Tag: Transport policy
Germany is likely to miss its climate targets for 2030 and 2045
Traffic on the A8 near Munich The transport sector in particular emits so many greenhouse gases that Germany may not reach its climate targets. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
Germany is likely to miss its climate targets for 2030 and 2045
Traffic on the A8 near Munich The transport sector in particular emits so many greenhouse gases that Germany may not reach its climate targets. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
Traffic light politicians reject new purchase premium for e-cars
Production of electric cars Traffic light traffic politicians reject a new purchase premium. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Leading politicians in the traffic light coalition reject a new purchase premium for electric…
Will Germany create 15 million electric cars by 2030?
Brand new e-cars in Zwickau According to experts, the goal of 15 million e-cars by 2030 is almost impossible to achieve. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light coalition has set…
15 million electric cars by 2030? Germany could miss target
Brand new e-cars in Zwickau According to experts, the goal of 15 million e-cars by 2030 is almost impossible to achieve. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light coalition has set…
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…
Deutsche Bahn: works council fights against split plans
Hamm The employees of Deutsche Bahn (DB) are resisting new demands to separate the rail network from the state-owned company’s operations. “If the integrated group were to be split up,”…
Lindner saves on the railway network
Berlin Deutsche Bahn AG will receive far less money than planned from the federal government to modernize the rail network. As the Handelsblatt learned from government circles, the federal company…
Monopolies Commission calls for the group to be broken up
ICE The Monopolies Commission had previously recommended dividing the railways into an infrastructure and a transport division. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Berlin The Monopolies Commission, a body that advises the federal…
The woman who is supposed to turn the train inside out
Berlin. She is pursuing a “mission impossible,” say some. Others speak of a “wind of change” that Susanne Henckel brings to the complicated relationship between Deutsche Bahn AG and the…
Tempo 30: FDP and Greens agree
Tempo 30 zones With the draft that has now been submitted, authorities could protect the population from noise and exhaust fumes and reorganize traffic in terms of urban development. (Photo:…
Government sees total demand for rail at almost 90 billion euros
Deutsche Bahn trains and rails In order to make the rail network in Germany fit again and thus make the railways more attractive and reliable, the Federal Government believes that…
Bahn promises more modern stations and wants to create thousands of new jobs
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn wants to modernize numerous stations. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Bahn wants to face the group’s serious crisis with an increase in staff, more money for the…
Deutsche Bahn is planning thousands of new jobs and more modern stations
Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn wants to modernize numerous stations. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Bahn wants to face the group’s serious crisis with an increase in staff, more money for the…
Wissing shies away from fact checking when it comes to climate protection
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister recently announced that the climate targets in the transport sector would be easy to meet. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin Just a few days ago,…
Rail freight companies rebel against Transport Minister Wissing
Freight train near Stuttgart Transport Minister Wissing expects more freight trains, but calculates without new routes, criticizing the railway companies. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin. The rail freight companies in Germany…
New dispute over faster motorway construction – countries are demanding adjustments
traffic jam on the highway Transport Minister Wissing plans to expand 144 sections of the motorway particularly quickly. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) there is no doubt:…
New dispute over faster motorway construction – countries are demanding adjustments
traffic jam on the highway Transport Minister Wissing plans to expand 144 sections of the motorway particularly quickly. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) there is no doubt:…
Autonomous driving: setback for the self-driving car
Berlin Mobileye, the Israeli subsidiary of the American chip manufacturer Intel, will not apply for approval for an autonomous vehicle. The Handelsblatt found out about this as part of the…