About 1,000 people cycled in Tyrol on Friday for better climate protection. The demonstration train also traveled along the Inntal highway. Not to the delight of politicians and many motorists who ended up in traffic jams.
“Bike, bus, train instead of car madness!” That was the motto of the bicycle demonstration that briefly paralyzed Innsbruck and the Inntal highway on Friday! The idea emerged three years ago, but a judge at the Innsbruck Regional Court had to be convinced before the action could be implemented.
The pedal riders of all ages pedaled for about two hours on this sunny June day from about 3:15 p.m. Your concern: climate protection. Especially the excessive transit of fossil fuels and individual traffic are a thorn in their side, which also causes the highway to be trampled.
Behind the campaign are Fridays For Future (FFF), ‘Grandmas against the Right’ (‘because climate change mainly affects the elderly and small children’) and ‘Parents for the Future’, as well as the ‘Critical Mass Innsbruck’, which takes place every last On Friday of the month they cycle through Innsbruck because in their opinion there is far too little space for bicycles in the capital.
Excellent mood
They agree with FFF’s demand: a halt to the expansion of new road construction projects. They criticize the fact that 90-95 percent of Tyrolean holiday guests come by car. 70 percent of the goods on the Brenner are transported by truck – and not by rail, as they think it should be. The mood among the demonstrators was excellent: they demonstrated on bicycles with loud music and a lot of clinking.
Traffic jams cause anger among the ÖVP and the population
The mood on the criticized policy was less excellent, as State Councilor Astrid Mair (ÖVP) said: “In our opinion, if the entire highway on the outskirts of the capital is closed due to the extremely important issue, the goal will clearly be missed. of climate protection.” The traffic jam that caused the demonstration on Friday afternoon was a nuisance for many motorists. About 1,000 people took part in the demonstration and it passed without incident.
Source: Krone
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