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BVG's Ban on E-Scooters from May 1st A Question of Safety or Overreach?
However, this decision raises questions. Many everyday devices, such as mobile phones and laptops, also rely on Li-ion batteries without facing similar bans. Additionally, electric wheelchairs, vital for those with disabilities, operate on similar battery technology.
As someone who relies on an e-scooter for nighttime travel due to limited public transport availability, I'm left frustrated by this ruling. It seems inconsistent and disproportionately impacts those who rely on alternative modes of transportation.
What are your thoughts on BVG's decision? Do you believe it's a necessary precaution for public safety, or is it an overly cautious measure that unfairly targets e-scooter users?
yeah i get the frustration but honestly i think theres more to it than just batteries. bvg has been dealing with e-scooters left everywhere blocking doors and hallways for ages, this is prob just the excuse they needed. ive seen people roll them onto the U-Bahn at alexanderplatz with mud and water dripping everywhere, not great for the train floors either
the fire risk thing is a bit of a stretch sure, but the real issue is these things are treated like luggage nobody wants to carry and theyre a tripping hazard when crowded. if u rely on yours for late night trips maybe look into swapping for a foldable bike, theres some decent ones at decathlon near gesundbrunnen that fit under seats no problem
I live near Hermannplatz and take the U8 every day, so I've seen both sides of this. The battery argument feels like a smokescreen when you consider the S-Bahn still lets people bring bikes with those same lithium batteries during off-peak hours. It's the inconsistency that gets me.
What bothers me more is how this affects the Ringbahn connections late at night. If you're trying to get from Neukölln to Wedding after midnight, the U-Bahn intervals are already 10-15 minutes, and now you can't even use a scooter for that last kilometer. I'd rather see designated storage areas on platforms than a blanket ban, but BVG seems to prefer the easy route.
Honestly, I think the ban is less about the batteries and more about BVG not wanting to deal with the chaos. I've seen people try to bring those big rental scooters onto the M41 during rush hour and it's just a mess. If you're using your own private one for the late commute, that's a different story, but the rental companies really ruined it for everyone.
What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.
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