Tag: traffic toll
“The federal government is ripping off properly”
Berlin The transport industry is mobilizing against the federal government’s plans to make road freight transport significantly more expensive. “We expect the government to stick to the coalition agreement and…
CSU toll plan costs taxpayers 243 million euros
Andreas Scheuer (CSU) The transport minister at the time was apparently certain that his toll plans would withstand an examination by the ECJ. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The infrastructure tax that…
CSU toll plan costs taxpayers 243 million euros
Car toll The toll should primarily ask foreign drivers to pay. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The infrastructure tax that failed in 2019, also known as the “foreigners’ toll”, is costing taxpayers…
Truck traffic on German autobahns is increasing slightly
Harbor Economic activity also generates and requires transport services. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin Truck traffic on the German autobahns, which is considered to be an early indicator of the economic…
Minister Wissing should not introduce climate tolls before 2025
Berlin Freight forwarders and logistics service providers warn Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) against introducing the planned doubling of the truck toll at the end of the year. Above…
Consumers have to shell out 27 billion euros extra
Berlin The federal government wants to collect more than seven billion euros per year from the truck toll in the future. This emerges from the draft for an amended Federal…
Traffic light coalition wants to raise more money for rail and truck tolls
Lars Klingbeil (right), Christian Lindner and Ricarda Lang The party leaders of the SPD, FDP and Greens appeared before the press on Tuesday evening. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light…
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…
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.…
FDP commissions reports on the effects
speed limit Since the beginning of the coalition, the FDP and the Greens have been arguing about the right way to go in transport policy. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Berlin…
The climate toll only comes with enough eco-trucks
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing only wants to demand an additional climate toll from the transport industry for every kilometer driven on motorways and federal highways if there are…
Coalition agrees – that will change from 2024
federal highway The draft by the Ministry of Transport stipulates that the truck toll should increase at the beginning of 2023. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Berlin The traffic light coalition has…
Coalition agrees – that will change from 2024
federal highway The draft by the Ministry of Transport stipulates that the truck toll should increase at the beginning of 2023. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Berlin The traffic light coalition has…
The federal government is waiving new billions from the toll
Toll bridge on the A3 Why wasn’t the software for the electronic toll collection system added early enough to be ready for use in 2023? (Photo: imago images/Jochen Tack) Berlin…
Andreas Scheuer: Investigations against former Minister of Transport
Andrew Scheuer Statements before the investigative committee on car tolls could be fatal to the CSU politician. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Berlin public prosecutor’s office has initiated investigations against ex-transport…
Benetton family and Blackstone submit bid
highway in Italy Atlantia is already partly owned by the Benetton family, but competitors are also targeting the group. (Photo: Bloomberg) Milan In the struggle for the Italian infrastructure group…
Operators are entitled to compensation
Berlin Defeat for the federal government after the failure of the car toll: According to a decision by the arbitration court, the planned operating companies are entitled to compensation from…
Climate toll gives the state treasury extra billions
road tolls Trucks will soon have to pay a toll to protect the climate. The carriers don’t like that at all. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin Federal Finance Minister Christian…