Mobility concept

The entrances to the central underground parking garages are located at the entrance to the district, where the two planned supermarkets are also located. Most of the boulevard will be designed as a traffic-calmed and landscaped bicycle lane with spacious pedestrian areas. Delivery traffic for the people living in the district and for the offices, stores and cafés there will also be handled either by cargo bike or also underground in the specially designated loading zones on the terp floors.

In the commercially characterized Hafentorquartierthe situation is different. Here, large parts of the quarter are accessible by car or truck. However, transit traffic – for example from the northern entrance at the Sachsenbrücke to the southern entrance at the Dessauer Straße or via the Moldauhafenbrücke into the residential area - is not planned. Large parts of the Dessauer Straße will be transformed into a linear park with sports and leisure facilities.

Employees, suppliers and customers who do not come to Hafentorquartier by public transport, bicycle or on foot, but in their own car, will find a reduced number of parking spaces in the decentralized underground garages (terp levels) of the respective buildings. Delivery traffic and logistics requirements with lorry loading yards and turning facilities are realized on the properties themselves, so that the street spaces can be designed with a high quality of stay.

Grasbrook is becoming a district for pedestrians and cyclists. Therefore, high demands are placed on the quality of the pedestrian and cycle paths and the bridges over the harbor basins and traffic routes. The most important cycle connections run along the Moldauhafenquartier via Grasbrook Boulevard and the Hafentorquartier via the Sachsenbrücke, along the border to the port area (O'Swaldkai Terminal). Via the Moldauhafenbrücke, the route could continue via a possible new Elbe crossing directly into HafenCity and Hamburg city center.

For cyclists, the connection to the higher-level cycle path network (e.g. cycle route 10) is via Elbbrücken between Veddel and Rothenburgsort. These main routes are supplemented by a subordinate network of paths along the Elbpromenade, through the central park and the green corridor on Dessauer Straße. To reduce conflicts between the various users, pedestrians have priority here. There are also paths that are reserved for pedestrians – for example along the park, in the Hafenbeckenpark, on the promenade at Moldauhafen or the green corridors between the residential islands.

At Moldauhafenquartier , "mobility foyers" play an important role in the mobility concept. They serve as a central point of contact for everyday logistics and mobility needs. Located on the first floors of the "residential islands" and the commercial buildings at the entrance to the district and on the district square, they are also the visible symbol of the mobility turnaround on Grasbrook.

In addition to functions such as parcel stations, the rental of cargo bikes and e-scooters, shower and changing facilities for cyclists and exchange racks, bicycle repair stations and other services can be offered there. In addition, access to the car-sharing parking spaces, delivery zones and parking facilities for vans on the mezzanine floor below the buildings can be accessed from here.