School route safety: School route plans
A working group under the leadership of the transport authority monitors school road safety. Specialists from various authorities meet regularly to discuss this.
The school route plans are revised on an ongoing basis. They contain recommendations on how children can get to school safely and indicate danger spots. Traffic lights, crossing aids, danger spots and 30 km/h zones are identified.
School route maps in the interactive city map
The interactive city map of the city of Chemnitz shows recommended routes to school, bus stops, crossing aids and danger spots in the vicinity of the respective primary school. The maps are continuously updated according to the results of the school route safety working group.
Parents or pupils can select specific routes to school by entering their place of residence in Chemnitz or a specific school. Existing dangerous spots, crossing aids such as pedestrian crossings, central islands etc. are displayed as images at the click of a mouse and help parents to find the best and safest route to school for their child.
Start of the 2023/2024 school year
Many pupils will be making their own way to school again from Monday. To ensure that they can make this journey safely, the City of Chemnitz's Transport and Civil Engineering Department is working with the road construction authority, the traffic planningThe Traffic and Civil Engineering Department of the City of Chemnitz, under the direction of the traffic authority, is constantly working on suggestions and changes to eliminate potential danger spots and road defects.
The following measures were implemented in the past school year:
- on a section of Markersdorfer Straße and Hauptstraße in Euba, a 30 km/h speed limit was imposed with the additional sign "Schulweg",
- On Trützschlerstraße, Adelsbergstraße and Reichsstraße, corresponding traffic signs were retrofitted with the additional "School" signs,
- on Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße, the traffic sign "Attention children" indicates the pupils of Gablenz primary school,
- On Rudolf-Krahl-Straße/Berganger, children can cross the road more safely via a pedestrian crossing,
- A centre island was built on Saydaer Straße,
- A temporary parking ban was introduced on Bernhardstrasse as a so-called "parents' stop" in order to equalise the high volume of traffic in front of Rudolfgrundschule,
- on Horststraße and Heinrich-Bretschneider-Straße, pavement projections were built to improve visibility when crossing the road,
- At Reichenhain primary school, a one-way street regulation was set up as part of a pilot project to prevent reckless turning manoeuvres in the vicinity of the school. In the new school year, there will be a second trial with an extended route.
The following measures are planned:
- a pedestrian crossing will be created on Einsiedler Hauptstraße/Wiesenufer,
- a central island will be built at Lützowstraße/Deulichstraße,
- A recycling island will be installed on Barthelstraße/Limbacher Straße.
- On Albert-Schweitzer-Straße, various approaches for safe crossings are being examined.
The Chemnitz Police Department and the City of Chemnitz Public Order Office will be stepping up their monitoring of moving and stationary traffic at the start of the school year.
The volunteer members of Verkehrswacht Chemnitz e.V.- https://vkw-chemnitz.de/ will also be on site with various campaigns to ensure that Chemnitz children are safe on their way to school.