path on Hütteldorfer Straße to Leyserstraße/Lotte-Lenya-Park, from 2026 it will continue via Heinrich-Collin-Straße to Waidhausenpark or Baumgarten cemetery.
“If we want people to cycle more, we need safe cycle paths. Safe cycle paths are essential, especially for children. If they learn to use the bike from an early age, it will be natural for them to use this climate-friendly means of transport as adults. Especially in view of future generations and increasing global warming, it is high time to invest in cycling infrastructure. “I am therefore very pleased that the Vienna cycle path network is also being expanded in Penzing,” emphasizes District leader Michaela Schüchner.
Deutschordenstraße: By bike to school and to Wiental in Penzing
Also in 14th district The cycle path expansion continues: In the last two years, the cycle path network in the district has already been massively expanded, for example on Goldschlagstrasse, Kendlerstrasse and Hüttelbergstrasse. This year a round one is being built 470 m long two-way cycle path on Teutonic Order Street and Linzer Street from Keißlergasse to Lorenz-Weiß-Gasse on the program – an important closure of the gap towards the Wiental cycle path and a measure to better connect the newly built “Anna and Alfred Wödl” educational campus to the cycle path network. Become part of the project 16 new trees planted on Deutschordenstrasse.
Rinnböckstrasse: Climate-fit 1.2 km wheel axis in Simmering
There is also a real highlight in Simmering this year: this is where the… Rinnböckstrasse to a total of around 1.2 km Structurally separated two-way cycle path and a Bike street. A green area is created 20 trees and 11 standard shrubs Planted, climate-friendly wheel axis parallel to Simmeringer Hauptstrasse.
Inwards the city there is also on Rennweg (3rd district). 250 my Two-way cycle path from Grasbergergasse to Rinnböckstraße.
Alszeile: On separate cycle paths in Hernals
Also in Hernals The cycle path expansion continues. This year they are being created on the Alszeile A total of 850 m of structurally separated cycle paths: A two-way cycle path will be built between Alsgasse and Vollbadgasse. From Vollbadgasse via Himmelmuttwerweg to Dornbacher Straße there is a structurally separated one-way cycle path. There will also be additional greenery here.
Grain market: closing the gap to line 2 (inner city)
In the first district, an important gap in the main cycle transport network is being closed at the Getreidemarkt: From Friedrichstrasse to Gauermanngasse There will be a new structurally separated one-way cycle path. This defuses a dangerous accident scene and makes it much safer and easier for cyclists to get to the 2 line.
Another gap in this area is the structurally separated one-way cycle path on the Right Wienzeile from the Getreidemarkt to Operngasse. In addition, a new, safe pedestrian crossing will be built across Operngasse.
One is also being built in several sections in the first district bike friendly street in the Dominican bastion, be here 21 new trees planted.
Alsergrund: New connections from the Belt to the Danube Canal
In the future, the important connection will be over Fuchsthallergasse and Alserbachstrasse comfortable cycling on structurally separated cycle paths will be possible. Of autumn 2024 to the end of 2025 A top cycle path connection is being created from the Belt to the Danube Canal across the 9th district. 2024 will start in Fuchsthallergasse:
A road will be created here from Währinger Belt to Nußdorfer Straße One-way cycle path towards the city center, this complements the existing one-way cycle path towards the city outskirts. This will follow in 2025 Alserbachstraße: There will be one here Structurally separated two-way cycle path built. It runs from Spittelauer Lände to Liechtensteinstraße. In the complex intersection area with Liechtensteinstrasse and Nußdorfer Strasse, there will be one-way cycle paths on both sides. Julius-Tandler-Platz is also being redesigned to be climate-friendly under the motto ‘Get out of the asphalt’.
Another major project in the district will take place this year as announced Nordbergbrücke implemented. Here the multi-purpose strip is approximately 380 meters from Josef-Holaubek-Platz to Spittelauer Lände through a Two-way cycle path replaced.
This connects to the new 4 m wide two-way cycle path in Glatzgasse, which was built in 2023. It is expected to be next year Cycling route along the Nordberg Bridge for another 780 meters to the Peace Bridge and thus optimized up to the Danube Canal.
Central gap closure in Währing from Gersthof to Aumannplatz
In the 18th district we are ensuring a central closure of the gap in the Währinger Straße between Gersthof and Aumannplatz. A lot has already happened in the district since the start of the 2022 offensive, for example with the new cycle path from Pötzleinsdorfer Schloßpark via Pötzleinsdorfer and Gersthofer Straße to Erndtgasse or in the bicycle-friendly Schulgasse – coming from the Belt – to Martinstraße. The new structurally separated cycle paths from Aumannplatz to Gersthof will close a final gap for a continuous cycle connection from Pötzleinsdorf to the Belt Cycle Path.
