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FPÖ-Döbling district party chairman Klemens Resch calls for a cross-connection.(Bild: FPÖ/Resch)

The FPÖ wants better connections in the 19th district, but Wiener Linien is blocking the project. Visitors to wine taverns, schoolchildren and all Döblinger residents would benefit from this.

Neustift im Walde, Grinzing and Kahlenbergdorf are popular wine tavern areas. Leaving the car behind for a visit to a wine tavern with a glass or two is a must. But anyone who has ever traveled to and from a wine tavern by public transport knows how tedious it is. In order to make travel times by public transport as similar as possible to those by car, the FPÖ Döbling has been calling for years for a cross-bus connection from Neustift via Sieviering and Daringergasse to Grinzing, continuing via Q19 to Nussdorfer Platzl and finally to Kuchelauer Hafen. However, public transport councillor Peter Hanke (SPÖ) has now once again put paid to this plan.

It takes around 20 minutes by car from Neustift am Walde to Kuchelau harbor. It takes twice as long by public transport. The comparison with Grinzing and Neustift is even more extreme, here you can reach your destination in 10 minutes by car, while it takes 35 minutes by bus.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Screenshot Wiener Linien App)

 "From a planning and economic point of view, Wiener Linien therefore rejects a direct connection. It is an essential part of a public transport network that routes are partly connected with transfer connections," it said in an answer to a question from the FPÖ. District party chairman Klemens Resch finds this difficult to understand: "The SPÖ is harassing car drivers wherever possible and at the same time is not prepared to make the public transport network more attractive." Because not only visitors to Heurigen, but also schoolchildren and all Döblinger would benefit from the connection.