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+package org.matsim.run;
+
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.prep.PreparedGeometry;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Scenario;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.TransportMode;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Link;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Network;
+import org.matsim.application.MATSimApplication;
+import org.matsim.application.options.ShpOptions;
+import org.matsim.core.config.Config;
+import org.matsim.core.controler.Controler;
+import org.matsim.core.utils.io.IOUtils;
+import org.matsim.utils.gis.shp2matsim.ShpGeometryUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import picocli.CommandLine;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class RunOpenBerlinSpeedReduction extends OpenBerlinScenario {
+
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RunOpenBerlinSpeedReduction.class);
+
+	@CommandLine.Option(names = "--slowSpeed-area", description = "Path to SHP file specifying slow speed area", required = true, defaultValue = "https://svn.vsp.tu-berlin.de/repos/public-svn/matsim/scenarios/countries/de/berlin/berlin-v6.4/input/shp/Berlin_25832.shp")
+	private Path slowSpeedArea;
+
+	@CommandLine.Option(names = "speed reduction", description = "Define how much car speed is reduced", required = true, defaultValue = "0.6")
+	private double speedReduction;
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		MATSimApplication.run(RunOpenBerlinSpeedReduction.class, args);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected Config prepareConfig(Config config) {
+		return super.prepareConfig(config);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void prepareScenario(Scenario scenario) {
+		super.prepareScenario(scenario);
+		prepareSlowSpeed(scenario.getNetwork(),
+			ShpGeometryUtils.loadPreparedGeometries(IOUtils.resolveFileOrResource(new ShpOptions(slowSpeedArea, null, null).getShapeFile().toString())),
+			speedReduction);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void prepareControler(Controler controler) {
+		super.prepareControler(controler);
+	}
+
+	private static void prepareSlowSpeed(Network network, List<PreparedGeometry> geometries, Double relativeSpeedChange) {
+		Set<? extends Link> carLinksInArea = network.getLinks().values().stream()
+			//filter car links
+			.filter(link -> link.getAllowedModes().contains(TransportMode.car))
+			//spatial filter
+			.filter(link -> ShpGeometryUtils.isCoordInPreparedGeometries(link.getCoord(), geometries))
+			//we won't change motorways and motorway_links
+			.filter(link -> !((String) link.getAttributes().getAttribute("type")).contains("motorway"))
+			.filter(link -> !((String) link.getAttributes().getAttribute("type")).contains("trunk"))
+			.collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+		if (relativeSpeedChange >= 0.0 && relativeSpeedChange < 1.0) {
+			log.info("reduce speed relatively by a factor of: {}", relativeSpeedChange);
+			//apply  all roads but motorways
+			carLinksInArea.forEach(link -> link.setFreespeed(link.getFreespeed() * relativeSpeedChange));
+
+		} else {
+			log.info("reduce speed to 20 km/h");
+			carLinksInArea.forEach(link ->
+				//apply  to all roads but motorways
+				//20 km/h --> 5.5 m/s
+				link.setFreespeed(5.5)
+			);
+		} }
+}