CDU on transport

The CDU wants a 50 km/h speed limit to be the default again on Berlin's main roads wherever possible and safe. In the party's view, cars are indispensable for families, commuters, care services and tradespeople, so traffic flow on key routes must be maintained.

On big roads, people should be able to drive 50 km/h again. This should be the normal rule. Near schools and daycare centers, it should stay slower. The CDU says many people need their cars.

The capacity of the main traffic arteries is to be preserved. Exceptions to the 50 km/h limit should remain where road safety requires them, for example near daycare centers, schools, hospitals and senior or care homes. The program rejects a citywide 30 km/h limit.

The CDU wants to stop funding new bollards and Kiezblocks (neighborhood through-traffic barriers) and avoid road closures. In its view, ambulances, fire trucks, garbage collection and deliveries must be able to reach every location. Instead, districts are to receive a uniform toolkit for traffic calming.

Bollards are posts that block streets for cars. The CDU wants to stop paying for new bollards. It also wants no new Kiezblocks. These are closed-off neighborhoods. Fire trucks and delivery vans should get through everywhere.

Funding for additional bollards and Kiezblocks is to be cut. Road safety in neighborhoods should be improved without through-traffic barriers. Using the new state organization law, the Senate wants to give districts a binding, uniform set of options for traffic calming and safety. Supermarkets and local shops should stay accessible for customers and suppliers.

The CDU wants to invest significantly more in roads to reduce the maintenance backlog, with repairs taking priority over new construction. A special program is to repair or replace the most dilapidated bridges first, following the Bridges Master Plan.

Many roads and bridges in Berlin are broken. The CDU wants to spend more money on repairs. Repairing comes before building new. Bridges should get their own program.

In 2026/27 alone, more than 200 million euros are to go into Berlin's bridges. The program cites the fast demolition of the Ringbahn bridge as a model. Projects such as the Elsenbrücke, Mühlendammbrücke, Rudolf-Wissell-Brücke and the Marzahn traffic junction are to move faster. Bridge repairs are to be prioritized according to the Bridges Master Plan.

The CDU wants to push ahead with extending the A100 city highway and building the Tangentialverbindung Ost (TVO, an eastern bypass road). In its view, this will relieve residential areas of through traffic and connect eastern Berlin better.

The CDU wants to extend the A100 city highway. A new road in the east, called TVO, should also be finished. This should take through traffic out of neighborhoods. Highways should get more noise protection.

The CDU supports federal planning for the 17th construction section of the A100. The TVO gap between "An der Wuhlheide" and Märkische Allee is to be closed to speed up business and commercial traffic. Along city highways, modern noise barriers, better road surfaces and structural improvements are planned where residents are most affected. The program rejects halting the A100.

The CDU wants to keep public parking spaces, simplify and fully digitize parking management across Berlin, and keep resident parking affordable. Districts are to provide loading and delivery zones for commercial traffic.

Street parking spaces should stay. Parking rules should be simpler across Berlin. Residents should be able to park cheaply. Tradespeople should get a digital parking permit for all of Berlin.

Plans include uniform rules, fewer special cases, digital procedures and a clearer fee structure. Scan cars are to make enforcement more efficient, and smart guidance systems should direct visitors to parking garages. Neighborhood parking garages are to be expanded, and the CDU will examine whether supermarket and private lots can be offered cheaply to residents overnight. Districts are to be required to provide loading and delivery zones, and tradespeople, delivery and care services are to get citywide digital parking permits. Illegal parking that blocks traffic is to be firmly enforced.

The CDU wants to boost staffing and funding for central construction site coordination to avoid repeated road closures. Those who finish construction on schedule are to receive a bonus, while delays are to have binding consequences.

Construction sites should be planned better. Then streets won't be closed again and again. Those who finish on time get a bonus. Those who are late face consequences.

Planning is to be transparent and digitally supported, with all parties coordinating early. Mandatory traffic flow simulations and monitoring of construction sites using BVG buses are to reveal impacts early and help penalize violations. Traffic light timing around longer construction projects and on busy main roads is to be adjusted systematically.

The CDU wants more safe crossings, accessible curbs, repaired sidewalks and better lighting for pedestrians. E-scooters and rental bikes are to be technically blocked from sidewalks via geofencing and parked only at designated spots.

Walking should become safer. There should be more crosswalks and lowered curbs. E-scooters should not be able to ride on sidewalks. Technology should block this. People should park them only at fixed spots.

