Tag: Transport policy
New fiber optic Internet should save the federal government ten billion
fiber optic cable One Fiber is building a state-of-the-art network of fiber optic cables that is supposed to be tap-proof. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Minister Alexander Schweitzer in the Mainz Ministry…
Traffic light coalition fears veto in Bundesrat
Regional express in Berlin Central Station The state wants to subsidize local transport. (Photo: mauritius images / Bildagentur-online/Joko / Alamy) Berlin In the traffic light coalition there is growing concern…
Traffic light coalition fears veto in Bundesrat
9 euro ticket From May 23rd, travelers should be able to buy the cheap ticket. But the project is politically controversial. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the traffic light coalition there…
Bavaria threatens to blockade the Bundesrat
9 euro ticket From May 23rd, travelers should be able to buy the cheap ticket. But the project is politically controversial. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the Bundesrat, Bavaria is threatening…
Conference of Environment Ministers speaks out in favor of a motorway speed limit
Wilhelmshaven More speed in the expansion of renewable energies and more careful use of resources – this is what the federal and state environment ministers agreed at their two-day meeting…
Minister of Transport Volker Wissing gone astray
Volker Wissing The minister stressed that he should rely on market-based incentives. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Transport Minister Volker Wissing no longer wants to hear about his ministry’s proposals, no…
Volker Wissing’s climate plan: train journey instead of short-haul flight
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is planning to use grants and other investments to strengthen the role of the railways in transport and thus increase their contribution to climate…
Scrap bonus and 10,800 euros e-car discount
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is planning to use massive subsidies to quickly persuade Germans to buy electric cars. This emerges from a government report in which several research…
Scrap bonus and 10,800 euros e-car discount
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is planning to use massive subsidies to quickly persuade Germans to buy electric cars. This emerges from a government report in which several research…
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…
Draft climate plan: Tax benefits for fully electric company cars
Berlin The federal government wants to achieve its climate protection goals in the transport sector with an immediate climate protection program. The package includes new funding programs and tax incentives,…
What Deutsche Bahn and shipping have to do
Berlin The Ukraine war shows how critical the German infrastructure is. Before Easter, the federal government asked the transport industry for the first time about transport capacities if no more…
Municipalities do not want to operate charging stations
Charging station for e-cars There are still too few charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) must expect resistance to his…
Pepper Motion wants to convert trucks and buses to electric drives
Munich The high fuel prices could further accelerate the conversion of trucks and buses to electric drives. However, electric trucks are currently hard to come by and expensive to buy…
Wissing no longer wants to expand waterways
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) opposes a central project of the traffic light coalition: the renovation and expansion of the locks on the inland waterways. In a letter…
Deutsche Bahn: Network expansion in the Chemical Triangle is halting
Berlin The cancellation unexpectedly hit BASF, OMV, Wacker Chemie and other industrial companies in south-eastern Bavaria. And the justification caused confusion: The rail line from Munich via Mühldorf to Burghausen…
Deutsche Bahn takes over local transport in Toronto
Frankfurt From 2025, Deutsche Bahn will take over the operation and maintenance of regional rail passenger transport in the Canadian metropolis of Toronto and the surrounding area for 25 years…
Deutsche Bahn takes over local transport in Toronto
Frankfurt From 2025, Deutsche Bahn will take over the operation and maintenance of regional rail passenger transport in the Canadian metropolis of Toronto and the surrounding area for 25 years…
What do the measures really achieve?
Dusseldorf “There will be no general speed limit.” That’s how it is clearly stated in the coalition agreement. The sentence, which ended up there at the urging of the FDP,…
Transport sector will again miss its climate targets in 2021
Berlin Germans produce too many greenhouse gases when driving and heating their homes. The Expert Council for Climate Issues has confirmed the emission data determined by the Federal Environment Agency…