Tag: Federal Ministry of Transport
“We want to change as little as possible”
Berlin From January 1, 2024, a new era for rail passengers in Germany is to begin: the state-owned group Deutsche Bahn AG will ensure a highly modern rail network with…
Wissing relies on new truck drives instead of trains
coal train Because less oil and coal will be driven through Germany in the future, fewer heavy freight trains will be on the road, the Ministry of Transport expects. (Photo:…
The supervisory board and staff oppose Wissing
Volker Wissing The Federal Transport Minister took the Autobahn company by surprise with his personnel decisions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The news hit the approximately 11,000 employees of the motorway company…
Traffic light is struggling – the coalition cannot agree on climate protection
Berlin The top representatives of the SPD, Greens and FDP negotiated in the Chancellery for around 31 hours, spread over three days. The result is a 16-page paper entitled “Modernization…
Countries bunker local transport money in the amount of 4.6 billion
commuter train The states are responsible for local transport, but demand a lot of money from the federal government. (Photo: IMAGO/Frank Sorge) Berlin The budget politicians of the traffic light…
Auditors advise breaking up Deutsche Bahn AG
Volker Wissing The Federal Transport Minister at the presentation of new ICE trains. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin With drastic words, the President of the Federal Court of Auditors, Kay Scheller, calls…
Wissing’s experts assume a car toll and an end to combustion engines in their forecast
Transport Minister Volker Wissing For months, the FDP man has been exchanging blows with the Greens on the question of how Germany should be mobile in the future without emitting…
How Volker Wissing’s officials bury a research center
Volker Wissing The traffic light coalition had agreed on a realignment of the center. (Photo: IMAGO/Mike Schmidt) Berlin The plan for the German Center for Mobility of the Future is…
Federal government builds freeways without priority
Construction work on the A40 in NRW The federal government is apparently not only implementing particularly urgent projects in highway construction, as a request from the Left Party shows. (Photo:…
Federal government builds freeways without priority
Construction work on the A40 in NRW The federal government is apparently not only implementing particularly urgent projects in highway construction, as a request from the Left Party shows. (Photo:…
Toll disaster will cost taxpayers millions
highway toll The secret court of arbitration will soon decide how many million euros the federal government has to pay because it unfairly terminated the car toll operator in 2019.…
Transport Minister Volker Wissing is looking for a cash cow
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) will probably present an unpleasant bill at the government meeting of the traffic light coalition in early March. Deutsche Bahn has drawn up…
The price of the 49-euro ticket wobbles right from the start
Regional trains at Hamburg Central Station The new nationwide ticket is deliberately called “Deutschlandticket” so as not to be tied to the introductory price of 49 euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Bundeswehr has problems with transport and infrastructure
Mammoth mission Bundeswehr transport Anyone who asks the federal and state governments these days only gets sparse information – above all, nobody feels responsible. (Photo: dpa, Getty Images [M]) Berlin…
Bundeswehr has problems with transport and infrastructure
Mammoth mission Bundeswehr transport Anyone who asks the federal and state governments these days only gets sparse information – above all, nobody feels responsible. (Photo: dpa, Getty Images [M]) Berlin…
Autobahn GmbH: Government balance sheet revealed: Unconstitutional mixed administration remains
Berlin The federal Autobahn GmbH will be dependent on help from the federal states for a long time to come. This emerges from a balance sheet by the federal government…
German ports are to become Europe’s leading energy and raw materials hubs
Port of Hamburg There were heated debates just last year when the state-owned Chinese shipping company Cosco wanted to acquire shares in a terminal in the port of Hamburg. (Photo:…
Night trains for business travellers: Wissing examines potential
Berlin The Federal Ministry of Transport wants to examine the potential of night trains in Germany with a report. The aim is “to make a holistic ecological and societal comparison…
According to an expert report, Minister Wissing violates the law
Volker Wissing The transport minister is criticized for his policies, and now also by Bundestag lawyers. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) violates the requirements of…
Transport Minister Wissing is planning a small reform
Berlin A few weeks ago, Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing made a promise at the traditional skippers’ meal at Europe’s largest inland port in Duisburg: in 2023 he wanted to…