Plans include crosswalks, traffic islands, modular curb extensions and temporary crossings at dangerous spots. Lowered curbs are to be added step by step wherever people cross streets or reach stops, and missing sidewalks are to be filled in. Lighting is to be improved especially at stops, on school routes and in parks. In pedestrian zones, e-scooters are to be technically limited to walking speed, and public order offices are to carry out targeted checks.

The CDU wants to prioritize repairing existing bike lanes and to build new ones only where, in its view, they are truly needed. The cycling plan, priority network and Mobility Act are to be reviewed and revised to balance all modes of transport.

Broken bike lanes should be repaired first. New bike lanes should only come where they are needed. Bike lane rules should fit each street. There should be more safe bike parking.

Potholes, root damage and unclear markings are to be removed systematically. Plans include flexible bike lane widths, more practical planning standards, closing gaps in the network and continuous bike highways. Bike boxes and shared locking facilities are to be expanded at S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations, including on space under S-Bahn arches. Intersections are to be made safer with separate signal phases, advanced stop lines and targeted checks.

The CDU wants more visible security staff, more video surveillance and digital emergency call points in public transit. In the long run, it aims for a closed U-Bahn system and wants to test access controls on selected lines.

Buses and trains should become safer. There should be more staff and more cameras. Later, only people with tickets should enter the subway. This will be tested first on some lines.

Besides security and service staff, plans include emergency call points across the network and a silent alarm option. The Nora emergency app is to be developed further for public transit in a pilot with the BVG so passengers can discreetly call for help. Cleaning patrols are to be expanded, cleaning intervals increased and damage repaired faster. The access controls are meant to reduce unauthorized entry and fare evasion.

The CDU wants to back the BVG's "stability before growth" course and expand the network selectively: U-Bahn extensions, more frequent S-Bahn service, rail projects with Brandenburg, and more express and high-capacity buses. Park-and-ride lots and mobility hubs in outer districts are to make transfers easier for commuters.

Buses and trains should get better. The subway should get longer lines. The S-Bahn should run more often. On the city's edge, there should be more parking at stations.

The BVG is to hire more staff, get vehicles into service faster and modernize its workshops; according to the program, Berlin invests more than 1.3 billion euros a year in the BVG. Extensions of the U2, U3, U6, U7, U8 and U9 are to move forward and the U10 is to be secured in planning law. Under the i2030 program, reactivating the Siemensbahn and extending the S75 to Karower Kreuz are priorities. Trams are to expand where benefit, cost-effectiveness and quick delivery align, and stations are to be made further accessible.

The CDU wants to use public-private partnerships to speed up planning and construction of transport infrastructure. Private expertise is to help with general contracting, building and operating individual transit lines, and modular bridges.

Private companies should help build transport projects. This should make things faster. Companies could also build and run single train lines. One example is a maglev train.

The program lists general contracting, building and operating individual public transit lines, modular bridge structures and innovative mobility projects as fields of use. It cites a maglev line (TSB) from the Urban Tech Republic at the former Tegel airport to Jungfernheide as an example. Semi-autonomous shuttles and bus-trams are also to be tested in pilot projects.

The CDU wants to make Berlin and Brandenburg a pilot region for autonomous driving in freight and passenger transport. It wants a technology-neutral shift to climate-friendly mobility, with more charging points and hydrogen as a complement to electric vehicles.

Berlin and Brandenburg should test self-driving vehicles. There should be more charging stations for electric cars. Hydrogen should also power vehicles. For example trucks, buses and ships.

The U-Bahn is to run semi-automatically using CBTC signaling to allow more frequent service. New neighborhoods are to be served by autonomous transport systems from the start where it makes sense. Hydrogen infrastructure is to be built along major routes, in logistics centers and industrial areas. Hydrogen trains are to run on non-electrified lines such as the RB27 "Heidekrautbahn".

The CDU wants to develop BER airport into eastern Germany's main aviation hub by attracting more direct and long-haul routes. At the federal level, it is pushing for lower aviation taxes and fees, above all a significant cut to the aviation tax.

BER airport should offer more flights. There should be more direct and long-distance flights. The CDU wants lower taxes on flying. The federal government decides this.

An attractive fee model and targeted marketing are to draw more airlines and passengers. BER's profitability is to rise by expanding non-aviation business, meaning revenue outside flight operations, and involving more private partners. In the CDU's view, the key competitive conditions for aviation are set at the federal level.