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Newsletter No. 1 of 28/03/2026

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Dear Supporters,
Dear Neighbours

This first newsletter from the IG Hadlaubstrasse is going out to over 150 individuals, households, and families who support the cause of the IG Hadlaubstrasse! Most of them actually live on Hadlaubstrasse, but there are also residents from throughout the neighbourhood – both Fluntern and Oberstrass – included.

We would like to express our gratitude to all of you for your support. This gives the project its relevance. And the many encouraging words and comments have shown us that our assessment of the situation is correct. 

  • The Fluntern Neighbourhood Association decided at its last board meeting – in part due to the large response – to support the "Hadlaubstrasse Through Traffic" project.
  • The Oberstrass Neighbourhood Association is expected to discuss support for the "Hadlaubstrasse Through Traffic" project at an upcoming meeting of its Traffic Commission. This Traffic Commission meets regularly with representatives of the city and the city police. We will keep you updated. 

This marks a first step forward. We thank the Fluntern Association for its promised support!

You may be wondering: What happens next?

In the coming weeks, we will send a preliminary draft of our concerns for the relevant city council members to some residents for their input: 

This draft will include the following points, among others: 

Timely measurements at various locations along Hadlaubsstrasse of:

  • Speed and noise over an extended period of time
  • Qualitative survey of through traffic and resident traffic

Your feedback has indicated that there are certain "hot spots" where speed measurements would be useful. 

We have also learned that some residents have already taken the initiative to submit proposals to the city, but the city has dismissed them with arguments that were, in part, incomprehensible and – from the residents’ perspective – perceived quite differently. For this reason alone, it is important that we can base our arguments on reliable data. 

At the end of February, we attended a meeting of the Oberstrass Climate Group, which is calling for traffic calming measures in the Langmauerstrasse area. The group has succeeded in getting the city to include the area in its pilot project for the planned "neighbourhood blocks".

Neighbourhood blocks encompass several streets of a neighbourhood but no main roads and are intended to prevent through traffic, for example, by using one-way streets. Residents, businesses, delivery traffic, and emergency services should continue to have access. 

We find the concept of "neighbourhood blocks" quite interesting and will take a closer look at it. It was an exciting and inspiring discussion with the Oberstrass Climate Group!

Article on this topic in the TagesAnzeiger of 28 January 2026 (in German only):
TagesAnzeiger online (login required) | as a PDF on our website

Something else to make you smile

We have already mentioned that Google Maps, with its recommendations for avoiding traffic jams, contributes significantly to the problem of through traffic. A Berlin artist had the (slightly subversive) idea of turning the tables by creating a virtual traffic jam on Google Maps using a handcart full of mobiles: fact or fake? 

Many thanks to the local resident who brought the article titled "Simulating a traffic jam on Google Maps: not impossible, but..." to our attention!

We wish you all the best, thank you for your support, and look forward to your comments, suggestions, and ideas.

Best regards
IG Hadlaubstrasse
Andrea König, Christian Nötzli, and Hildegard Widmer

translated with the help of deepl.com