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I can't find any information in English on the matter but I am wondering if emergency vehicles like ambulances will be allowed to use the bridge. Does anyone know?
Technically it's a bike lane, but it has to manage pretty heavy equipment for maintenance and snow clearance, so it's possible to drive that trough with an ambulance too. And ambulances obviously have permission to use pretty much whatever way they want to when responding to an emergency.
But it might not be the best way, you can't really drive fast as it's pretty narrow and there's pedestrians around. Also there's plenty of other options to reach either end of that bridge via conventional roads. Obviously if something happens on the bridge then they'll just drive there, but I'd expect it to be pretty rare for ambulance to cross that bridge.
There seem to be tram tracks on it, so I guess emergency vehicles can drive on it if need be
The track on the island is a grass track, certainly not suitable for cars, ambulances etc. They'd have to use the cycling lane/pedestrian path at least on parts of the way. Doing so at high speed is putting people in danger given, that the width of it all isn't so large and driving slowly defeats the purpose. Why does everything have to be navigable by emergency vehicles in the minds of some? If every second counts, helicopter is the right choice, if not, taking the established route along existing roads to the highway is the better option, the tram bridge leads to central roads that can't be navigated fast anyway.
In most countries no real traffic rules are imposed on ambulances if life is on the line unless they would endanger more people through reckless driving. So I believe this should be the case