Overview
- The ecological transport group VCD on Monday opened an online form inviting reports of narrow or obstructed footpaths.
- The organization says it will compile submissions into an online map after the campaign ends to visualize problem spots, with no mapped results yet during the collection phase.
- VCD states the effort aims to make risks visible, inform municipal officials, and increase pressure on politics and administration to secure safe pedestrian routes.
- Transport policy spokesman Michael Müller-Görnert warns that parked sidewalks can force people using wheelchairs, rollators, or strollers into the roadway, creating real danger.
- Children up to eight who must ride bicycles on sidewalks are identified as particularly vulnerable, and the group urges residents to file reports to build pressure on municipalities.