Abstract
In many cities a radical change in transport policy needs a determined local government. It appears that traffic engineering is not yet advanced enough to be able to deal with the new environmental urban transport demands. This paper describes the public transport problems which have been faced by the city of Nuremberg and explains how these problems have been addressed. The author comments that the example of Nuremberg is symptomatic for many German towns and cities. There are certainly a large number of other cities which have not been as radical as Nuremberg in their policies against car access to the city centre and the present trend is towards adopting a more moderate approach. For Nuremberg the effects on trade, social activity, public transport use (the main underground station in the city centre has 50,000 passengrs daily) and air quality have all been positive and were worth the long struggle.
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