INTERNATIONAL LIAISON OFFICE — GERMANY DESK · DOCKET NO. AAR-INTL-DE
Contesting the Berlin Radgesetz
QUARTERLY FIGURES · DOCKET NO. AAR-INTL-DE
PUBLIC SATISFACTION INDEX: 4.6 / 5 — 2,156 RESPONSES ON FILE
PERSONNEL FILE · INTERNATIONAL LIAISON DIVISION
Leading AARBAA's advocacy efforts across Germany, coordinating 34 regional chapters and representing the interests of 7,130 members.
PUBLIC COMMENT RECORD · ENTERED WITHOUT OBJECTION
FEATURED MEMORANDUM · RECORDS DIVISION
FEATURED STORY
Our German team is mounting a comprehensive legal and political challenge to Berlin's plan to convert hundreds of kilometers of vehicle lanes to cycling infrastructure, which would cripple the capital's transportation system.
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CASE OUTCOMES · CLOSED FILES
After Berlin converted Friedrichstraße into a car-free zone, businesses reported 40% revenue losses. Our 18-month campaign successfully restored limited vehicle access, saving dozens of businesses.
Vehicle access restored; 67 businesses saved from closure
Successfully organized opposition to Munich's plan to install cycle lanes on the historic Altstadtring, preserving critical vehicle capacity on this key inner-city route.
Preserved 4-lane vehicle capacity on 2.3km historic ring road
Prevented the closure of three Autobahn entrance ramps that the Green-controlled city government wanted to eliminate as part of their 'car-free city center' vision.
Maintained Autobahn access for 45,000 daily commuters
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SCHEDULED PROCEEDINGS · PUBLIC NOTICE
Unser jährlicher nationaler Kongress zur Zukunft der Mobilität in Deutschland. / Our annual national congress on the future of mobility in Germany.
PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDED — MINUTES ON FILE
Podiumsdiskussion über Münchens Verkehrspolitik mit Stadträten und Verkehrsexperten. / Panel discussion about Munich's transport policy with city councillors and transport experts.
PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDED — MINUTES ON FILE
Monatliches Treffen der AARBAA Hamburg. Diskussion über die geplante Fahrradstraße an der Außenalster. / Monthly AARBAA Hamburg meeting. Discussion about planned bicycle street at Außenalster.
PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDED — MINUTES ON FILE
Demonstration für den Erhalt der geschwindigkeitsunbegrenzten Autobahn. Gemeinsam gegen ideologische Tempolimits! / Rally for preserving unlimited speed Autobahn. Together against ideological speed limits!
PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDED — MINUTES ON FILE
INFRASTRUCTURE CASE FILES · OPEN MATTERS
Berlin's Radgesetz mandates creation of 100km of new protected bike lanes annually, requiring removal of vehicle lanes and parking. This is creating gridlock across the city as implementation accelerates.
Plans to reduce the Mittlerer Ring (Munich's inner ring road) from 4 lanes to 2 in favor of cycle lanes would cripple one of Europe's busiest urban ring roads, affecting 170,000 daily vehicles.
Hamburg's plan to expand the pedestrian and cycling zone around Jungfernstieg would eliminate the last remaining vehicle access to the city center waterfront, affecting tourism and businesses.
The railway bridge now dedicates more space to bicycles than pedestrians despite pedestrian traffic being 3x higher. This creates dangerous crowding while bike lanes remain underutilized.
PUBLIC COUNTER · RESPONSES PREPARED IN ADVANCE
The ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) is Europe's largest automobile club, focusing primarily on roadside assistance and member services. While ADAC does some policy advocacy, they avoid controversial positions. AARBAA Deutschland specifically challenges anti-motorist policies and advocates aggressively for drivers' rights against the Green Party's cycling agenda.
We absolutely oppose any speed limits on Germany's Autobahn system. The Autobahn is a symbol of German engineering excellence and personal freedom. The Green Party's push for blanket speed limits is ideological, not evidence-based. Germany's Autobahn system has an excellent safety record despite no speed limits on many sections.
The Verkehrswende as currently conceived by the Green Party is not a 'transition' but an elimination of motorist rights. We support genuine multimodal transport that includes robust vehicle infrastructure, not the current approach of deliberately making driving difficult to force people onto bicycles. Germany's economy depends on vehicle transportation.
We maintain relationships with Bundestag members, particularly from parties that support balanced transport policy. We've been most successful working at the Land (state) level and with municipal governments outside Green Party control.
Smaller cities like Münster have long had successful integrated cycling. We don't oppose appropriate cycling infrastructure. We oppose the radical elimination of vehicle infrastructure in major cities like Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg, where the scale and economic needs are completely different from university towns like Münster.
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Be part of our growing movement of 7,130 members across34 chapters in Germany. Together, we're advocating for balanced transportation policy and motorists' rights.
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FORM AAR-101 — REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
REV. 07/2026 · APPROVED FOR PUBLIC USE · FILE IN DUPLICATE
CROSS-REFERENCES · RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE 7
PUBLIC COMMENT RECORD · 3 ENTRIES ON FILE
CASE NO. AAR-C-0001
Wolfgang Schmidt — Berlin
CASE NO. AAR-C-0002
Brigitte Hoffmann — Munich
CASE NO. AAR-C-0003
Jürgen Becker — Hamburg