AfD on transport

The AfD wants to move transit freight off the roads and onto rail and waterways as far as possible, in order to relieve Bavaria's roads. At the same time, the railways are to be repaired and expanded, with local residents involved in the planning.

Many trucks only drive through Bavaria. The AfD wants trains and ships to carry these goods. This should make the roads less busy. Buses and trains should also run better. People living nearby should have a say in the planning.

According to the platform, the truck toll should help bring about this shift. A "rolling highway" with regular schedules, meaning whole trucks carried on trains, is to be set up for transit routes through Germany. To that end, more loading points and freight hubs linking road, rail and water are to be built, and the rail network must be able to handle the extra traffic at competitive costs and travel times. Noise and landscape protection are to carry great weight in rail repair, expansion and new construction. Buses and trains should be punctual, safe, clean and well timed. The AfD demands a decisive say for Bavaria in the planned Deutschland-Takt (nationwide integrated timetable), which should bring the state clear benefits.

The AfD wants to expand Bavaria's road network, close gaps in the highway system and improve connections in rural areas. It rejects policies that favor or disadvantage particular modes of transport and wants driving to remain affordable.

The AfD wants more and better roads in Bavaria. Missing parts of highways should be finished. Roads in the countryside should get better. Driving a car should stay affordable. Everyone should be free to choose how they travel.

In the platform's view, roads will remain the main carrier of traffic, and the car is described as a popular and by now very environmentally friendly way to get around. Bavaria should press the federal government to complete the A94, to close gaps with tunnels on the Frankenschnellweg (A73) and on the southern section of Munich's A99 ring, to widen the A8 toward Salzburg, and to build a four-lane link between Nuremberg and Augsburg. Enough parking spaces should be provided for trucks. Regional roads are to be planned with local citizens taking part. New and widened roads should account for growing traffic and leave room for later expansion.

The AfD wants to secure the future of Bavaria's airports and airfields and protect them from bans it attributes to the Greens. Munich and Nuremberg airports are to get long-distance rail connections.

The AfD wants to keep the airports in Bavaria. It does not want bans on air travel. Munich and Nuremberg airports should get stations for long-distance trains. People should be able to travel quickly between them.

The platform bases this demand on the major role airports play for business travel and tourism. Smaller airfields should also have a secure future. The long-distance rail links are meant to connect Munich and Nuremberg with each other and with other major hubs, with short travel times.