Motorbike driving bans

Driving ban for particularly loud motorcycles in the districts of Reutte and Imst

1) General information

The population in the district Reutte has been annoyed by the constantly growing motorcycle noise for years. This is confirmed by the “Motorradlärmstudie Ausserfern 2019”, a motorcycle noise study, carried out on behalf of the government. Therefore, from June 10 to October 31, 2020, a temporary driving ban for particularly loud motorcycles was issued on sections of the Reutte and Imst districts.

This traffic-restricting measure based on “noise pollution” broke new ground in Tyrol.

The pilot project was therefore evaluated at the same time and subjected to another expert assessment.

The results of the evaluation are based on the traffic figures collected during the period of validity of the driving ban and on a representative survey of the population living there.

2) Statement Evaluation 2020

Based on the evaluation of the data from five automatic permanent counting stations in
the period from June 1 to September 30, an overall reduction of an average
of 36% - on the Hahntennjoch even by 50% - on summer Sundays compared to 2017,
which corresponds to a motorcycle noise level reduction of 2 dB corresponds to.

3) Measures:

Due to the considerable noise pollution for the population living in the district of Reutte, driving bans for particularly loud motorcycles will be imposed from June 10th to October 31st 2020, stationary noise (near field level) > 95 dB (A):

- B 198 Lechtalstraße from Steeg (Vorarlberg border) to Weißenbach am Lech

- B 199 Tannheimerstrasse from Weißenbach am Lech to Schattwald (German border)

- L 21 Berwang-Namloser Straße from Bichlbach to Stanzach

- L 72 Hahntennjochstraße 2nd part from Pfafflar to Imst (pass summit)

- L 246 Hahntennjochstraße 1st part from Imst (pass summit) to Imst crossing Vogelhändlerweg

- L 266 Bschlaber road from Elmen to Pfafflar