CDU on transport

The CDU wants to keep Bremen Airport as a passenger airport and support its renovation. A private co-owner would bring in money and expertise. It also wants a review of whether more of the runway can be used for regular traffic.

The CDU wants to keep Bremen Airport for travelers. The city should help with repairs. A private company should become a co-owner and bring money. Planes should be allowed to use a longer part of the runway.

The program calls the airport indispensable for the aerospace industry and links it to 30,000 jobs. Temporary investment grants are meant to help it operate without subsidies again after the COVID crisis; cooperation among the three airports in northwestern Germany would be examined. Of the 2,600-meter runway, 2,040 meters are currently permitted for regular traffic; the CDU says using more would allow flatter takeoffs with less noise, cargo planes, and new destinations. The nighttime quiet rule stays but should be applied in a practical way. Landing fees, research at the ECOMAT center, and more bio-kerosene are meant to promote cleaner flying. The CDU backs the airport's path to climate neutrality and welcomes airlines with electric or hydrogen aircraft.

The CDU wants to improve land access to the ports and quickly expand hinterland connections. This includes rail projects in the Hanover–Hamburg–Bremen triangle and completion of the A20 highway.

The CDU wants better routes to the ports. Trains and trucks should get to the port and away faster. New tracks should be built for this. The A20 highway should also be finished.

The platform gives particular weight to a third track between Bremen-Oslebshausen and Bremen-Burg, later extending to Bremerhaven, electrifying the EVB line Bremen–Bremervörde–Rotenburg, and continuing construction of the A20 coastal highway. In the Überseehafen the CDU backs grade-separated crossings and underpasses. Terminal operators are to set up a slot-booking system for trucks with waiting areas, and the rail loading terminal at Eurogate is to be relocated and redesigned. A second road link for the Überseehafen to the Cherbourger Straße port tunnel is to be examined with an open outcome.

The CDU supports adjusting the shipping channel of the Outer Weser so the largest container ships can keep calling at Bremerhaven. Bremen and Lower Saxony should not block each other on the Weser projects.

The CDU wants to adjust the shipping channel of the Outer Weser. The channel is the path ships use in the river. This lets very large ships keep coming to Bremerhaven. Protection of nature and against floods should be examined.

The platform considers the adjustment of the Lower Weser (north) important for the port of Brake. The two states should not mutually withhold their consent to the federal government. In the new federal procedure, nature, water, and flood protection are to be examined and taken into account. The CDU also backs a joint northern German strategy on sediment management under the National Port Strategy.

The CDU wants to pass a mobility law that makes transport projects binding. It justifies this with what it sees as overly long procedures and decaying infrastructure. All modes of transport are to be considered together.

The CDU wants to make a law for transport. It should say what gets built and when. It should also show the costs. The CDU thinks projects take too long today. Cars, bikes, buses, and walkers should all be considered.

The law is to contain measures with concrete timelines, fixed planning targets, and the funding. As examples of delays, the platform cites the completion of the A 281 ring, bicycle bridges over the Weser, premium cycling routes, and Martinistraße. According to the CDU, new tram tracks, public transit services, bike paths, and synchronized traffic lights would both speed up travel and ease the burden on the climate. The party rejects disadvantaging individual modes of transport such as the car.

The CDU wants to introduce resident parking only with the consent of residents and the local advisory council, and to cap the annual fee at 100 euros. Parking partly on the sidewalk would be allowed where enough sidewalk remains. Neighborhood garages are also planned.

The CDU wants new rules for parking in residential areas. Resident parking should cost no more than 100 euros a year. Residents should have a say first. Cars may park partly on the sidewalk if enough space is left. There should also be garages for whole neighborhoods.

Parking partly on the sidewalk would be permitted wherever more than 1.50 meters of sidewalk remain despite the parked cars. Resident parking would only come after consultation with residents and the local Beirat (district advisory council). For neighborhood garages, the CDU plans an immediate program to review possible sites and features. The city-owned company BREPARK would build and run such garages, and private investors would be supported as well. The garages would also offer parcel lockers, charging points, spaces for bikes and cargo bikes, and a service station with air pumps.

The CDU wants to introduce a "Bremen-Takt" (Bremen service interval): during the day, no one should wait more than ten minutes for a bus or tram. The party argues that only more frequent service will win people over to the shift away from cars.

The CDU wants buses and trams to run more often. From 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., no one should wait more than 10 minutes. The party says this is the only way to get more people to use buses and trams.

The guarantee would apply between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. The CDU wants to equip the transit operator BSAG so that timetable cuts are no longer needed. In the program's view, BSAG should once again become a partner in the mobility transition.

The CDU wants to connect the Bremen-Nord district better to the city center. The RS1 regional rail line would run more often and at night, along with an additional track, new stops, and transfer hubs. The program cites overcrowded, delayed, and canceled trains as the reason.

The CDU wants better links between Bremen-Nord and the city center. The RS1 train should run more often, also at night. There should be another track and new stops. At stations, it should be easier to switch to a bike or car.

