Tag: Volker Wissing
Deutsche Bahn: Code word “Infra-Go” – Dispute over leadership of the major project
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing The FDP politician – here presenting a hydrogen train – has made Deutsche Bahn a top priority and wants more action on the subject of…
Laws for faster procedures are delayed
Construction work on a motorway bridge The traffic light aims to significantly speed up planning processes and infrastructure projects. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The next cabinet meeting of the federal government…
Laws for faster procedures are delayed
Construction work on a motorway bridge The traffic light aims to significantly speed up planning processes and infrastructure projects. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The next cabinet meeting of the federal government…
Funding will not be available again until March at the earliest
Berlin For the time being, the federal, state and local governments will no longer invest money in expanding the broadband network in uneconomical areas. As the Handelsblatt learned from government…
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…
Scholz is planning a speed pact with the federal states
Berlin The Federal Chancellery is attempting to speed up planning and approval procedures with its own initiative, thereby fulfilling a central promise made by the traffic light coalition. A “pact…
49 euro ticket for local transport is on the brink
Berlin The federal and state governments wanted to ensure the “fastest possible introduction” of a new discount ticket in local and regional transport. This plan is in danger of failing.…
Germany ticket is on the brink
Berlin The federal and state governments wanted to ensure the “fastest possible introduction” of a new discount ticket in local and regional transport. This plan is in danger of failing.…
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…
Bureaucracy slows down heavy equipment on construction sites
Kommatsu excavators at Bauma 2022 in Munich Transporting machines of this size to those on site is becoming an increasing problem, according to industry representatives. (Photo: IMAGO/aal.photo) Berlin The German…
Subscription for 49 euros turns local transport industry upside down
Berlin Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and the 16 prime ministers quickly agreed: next year there will again be a nationwide valid ticket for local and regional transport. Not again…
Speed limit: CDU traffic politician attacks Audi boss Duesmann
federal highway Environmental groups have been calling for the introduction of a general speed limit for a long time. (Photo: AP) Berlin In politics, the discussion about a general speed…
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing wants to push ahead with large infrastructure projects
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) wants to present his own reform concept so that large infrastructure projects can progress more quickly. According to government circles, Wissing wants to…
Readers’ Prize winner Katja Diehl and the compulsion to have a car
Katja Diehl after the award ceremony “I want to show people that the I is not as important as the we,” says the author. Frankfurt The readers of the Handelsblatt…
Readers’ Prize winner Katja Diehl and the compulsion to have a car
Katja Diehl after the award ceremony “I want to show people that the I is not as important as the we,” says the author. Frankfurt The readers of the Handelsblatt…
The federal and state governments agree on a 49-euro ticket
Volker Wissing The transport ministers of the federal states and the federal government have reached an agreement. (Photo: dpa) Bremerhaven The federal and state governments have agreed on a successor…
State protection assumes a “politically motivated act”.
Sabotaged cables in Hohenschönhausen Much remains unclear in the complex case. (Photo: Getty Images) Bochum In the case of the railway sabotage at the weekend, the state security in Bochum…
The most important questions and answers
Berlin Traffic on the rails in northern Germany was paralyzed for several hours. The reason was a possible act of sabotage. Unknown persons had destroyed important communication cables. Now the…
Air traffic fears EU plans – industry asks Habeck for help
Berlin, Frankfort With rare unity, the German aviation industry criticizes Germany’s behavior in the final negotiations for the European climate program “Fit for 55”. In a letter to Federal Minister…