City of Aachen
The Brand priority cycle route is the third route of the planned priority cycle network to be implemented. Part of the route was implemented as part of the #AachenMooVe! (2019-2022) in the state competition for emission-free inner cities as part of the state program "Kommunaler.Klimaschutz.NRW.
The RVR Brand connects the Brand district with the city center over 7.3 km. The start/finish point of the route is the Brand market square. From there, the RVR runs via the Marktstraße and Wolferskaul cycle routes to Rombachstraße. Here, the expansion of the southern side facilities and the existing footpath and cycle path is planned.
Under the A44 highway, the route leads over the rebuilt and widened Brander Wall (separate footpath and cycle path) into the Aachen-Mitte district. The RVR reaches Lintertstraße via several cycle lanes.
It was decided to widen the cycle path towards the city center between Schönforststraße and Auf dem Plue. From Auf dem Plue, cyclists can cycle through the adjacent residential area or in mixed traffic as far as Adenauerallee. A protective lane will be created out of town. The crossing of Adenauerallee is being redesigned to enable safe access to the next cycle lane, Altstraße. The shared Krautmühlenweg footpath and cycle path parallel to the railroad line has also been widened. The route then continues along further cycle lanes to the Bismackstraße/Drimbornstraße junction.
From there, it runs through the Frankenberg district together with the RVR Eilendorf. Lothringerstraße in the Suermond district is the first converted cycle route whose lane has been completely colored red. Shortly before reaching the Grabenring (the cycle distribution ring of the priority cycle network) at Elisenbrunnen, the route passes through the Wirichsbongardstraße pedestrian zone.
Planning status
On 12.09.2019, the Mobility Committee commissioned the administration with the successive implementation of the priority cycle network. The implementation of the RVR Brand started in 2020 with the #AachenMooVe! funding project. In June 2020, the plans for the cycle lanes along the route were approved by the responsible political bodies. Implementation took place in 2021.
Further resolutions followed on the conversion of Krautmühlenweg (planning and execution resolution January 2021; conversion in 2021), Brander Wall (planning and execution resolution March 2021; conversion in 2021/22), Lintertstraße (planning resolution September 2021; execution resolution September 2022, supplemented January 2023) and Rombachstraße (planning resolution September 2021; planning resolution August 2023).
Realized
- Small structural adjustments as an immediate measure "Schildplatz" (2019)
- Marking and signposting of cycle lanes incl. red coloring (2021-22): Marktstraße, Wolferskaul, Herderstraße, Danziger Straße, Sittarder Straße, Altstraße, Clermontstraße, Obere Drimbornstraße, Drimbornstraße
- Construction of the red Lothringerstraße cycle lane between Wilhelmstraße and Harscampstraße (2021)
- Reconstruction of Krautmühlenweg (2021)
- Reconstruction of Brander Wall (2022)
- Widening of the Danziger Strasse ramp (2024)
In implementation
- Redesign of the Harscampstrasse / Schildstrasse development area and reconstruction of Schildstrasse (from 2024)
Planning decided
- Conversion of Bismarckstrasse into a cycle lane (from 2025)
- Red marking of Obere Drimbornstraße and Drimbornstraße (expected 2024/2025)
- Conversion of Lintertstrasse (nn)
- Marking of the Adenauerallee/Lintertstraße/Altstraße junction) and widening of the Rosenweg ramp (nn)
- Reconstruction of the Adenauerallee/Linterstraße/Altstraße junction (nn)
- Conversion of Sittarder Straße between Lintertstraße and Schopenhauerstraße into a cycle lane (nn)
- Rombachstrasse reconstruction (expected from 2025)