Berlin Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Roads === Berlin's transport infrastructure provides a diverse range of urban mobility.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/business-location/business-location/infrastructure/transport-infrastructure/passenger-and-freight-service |title=Mobile capital |publisher=Business Location Center |date=2011 |access-date=14 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414050459/https://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/business-location/business-location/infrastructure/transport-infrastructure/passenger-and-freight-service |archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> A total of 979 bridges cross 197 km (122 miles) the inner-city waterways. Berlin roads total 5,422 km (3,369 miles) of which 77 km (48 miles) are motorways (known as [[Autobahn]]).<ref name="Amt für Statistik Berlin Brandenburg"/> The [[AVUS]] was the first automobile-only road<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/the-avus#:~:text=The%20Avus%20is%20regarded%20as%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20first,was%20also%20still%20being%20used%20as%20a%20racetrack | title=The AVUS }}</ref> and served as an inspiration for the first motorways in the world.<ref>Erhard Schütz and Eckhard Gruber, ''Mythos Reichsautobahn: Bau und Inszenierung der 'Straßen des Führers' 1933–1941'', Berlin: Links, 1996, {{ISBN|978-386153117-3}}, pp. 31-32 {{in lang|de}}.</ref><ref>Thomas Kunze and Rainer Stommer, "Geschichte der Reichsautobahn", in: ''Reichsautobahn: Pyramiden des Dritten Reichs. Analysen zur Ästhetik eines unbewältigten Mythos'', ed. Rainer Stommer with Claudia Gabriele Philipp, Marburg: Jonas, 1982, {{ISBN|9783922561125}}, pp. 22–47, p. 22 {{In lang|de}}.</ref> In 2013 only 1.344 million motor vehicles were registered in the city.<ref name="Amt für Statistik Berlin Brandenburg">{{cite web |url=https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/BasisZeitreiheGrafik/Bas-Strassenverkehr.asp?Ptyp=300&Sageb=46002&creg=BBB&anzwer=6 |title=Straßenverkehr 2013 |publisher=Amt für Statistik Berlin Brandenburg |access-date=28 March 2015 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133316/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/BasisZeitreiheGrafik/Bas-Strassenverkehr.asp?Ptyp=300&Sageb=46002&creg=BBB&anzwer=6 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> With 377 cars per 1000 residents in 2013 (570/1000 in Germany), Berlin as a Western global city has one of the lowest numbers of cars per capita.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.euromonitor.com/article/top-developed-world-cities-with-low-reliance-on-car-based-mobility |title=Top Developed World Cities with Low Reliance on Car-Based Mobility |website=Euromonitor International |date=31 August 2015 |access-date=23 February 2023 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223102951/https://www.euromonitor.com/article/top-developed-world-cities-with-low-reliance-on-car-based-mobility |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page