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2. Berliner Allee as the new north-south axis

The corner of Berliner Allee and Steinstraße in the late 1950s

The corner of Berliner Allee and Steinstraße in the late 1950s. In this picture there is still a ‘parallel street’; after WWII it became the north-south axis. View to the south Click image to enlarge
Source: photographer unknown, date unknown, Traffic Management Department of the state capital Düsseldorf.

Corneliusstraße before the introduction of trams

Corneliusstraße before the introduction of trams Click image to enlarge
Source: photographer unknown, date unknown, Traffic Management Department of the state capital Düsseldorf.

Presentation

The destruction of WWII enabled new ways of handling the traffic. The demolition of the blocks made it possible to broaden the north-south axis and to add the tramway. Nowadays the street is a built-up area.

Questions

  1. Compare the two pictures
  2. What problems can arise because of high volume of traffic and a densely built-up area?
  3. What measures can be taken (by the state and the city) to reduce pollution?

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Answers

  1. Gaps between buildings were closed, design and lay-out of roads were well-planned, which leads to high congestion, street car tracks are used as parking lots.
  2. In built-up areas there is higher pollution, as well noise as contamination loads. The street becomes a main road.
  3. Reducing the parking space in the inner part of the city, developing the local public transportation, measures to reduce the risk of traffic jams: “green wave”; recently: promoting low-emission cars, low-emission zones.