In a first phase, the 2024 summer holidays will be used to… Two-way cycle path to be implemented in the section along the Hans Radl School. In a second phase, the two one-way cycle paths will be implemented between Simonygasse and Gersthofer Straße, under the S45 bridge. The third phase includes the section between Paulinengasse and Aumannplatz.
Bicycle route through Josefstadt
As early as 2023, Pfeilgasse in the section from Lerchenfelder Belt to Strozzigasse was redesigned into a climate-friendly bicycle route, including new trees. Part 2 of the new cycle connection from Strozzigasse will start in spring 2024 – along Zeltgasse and Josefsgasse – up to the 2er line and thus completing an attractive cycle connection to the city center over a length of 1.2 kilometers through the entire 8th district! A total of 32 new trees will be planted and micro open spaces will be created. The street space is unsealed by paving. The sometimes narrow sidewalks will be generously widened in places.
A continuous cycle path on Krottenbachstrasse in Döbling is being completed
The continuous cycle path on the Krottenbachstraße in Döbling will be completed this year. In the outstanding section between Flotowgasse and Börnergasse This year, a structurally separate two-way cycle path with a length of 810 m will be created. This will close a large gap in the main cycle transport network and create a safe cycle connection through the 19th district to the city center and the neighboring Währing district.
Cycling against the one-way street Cottagegasse between Peter-Jordan-Straße and Hasenauerstraße will in future connect Döbling and Währing.
Donaustadt: Accompanying cycle paths to tram line 27
In the 22nd district, in addition to the new tram line 27, which will, among other things, provide improved connections to the Seestadt Aspern 1.8 km of additional cycling infrastructure was built and an avenue of trees was created. Construction will start in 2024. Among other things, a two-way cycle path will be built between Ziegelofenstrasse and Hausfeldstrasse built.
15th district: Starting signal for a two-way cycle path on the climate-friendly Outer Mahü!
In the 15th district, the starting signal for another major project will be given this year: the 1.9 km long Outer Mariahilfer Straße will be redesigned to be climate-friendly, traffic-calmed and greened in several phases. This year it starts with the 1st section of Belt up to Clementinengasse – a new building measuring over 600 m is being built here on the outskirts of the city Two-way cycle path including climate-friendly greenery and tree planting. The space for the wide cycle path is created by a one-way route for car traffic out of town. The initial concept for the comprehensive redesign of the Outer Mahü based on the results of a citizen survey has already been presented. The details will also be presented at the beginning of April with a plan exhibition in the Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district council.
Cycling expansion to the left of the Danube continues – Floridsdorf bike offensive
With the Rad-Offensive Floridsdorf The city continues a “tradition”, so to speak: Since the start of the cycling offensive, there has been a priority district every year in which the cycling infrastructure is specifically expanded – usually over a period of two years. In 2022/2023 it was the Danube city with 14 km of cycling projects and highlights such as Wagramer Straße, Donaustädter Straße, Erzherzog-Karl-Straße, Breitenleer Straße and much more
In 2023/2024 the focus is on Favoriten (3.8 km): this year we are implementing projects in Landgutgasse and Triester Straße or in the new Tangentenpark on the Ostbahn.
In 2024/2025, the city will focus on another area: In Floridsdorf will be created over the next two years 6.6 km of new cycling infrastructure. Together with the district, the city is tackling the ‘big chunks’ like this Floridsdorfer Hauptstrasse an.
From this year onwards there will be a 420 m altitude Two-way cycle path from Am Spitz to Matthäus-Jiszda-Straße. Along the route will be around 50 new trees planted!
The groundbreaking ceremony for one will also take place this year Two-way cycle path in the Prague Street set. At a length of 335 m, this replaces the previous cycle lane from Floridsdorfer Hauptstraße to the Nordbrücke. 20 new trees will be planted, sidewalks widened.
From 2025 onwards the Leopoldau Street from Angerer Straße to Angyalföldstraße One-way cycle paths on both sides at a length of 1,250 m built. This will also start in 2025 „Klimahighway“. Instead of a motorway, as was originally planned, in the future a continuous cycle connection on the route of the former federal highway HB 232 will run through the entire district from Donaufeld to Lower Austria. This also finds out Richard Neutra Alley a quality gain: the multi-purpose strip will be replaced by a structural two-way cycle path. 2025 is also coming up Closing the gap in the Thayagasse and Pinkagasse an: The new cycle infrastructure will connect directly to the new cycle path coming from Gerasdorf, thus providing an important, Cross-border connection to Lower Austria as well as to the Leopoldau underground and S-Bahn station.
Further information and a list of the construction program can be found at:
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Questions & Contact:
Sophia Schönecker
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Georg Brockmeyer
Mobility Agency Vienna
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