Tag: Transport policy
Model proceedings – Too long, but useful
Lawyers in the telecommunications process Telecom investors can believe in miracles. Anyone who got carried away by the hype about the “people’s share” in 2000 and sued the group because…
Freight traffic: permanent congestion on the rails
Berlin, Frankfurt Jes-Christian Hansen, Managing Director of Habema Futtermittel GmbH in Hamburg, has never seen anything like it. The company has been regularly transporting animal feed by train since 2012…
That is why the German Center for Mobility is becoming a foundation
Berlin While the future coalition members of the SPD, Greens and FDP are still discussing their transport policy timetable for the new legislative period, the managing minister, Andreas Scheuer, is…
That is why the German Center for Mobility is becoming a foundation
Berlin While the future coalition members of the SPD, Greens and FDP are still discussing their transport policy timetable for the new legislative period, the managing minister, Andreas Scheuer, is…
E-mobility & the automotive industry in Germany: How to do it faster
The automotive industry is the most important branch of industry in Germany. In order for it to stay that way in times of climate change, a rethink is necessary. At…
A family office could therefore help with the reform
Berlin For Peter Füglistaler from Bern, there is no question that the negotiators from the SPD, Greens and FDP in Berlin should definitely turn their gaze to Switzerland before finally…
Subsidies for private e-car charging stations used up
Private wallbox A total of 800 million euros were in the funding pot. Frankfurt, Berlin The funding pot for the purchase of a private e-car charging station is empty. “The…
A new construction freeze is looming on the autobahn
Motorway construction sites in Saxony-Anhalt The Autobahn GmbH will probably not be able to obstruct at least 200 million euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Autobahn GmbH of the federal government…
The federal government purchases thousands of tons of road salt – by truck
Berlin The winter can come: the motorway maintenance depots from Flensburg to Rosenheim are storing a good 400,000 tons of road salt these days in order to be prepared for…
The federal government purchases thousands of tons of road salt – by truck
Berlin The winter can come: the motorway maintenance depots from Flensburg to Rosenheim are storing a good 400,000 tons of road salt these days in order to be prepared for…
Train, car, bike? The traffic distribution battle for billions begins
Berlin Travel through Hamburg by bus and train operated by the public transport company? Or would you prefer to take the Moia shuttle? The car sharing from Sixt or Miles?…
Speeders and parking offenders will soon pay more
speed camera Police speed measurement system – tickets are becoming more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Berlin / Bremen For traffic offenders like speeders, it will be significantly more expensive this year.…
Speed limit on motorways: FDP against speed limit
Speed limit 130 While the Greens and the SPD want to introduce speed limits on motorways, the Liberals reject it. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Transport politicians of the FDP reject a…
Speeders and parking offenders will soon pay more
speed camera Police speed measurement system – tickets are becoming more expensive. (Photo: dpa) Berlin / Bremen For traffic offenders like speeders, it will in all probability be significantly more…
Smart solutions from the FDP and the Greens in demand
Speed limit road sign The SPD and the Greens are calling for a speed limit on German motorways. (Photo: dpa) The demand by the SPD and the Greens for a…
This is how much CO2 Germany has to save in transport
traffic jam on the highway The repeatedly hotly debated speed limit on motorways would only save two million tonnes of CO2, i.e. a tenth of the required target. (Photo: dpa)…
Rehabilitation backlog: Despite billions in investments – hundreds of dilapidated bridges
Sazlbach valley bridge Some bridges, like the Salzbachtalbrücke on the A66, threaten to collapse. (Photo: imago images / Jan Huebner) Berlin Despite high investments, the condition of the bridges on…
SPD accuses Scheuer of “cheap distraction”
An electric car at a charging station “The payment system ensures that as many people as possible can use the pillars without barriers,” says SPD parliamentary deputy Sören Bartol. (Photo:…
How the industry wants to make the railways fit
Berlin, Frankfurt The warning from Ben Möbius is unmistakable: “If we continue at this slow pace, we will miss the climate targets by a huge amount. Faster – that is…