AfD on transport

The AfD wants free school transport that can also cover trips to a school outside a student's local catchment area. To this end, a statewide integrated transit network is to be created together with counties, cities, and transit operators.

The AfD wants students to ride to school for free. This could also apply to schools farther away. Buses should not be overcrowded. There should be one transit network for the whole state.

In school transport, crowded buses are to be avoided and routes kept as short as possible. Departure and arrival times are to suit the needs of children and families. The state wants to press counties, independent cities, and local transit actors to introduce the network.

The AfD wants to abolish carbon pricing on fuel entirely and permanently raise the Pendlerpauschale (commuter tax allowance) by a significant amount. It argues that many people in rural Mecklenburg-Vorpommern depend on their cars and that mobility must stay affordable.

There is a CO2 charge on gasoline and diesel. The AfD wants to get rid of it. People who drive far to work should save more on taxes. Cars should stay affordable for everyone.

The party commits to private car travel and opposes what it calls ideological harassment of drivers. It says the CO2 levy puts an extra burden on commuters at the pump and, because of the European emissions trading system, has no effect. The AfD wants to initiate the higher commuter allowance through the Bundesrat, the chamber of the German states. It regards mobility as a basic right that should remain affordable for all.

The AfD wants to make public transit more attractive and upgrade the rail network across the state. Buses and trains would be better coordinated, the transit association more closely integrated, and key lines expanded.

Buses and trains should fit together better. The AfD wants to expand rail lines. There should be a fast link from Berlin through Schwerin to Copenhagen. Small rural stations should stay.

Counties, Deutsche Bahn, and municipal and private operators would be integrated more deeply into the MV transit network, with better synchronized real-time information. The AfD backs the goals of the Deutschland-Takt (national integrated timetable): double tracks between Stralsund and Rostock and electrified main lines with connections to Szczecin and Lübeck. With the Fehmarnbelt tunnel, it wants a fast Berlin–Schwerin–Lübeck–Copenhagen link. For tourism, it calls for double-track connections from the metropolitan regions, more ferry links, and rebuilding the Zecherin bridge. Rural stations would not be dismantled, and timetables would be reviewed continuously.

The AfD wants to commit more budget funds to repairing, maintaining, and building roads and to simplify planning and permitting. Sidewalks and bike paths would also be expanded. For the state's airports, it wants to launch an open debate about their future.

The AfD wants to spend more money on roads. Planning and building should get easier. Sidewalks and bike paths should get better too. The AfD wants a new talk about the state's airports.

Funding procedures for road construction would be made clearer, and construction projects would take vacation periods into account. Sidewalks could be built independently of other modes of transport, which would require changes to funding guidelines. Cycling measures would be recognized as a mandatory municipal task, and a seamless network of long-distance tourist bike routes would be created. Airports would be assessed individually and should not be permanently subsidized sites with no prospect of success. Rostock-Laage would continue to be used for civilian traffic as well.