Anglo-fear in Falkensee: commuters have to wait up to 1.5 kilometers!

Anglo-fear in Falkensee: commuters have to wait up to 1.5 kilometers!

A look at the traffic situation in Falkensee shows dramatic developments: Since June 12, 2025, Spandauer Straße has been closed on the confluence with the Pestalozzistraße. The road construction work carried out by Strabag AG should contain traffic chaos and improve the infrastructure over a period of three weeks. At this construction site, four construction workers are working on expanding the essential traffic artery for commuters between Falkensee and Berlin.

At lunchtime, three dozen cars are stored on Spandauer Straße in both directions. The traffic lights on Pestalozzistraße switch from red to green after almost two minutes, which only enables 20 to 30 vehicles to pass through. Around 15,000 people commute from Falkensee to Berlin every day, which leads to a traffic volume of almost 23,000 cars on the busy Spandauer Straße. Long waiting times and resentment about the situation can be clearly felt in social networks and among the commuters. Bus stops also make additional delays more difficult.

why the construction site?

Mayor Heiko Richter (independent) underlines the need to expand. He explained that existing deficits in the traffic management must be removed. At the construction site, not only are walking and cycling paths upgraded, but also new barrier-free crossing points are created to increase safety for pedestrians, cyclists and especially for students. These measures will be decisive in order to improve the traffic situation with regard to the upcoming blocking of the railway line from Berlin-Spandau to Hamburg, which is scheduled to begin on August 1, 2025.

The city of Falkensee asks the citizens for understanding the inconvenience during the construction period. It is important to consider alternative routes, such as the recommended detour via Seegefelder Straße in order to escape the traffic jam situation. Many commuters have already discussed this opportunity on social media.

the view of the numbers

In terms of transport policy, the annual statistical manual of the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV), which is published by the Federal Motor Transport Authority, offers valuable insights into the traffic situation in Germany. The survey, which has been providing important information for decision -makers in politics and business for over 40 years, provides information about traffic and its development in the EU. The latest edition for 2024/2025 has been available since February 2025 and costs 69.00 euros, with a subscription available for 60.00 euros. From the spring of 2026 the next issue for 2025/2026 is expected.

The developments on Spandauer Straße are therefore only part of a larger traffic problem that is not only important in Falkensee, but also in the surrounding regions. The challenge of making traffic sustainably and at the same time ensuring security remains a task that all actors in transport policy concerns.

Far from the compensation, it is important to look at the advantages of a easily predictable transport infrastructure - after all, every commuter would like to arrive in their own living room at the end of the day.