GCSE GEOGRAPHY CCEA FRIEBURG, GERMANY CASE STUDY

GCSE GEOGRAPHY CCEA FRIEBURG, GERMANY CASE STUDY

1. The city - 200,000 people, Southern Germany,Historic City centre within old walls

2. Impacts

   • 4,000 fewer cars each day than in 1970
     • 70% of local trips made on the tram
       • Public Transport use, doubled since 1980
         • All this reduces congestion, fuel use and pollution ensuring that Freiburg's transport system is becoming more sustrainable
     • People Travelling in the wider region are still affected by policies that encourage car use.
       • Even with all these policies people still use cars in freiburg.

3. Solutions

   • Pedestrianised city centre
     • Improved Public Transport,
       • Very cheap fares - on nonpolluting trams.
         • Park and Ride facilities on edge of city for commuters.
           • 200 miles of city paths, cycle storage at tram stops so people can bike and ride
             • No free car parking in city centre
               • City is compact, 70% of people live near a tram stop

4. Problems - Poplulation growth leading to increased traffic congestion in narrow city centre streets