The item Cycling in Frankfurt am Main represents the situation for cyclists and road users of the non-motorized individual transport (NMIV) in the Hessian State capital Frankfurt am Main represent.
Preface
Situation on site
By and large, Frankfurt is a bike-friendly city. The city center in particular has numerous bike paths and parking spaces. You can take it with you on public transport almost anywhere.
Storage facilities
In Frankfurt there are numerous bicycle racks in the public transport network. There are also bicycle boxes and bicycle garages.
Bicycle garages
1 Bicycle garage in the ZOB. Bicycle garage and workshop in the long-distance bus station in Frankfurt am Main.
Bicycle workshops
2 Bicycle workshop Eschenheimer Tor. Bicycle workshop on Kaiserstraße, near the Central Station.
3 Bicycle workshop Eschenheimer Tor. Bicycle workshop at Eschenheimer Tor, operated by the registered association for social homes.
Bicycles can be taken on public transport
City traffic, local traffic
You can take your bike with you on subways, suburban trains, trams and regional and regional express trains without any time restrictions and free of charge in conjunction with RMV tariff tickets 9 a.m. and between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. are not permitted.
Bike rental
For entire days and / or longer distances
For a full day or several days, it is advisable to rent a bike at a bike station or from a rental company.
- 4 Frankfurt bicycle station, Ginnheimer Landstr. 133, 60431 Frankfurt am Main. Bicycle washing and placement.
For short periods and distances
For traveling individual, short distances, however, sharing offers are a more quickly organized alternative with a higher density of rental points.
- Among other things, the Deutsche Bahn offers its service DB Call a Bike also in Frankfurt.
Transport bikes
Bike paths
Cycle paths of great tourist interest
The Nidda cycle path runs for about 100 kilometers along the river Nidda, which rises at Vogelsberg and in Frankfurt-Höchst in the Main flows out.
Pop-up bike lanes
Pop-up cycle paths are currently not to be found in Frankfurt (as of 04/2021), but there are constant ones Effortsto set up appropriate cycle paths.
Long-distance cycle paths
In Frankfurt the Main cycle path, this connects Frankfurt among others with the cities Bamberg, Schweinfurt, Wurzburg, Mainz and Wiesbaden.
Bike tours
contacts
- ADFC Frankfurt (Main). Tel.: 49-69-944 101 96, Fax: 49-322-268 493 20, Email: [email protected]. General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) office in Frankfurt am Main.
security
Theft prevention
Since Frankfurt is a city with a high crime rate, also due to the drug scene that is strongly represented here, it is important to pay attention to theft protection when parking bicycles and not to leave any valuables on the bike.
literature
- Frankfurt am Main cycle route map. Esterbauer, 2020, ISBN 978-3-85000-840-2 , P. 2.
