AfD on transport

The AfD rejects converting traffic lanes on main roads into bike lanes and wants to keep the roads as high-capacity arteries. The U4 subway line is to be extended to Harburg quickly, and new Elbe crossings built promptly. Citizens should be free to choose how they travel, without bans aimed at drivers.

The AfD does not want car lanes turned into bike lanes. Big roads should stay for cars. The U4 subway line should go to Harburg. There should be new ways across the Elbe River. Everyone should choose freely how to travel.

According to the program, more than 800,000 vehicles are registered in Hamburg and over 330,000 people commute daily. Transport infrastructure is to be secured, modernized and expanded, partly because of the port with its more than 150,000 jobs. Instead of bans, policymakers should create incentives through attractive options such as public transit. The AfD rejects what it sees as one-sided policy against drivers and wants road space shared among all users.

The AfD wants to build new road links such as the Hafenquerspange and additional crossings of the Elbe, and to lift driving restrictions for diesel vehicles. In its view, driving bans hurt commuters, retail and business. It rejects paid resident parking schemes.

The AfD wants to build new roads and new crossings over the Elbe river. Diesel cars should be allowed to drive everywhere again. The AfD says driving bans hurt the city. It is against paid parking zones for residents.

The Hafenquerspange would connect the A7 and A1 highways on the port side and should be built right away. Elbe crossings near Glückstadt and Geesthacht should follow quickly. Park-and-ride garages should be free for holders of HVV transit passes. The AfD considers battery cars a politically forced wrong turn as a general strategy and wants to push other technologies such as hybrids. Road works should be better coordinated, limited in how many run at once, and finished faster through multi-shift work or bonus payments.

The AfD wants to end the removal of parking spaces and restore enough free spaces to meet demand. According to the platform, this would sharply cut traffic caused by drivers looking for parking.

The AfD wants no more parking spaces to be removed. There should be more parking spaces again. They should be free. Then drivers do not have to search so long.

The platform says about one third of city traffic comes from drivers searching for a space. The AfD opposes reducing parking through conversions, bollards or poorly managed construction sites. Builders of new housing would again be required to provide parking spaces.

The AfD rejects both a city toll and a general road toll. It argues that a toll would burden low- and middle-income earners and hurt downtown retailers.

The AfD does not want a toll for cars in the city. A toll is a fee for driving on roads. The AfD says this would burden people with little money. Shops in the city center would also suffer.

The platform cites ADAC figures saying car users already pay 53 billion euros a year in transport-related taxes and charges. That money should be used better. Public transit becomes more attractive through expansion, the AfD says, not by charging drivers. It expects shops to move to the outskirts or neighboring towns if a toll were introduced.

The AfD wants reliable, affordable and safe public transit based on a transport development plan looking to 2050. Rail lines should reach far into the surrounding region to reduce commuter flows. It rejects a new tram and parts of the U5 subway line.

The AfD wants buses and trains that are on time, cheap and safe. Trains should run far out into the region. The AfD does not want a new tram. It also rejects parts of the new U5 subway line.

A transport development plan would show where Hamburg's transport system should be in 2050. Combined with planning for housing and commercial areas in the metropolitan region, strong transport corridors are meant to counter growing density in the city. The platform calls the tram plans and parts of the U5 aimless projects costing billions. HVV fares should become simpler and economically fair.

The AfD wants sidewalks reserved for pedestrians only and repaired faster in an accessible way. The Velorouten (city bike routes) should be completed and existing bike lanes renovated, but it rejects a network of bike highways. Improperly parked e-scooters should face tougher penalties.

The AfD says sidewalks are only for people on foot. Sidewalks should be repaired faster. Old bike lanes should be fixed. The AfD does not want fast bike highways. People who park e-scooters the wrong way should pay higher fines.

More resources would go to sidewalk repairs, and expansion for cars and bikes should not come at pedestrians' expense. The Velorouten should be finished without unduly restricting other road users. New bike lanes should be physically separated from sidewalks and roadways. The AfD plans a large renovation program for existing bike lanes. The platform calls a bike highway network an unrealistic ideological project.

In the long run, the AfD wants to move Hamburg's airport out to the surrounding metropolitan region to end aircraft noise. In the short term, takeoff and landing fees after 10 p.m. should rise significantly to give residents relief at night.

Planes make a lot of noise in Hamburg. The AfD wants to move the airport out of the city later. Until then, flights after 10 p.m. should cost more. This should give neighbors more quiet at night.

The airport should eventually be relocated to the metropolitan region. Until then, a new fee schedule should be geared toward noise protection. Takeoffs and landings after 10 p.m. should become significantly more expensive.