Ablauf und Ziele
More and more people in Munich are using bicycles for their daily transportation. And yet, despite years of promises by the city to become Germany’s “Bicycle Capital”, our cycling infrastructure has only been slightly improved.
With the effect of the petition we began on March 28, 2019, the conditions for cycling in Munich should be massively improved: with the help of your signature, the bicycle will be given a fair share of our public space available for travel.
Legal Procedures for the Munich Bicycle Referendum and corresponding petitions
We need to collect around 33,000 Munich voter signatures in order to force a Referendum for citizens to vote on bicycle infrastructure. All adult Germans and other 18-year-old EU citizens can sign. (Details here: https://www.radentscheidmuenchen.de/background/faq-questions-and-answers/?lang=en#toggle-id-1)
If sufficient signatures are collected, a referendum will be held, unless the city council decides to simply implement the petition’s demands. For a valid referendum, ten percent of the voters must participate in the vote. That’s about 100,000 people in Munich.
If there is a majority in favor of the Munich Bicycle Referendum, the demands must be implemented by the city.
How does a petition cause a referendum?
December 2018
Kickoff and Commitment of the Alliance Partners
28. March 2019
Start of collecting signatures for the referendum petition
28. March 2019
30. June 2019
Bicycle Ringdemonstration
The big Bicycle Ringdemonstration on 30. June 2019 is the final stretch for the petitions. Please bring your lists back by June 30.
July 2019
Turning in the signatures
July 2019
August 2019
The City Council studies the proposition
Official commitment to our goals by the City Council or through a vote by the citizens
Autumn 2019
All citizens may vote in the referendum
Ca. 100,000 yes-votes are required
Autumn 2019
March 2020
Local elections in Munich
The Munich Bicycle Referendum demands the following from our capital city
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