CDU on transport

The CDU wants air traffic at BER to grow substantially, with a focus on more intercontinental routes. To that end, it is open to a strategic investor buying into the airport company FBB. At the same time, noise protection and the work against aircraft noise are to remain secured.

More planes should fly from BER airport. There should be more flights to faraway countries. A private investor may buy into the airport. Roads, buses and trains near the airport should get better. People living nearby should be protected from noise.

The CDU is open to a strategic investor taking a stake in FBB GmbH to unlock new business potential. Among airports of European capitals, BER is to move up the rankings, mainly through more long-haul flights. Road, bus and rail connections around the airport are to be expanded. Noise protection programs are to be fully implemented. The aircraft noise commission is to be supported and funding for the aircraft noise commissioner secured.

The CDU considers cars indispensable, especially in rural areas, and opposes driving bans as well as the EU ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035. At the same time, it wants to expand charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

The CDU says people in the countryside need cars. It is against driving bans. It is also against banning new gas and diesel cars from 2035. There should be more charging stations for electric cars.

There should be no blanket speed limits on Brandenburg roads beyond current rules. Instead, the CDU favors variable speed limits that adjust to traffic, weather and congestion. 150 new publicly accessible charging points would be added each year. A "village e-sharing" program would give small communities a charging station and two electric cars. The federal government should expand highways as needed.

The CDU wants to invest more in maintaining and expanding state roads. A bridge program would renovate or replace a quarter of the state's bridges. The party cites quality of life and safety.

The CDU wants to fix roads and bridges. A quarter of all bridges should be repaired. Each county can name its worst road. That road gets fixed first.

A special road-repair program would follow a "worst first" principle. Each county would name the road most in need of repair, to be tackled in the coming term. Investment funds would be provided to maintain and expand the state road network. Brandenburg's characteristic tree-lined avenues would be preserved.

The CDU wants to implement Brandenburg's mobility law and raise the share of public transit, cycling and walking to 60 percent by 2030. Change should come through incentives and better services, not bans.

The CDU wants more buses, trains and bikes. By 2030, 60 out of 100 trips should use them. Better services should make this happen. The CDU does not want bans.

The guiding goals are climate neutrality by 2045 and the 60 percent target. The i2030 investment program and the reopening of rail lines would continue, with multi-year funding secured in the state budget, along with electrification and line expansion. PlusBus and on-demand RufBus services would grow, and fares and the Deutschlandticket would become more family-friendly. Within five years, at least one cycle superhighway would run into the metro region from each direction, plus more bike parking garages and park-and-ride and bike-and-ride sites. An "Alliance for Mobility" would bring together business, science and associations.

The CDU wants to link Brandenburg's larger towns in a ring with coordinated bus and rail schedules, similar to Berlin's circular rail line. A statewide mobility app and pilot projects for autonomous driving would complement it.

The CDU wants a Brandenburg Ring. Buses and trains should link bigger towns directly. One app should show all ways to travel. Self-driving vehicles should be tested.

Towns such as Bad Belzig, Luckenwalde, Rathenow, Neuruppin, Oranienburg, Eberswalde, Fürstenwalde and Lübben would be linked, in cooperation with counties and municipalities. On-demand systems and PlusBus services would support the ring locally. The VBB transit app would become a "Brandenburg mobility app" covering the whole journey, including on-demand buses. Brandenburg would become a model region for autonomous driving on rail and road, with pilots in the ring. The IAA Mobility trade fair would be brought back from Bavaria to the Berlin-Brandenburg region.