Brochure for new citizens

Transport for everyone | 35 34 | Transport for everyone Transport for everyone Environmentally conscious mobility is important to the city. Heidelberg is therefore promoting the expansion of local public transport and the cycling network. With the Heidelberg Mobility Network , the street- car network is being comprehensively expanded, including the reconstruction of the central station stop and the new streetcar to Bahnstadt. Since January 2019, Heidelberg has been the first municipality in the region to use electric buses in the city center. Local public transport Just under a third of all Heidelberg residents primarily use public trans- portation. With the Heidelberg Mobility Network, the streetcar network has been extensively expanded in recent years, including the construction of a new streetcar route through Bahnstadt and the modernization of the central station stop. For more information, visit www.heidelberg-mobinetz.de. For public transport timetable informa- tion, visit www.vrn.de . Since 2016, the city of Heidelberg has been promoting the switch from car to public transport with an annual ticket for local public transport for citizens who voluntarily deregister their vehicle. Cycle paths 33 percent of Heidelberg residents reg- ularly use bicycles in the city center. Awarded the title of “Bicycle-Friendly Municipality” by the state, Heidelberg is a model municipality for the Rad- KULTUR initiative of the Baden-Würt- temberg Ministry of Transport and In- frastructure. The city wants to further increase its attractiveness for cyclists and launched the bike offensive – a whole bundle of measures to improve cycling www.heidelberg.de/fahrrad- freundlich . Good connections to highways and air traffic Even distant destinations can be reached quickly and easily: By car, you can be on the Autobahn 5 in just a few minutes. Within just 50 minutes, you can reach Frankfurt Airport and Stuttgart in 90 minutes. With the long-distance train service, the journey is even faster. In addition, long-distance buses serve numerous destinations throughout Germany.