If you combine the population of the two cities (next to each other), plus the forty outlying adjacent tows within the umbrella....the population gets up to around 1.5-million. Oddly enough....there are just three bridges to cover the area (for car traffic) and two rail bridges.
My wife's grumbling? It used to be a single complaint per month....say up to around six years ago....as she went from our village (Wiesbaden-side) to the Mainz side where the job is located. There's probably five grumblings per day now. On stress and 'rage'....it adds up.
Renovation now a massive problem? Between the three bridges, the autobahns and city-traffic issues....there's probably twenty-odd renovation issues brewing.
Locally, there's hardly a week that passes within the metro area of Wiesbaden....where another pipe has 'blown' and a twenty-guy crew is called upon for emergency work.....consuming four to six weeks of traffic issues.
Both city governments hyped-up on traffic movement? If you did engage with people....movement is now a top five issue, and no one can really spell out how to fix this....other than suggesting you bike to work, or use the tram/bus/railway.
A breaking point? Oddly, both cities are building onto living structures.....so you can plot trends. Mainz today? Near 226,000....probably reaching 240,000 by 2035. Wiesbaden? 300,135 back in March....likely to hit 315,000 by 2035.
If you were stationed around WI or MZ in the 1980s.....you probably would be shocked at the amount of traffic flow, and hassle in 2026.
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