The so-called third track would be completed within this decade to relieve the line. Additional stops are planned in Grambke and Farge-Ost. Mobility hubs would be built at the Blumenthal, Vegesack, Lesum, and Burg stations to make it easier to switch between rail, bike, e-scooter, and car. The CDU also plans a bike-sharing service for Bremen-Nord, plus secure parking and charging stations for e-bikes and electric cars.

The CDU wants smoother traffic: traffic lights would be switched off at night where possible and linked with vehicles to create green waves. Garbage trucks would use cameras and sensors to record road conditions. The 30 km/h limit outside schools and daycare centers would apply only until 8 p.m.

The CDU wants traffic to flow better. Some traffic lights should be off at night. Traffic lights should share data with vehicles. Garbage trucks should find potholes with cameras. The 30 km/h limit near schools should end at 8 p.m.

Only traffic lights at locations that remain safe without them would be turned off at night. Waste collection vehicles would detect potholes and bike paths in need of repair on their daily rounds; the program wants this to replace spending on expert reports and inspection rounds by city staff. Other plans include better management of construction sites and parking guidance systems that shorten the search for a space.

The CDU wants to offer on-demand rides on the city's outskirts, where regular bus lines are often uneconomical. Self-driving buses would start in small areas as soon as possible. The Weser river would be developed as an additional transport route.

The CDU wants new public transit options. On the edge of the city, vehicles should come when people order them. This is called on-demand. Buses without drivers should soon run in small areas. More boats should also carry people on the Weser river.

The program names Borgfeld, Bremen-Nord, Oberneuland, Oslebshausen, and the area around the Bremen-Mitte hospital as places for on-demand service in the evening and at night. Autonomous buses could first run on the Überseeinsel, the hospital grounds, or in the Technologiepark. Outlying areas would get additional connections, for example the Tobias-Schule in Oberneuland. On the Weser, the CDU wants to enable and support new types of vessels such as solar-powered boats.

The CDU wants buses and trams in Bremen's city center to be usable by everyone without a ticket. The program points to the 9-euro ticket, which it says showed that people use public transit when the price is right.

The CDU wants everyone to ride buses and trams for free in Bremen's city center. People would not need a ticket there. The party says more people use public transit when the price is good.

So far, only users of BREPARK parking facilities are exempt from fares, which the CDU considers insufficient. According to the program, a "Free Zone" would raise acceptance of all parking garages in the city center and make getting around there cheaper and easier. The party also sees this as a matter of access to what the city offers.

The CDU wants to introduce an annual pass for 365 euros that is valid across the entire VBN regional transit network. Students would ride for free. The party wants public transit to be clearly cheaper than driving.

The CDU wants cheaper tickets for buses and trains. A pass for one year should cost 365 euros. Students should get a free monthly pass. A day trip between Bremen and Bremerhaven should cost 10 euros at most.

The free monthly pass would be for students at general and vocational schools up to age 21. A day ticket between Bremerhaven and Bremen would cost no more than 10 euros. The CDU wants to push for the 49-euro ticket to be available in non-digital form as well. Seniors aged 70 and over would get a free lifetime pass in exchange for giving up their driver's license, as is already the case in Bremerhaven.

The CDU wants a comprehensive mobility app for Bremen that brings all services together. Car sharing would get more spaces and priority in parking. Fixed parking areas would become mandatory for e-scooters and shared bikes.

The CDU wants one app for all means of transport in Bremen. The app should show the best option. There should be more spaces for car sharing. Car sharing means many people share one car. E-scooters should only be parked in fixed areas.

The app would help people find the right option based on carbon footprint, speed, price, and other needs. According to the program, one car-sharing vehicle in Bremen replaces 16 private cars. Additional car-sharing spaces and a further opening to free-floating services are planned. E-scooters left as obstacles would be removed consistently and at the expense of those responsible.

The CDU wants to take up the Verkehrsentwicklungsplan (transport development plan) again and implement it without interruptions. The district advisory councils would be firmly involved. The city would be considered as a whole, not just from the center.

Bremen has a plan for transport. The CDU wants to take up this plan again and carry it out. The councils in the districts should help decide. The whole city should count, not only the center.

A street register would define which streets are of supra-regional importance and thus clearly divide responsibilities between the city parliament and the local councils. The CDU wants to think in terms of projects and cites tests with parcel drones as an example. The program lists tasks such as cycling separated from car traffic, short and safe walking routes, environmentally friendly last-mile deliveries, citywide public transit, and a dense network of charging points.

The CDU wants to make cycling in Bremen easier, with bike lanes in every district, faster construction of bike bridges over the Weser, and a subsidy program for cargo bikes. The program describes Bremen as a state of short distances where much can be done by bike.

The CDU wants to make cycling in Bremen easier. Every district should have bike lanes. Broken bike lanes should be repaired. Bridges for bikes over the Weser should be finished faster. There should be funding for cargo bikes.

Secure parking for bikes and cargo bikes is planned, including in parking garages. Existing bike lanes would be repaired. The premium cycling routes would be built, especially the one from Bremen-Nord through the Werderland toward the city center. The CDU wants to treat cycling, walking, cars, and public transit as one combined mobility mix.