AfD on transport

The AfD wants to modernize transport routes and digital networks. Roads, railways and bridges would be repaired on a steady basis, and new projects would move faster through simpler procedures.

The AfD wants to repair roads, railways and bridges. This should follow a steady plan. New building projects should get approval faster. The internet should be expanded faster too. Government offices should work more digitally.

The platform calls for planned, ongoing repair of transport routes. Planning and approval procedures would be simplified so that needed new investment arrives sooner. The rollout of digital networks would be accelerated and public administration further digitized. The AfD also wants a space law tailored to small and mid-sized companies.

The AfD wants to promote car travel and rejects a general Autobahn speed limit, diesel driving bans, and 30 km/h limits on main roads. Citizens should be free to choose their mode of transport, and mobility should stay affordable.

The AfD wants to protect driving. It wants no speed limit on the Autobahn. It is against driving bans for diesel cars. Cities should have enough lanes and parking spaces.

Traffic lanes and parking in city centers are to be kept and expanded to avoid congestion and keep retail attractive. Instead of bans, the platform relies on smart technology and traffic routing that prevents jams. The AfD rejects blanket driving bans for motorcycles because of misconduct by individuals. Accompanied driving is to be allowed from age 16.

The AfD wants to lift the ban on combustion engines and end support for electric mobility, including publicly funded charging stations. It cites the importance of the auto industry and its suppliers, whose jobs it says depend on the combustion engine.

The AfD wants to keep the combustion engine. The planned ban should go. The state should stop favoring electric cars. It should stop paying for charging stations. The AfD says many jobs depend on the combustion engine.

The federal government is to push in Germany and the EU for laws that do not prescribe a drive technology. According to the platform, progress and the market should decide which technology prevails. If the EU's CO₂ rules for transport cannot be stopped, synthetic fuels are to be recognized. Vehicles running on them are to be treated the same as electric cars with regard to taxes and charges. The AfD argues that power capacity for nationwide electric mobility is lacking and that battery production harms the environment more.

The AfD wants to repair highways and bridges faster and shift more transit freight to rail and waterways. The CO₂-based increase in the truck toll is to be reversed because, in the party's view, it makes goods more expensive.

The AfD wants to fix highways and bridges faster. Trucks passing through Germany should use trains and ships more often. The higher truck toll should go down again. The AfD says the toll makes goods cost more.

Environmental impact assessments are to be dropped for replacement structures, and construction sites planned more efficiently. For transit routes, loading trucks onto trains ("Rollende Landstraße") and container transfer are to run on regular schedules. The AfD calls for more truck parking and enforcement of existing overtaking bans. Foreign haulers are to be checked more strictly on cabotage and social rules using toll and tachograph data. Federal waterways are to be renovated, and shipowners given incentives to sail under the German flag with German seafarers.

The AfD wants to convert Deutsche Bahn into a GmbH (limited liability company) so the federal government can effectively steer the infrastructure, and to expand the rail network. Switzerland is to serve as the model for passenger service. The Deutschlandticket would no longer be subsidized.

The AfD wants to reorganize the railway. The federal government should be able to steer the rail network better. There should be more tracks. Trains should be on time, safe and clean. The state should stop paying extra for the Deutschlandticket.

Bottlenecks in the network are to be removed and the high-speed network extended. Bus, rail, and air travel are to be better timed and connected. Money now going into the Deutschlandticket (nationwide transit pass) is to go into service and track instead; the ticket is to get what the AfD calls an honest price. The European train control system ETCS is to be simplified to cut costs and raise network capacity.

The AfD wants to abolish the air travel tax and rejects bans on domestic and short-haul flights. It argues that high ancillary costs burden German airports and airlines and push traffic abroad.

The AfD wants to end the tax on plane tickets. Short flights inside Germany should stay allowed. The AfD says flying matters for the economy. High costs hurt German airports.

The platform treats air travel as fundamental to Germany as a business location and says it should not be subordinated to climate protection. The AfD points out that other European countries have returned to pre-Covid traffic levels while Germany has not. It opposes EU CO₂ reduction targets that it considers unrealistic.

The AfD wants to cut fees and rules for German seaports, especially climate protection requirements, so they can keep up with Rotterdam and Antwerp. State or state-linked investors from outside the EU should not be allowed to buy stakes in important port companies.

The AfD wants to help German seaports. Ports should pay lower fees. There should be fewer rules, including climate rules. States from outside the EU should not be allowed to buy parts of the ports.

The platform names Hamburg, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Rostock, and Lübeck, among others. The AfD wants to promote digitalization and welcomes private investment and shareholdings. The purchase ban for state actors from non-EU countries is to apply in particular to terminals and their parent companies. The platform counts seaports as critical infrastructure that should therefore remain in German hands.