The German bicycle industry experienced a real boom in 2020. The sales figures for bicycles in Germany had already been rising steadily in the years before. However, the Corona pandemic again brought a whole new impetus to the industry.

Idioms often aren’t particularly accurate: if someone does something “once in a blue moon” and another person is supposed to be “green behind the ears”, then it is up to the individual to decide which colours are meant.

Especially in the cold and wet seasons, the question arises whether existing shelters for passengers, customers and employees offer sufficient space or whether investments should be made in new stops or shelters. To be able to determine the need, we propose a basis for calculation.

Since 2001, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Dettmar has been Head of the Department of Design and Open Space Planning at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University (TU) Darmstadt.

Once again, the AGFS (Arbeitsgemeinschaft fußgänger- und fahrrad-freundlicher Städte, Gemeinden und Kreise in NRW) was delighted with a record number of participants: over 700 participants accepted its invitation to the congress in Essen on 27 February.

Day after day, millions of people use public transport (ÖPNV). People with reduced mobility also depend on buses and trains.

Traffic safety was the topic at this year’s Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle-Friendly Cities, Municipalities and Counties in North Rhine-Westphalia e. V. (AGFS) Congress which took place on February 21 at the Essen Exhibition Centre parallel to the public “Bicycle” exhibition.

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Building a house lies in man´s nature – a few years ago a building society wooed customers for products which should help them to their “own four walls” with this saying. Indeed, there is probably no human civilisation that possessed no structures for protection against rain, snow, cold winds or even burning sunshine – shelters.