CSU on transport

The CSU wants to raise cycling's share of traffic significantly. A Bavarian bicycle law, 1,500 kilometers of new bike paths by 2030 and a seamless statewide network are meant to achieve this.

The CSU wants more people to ride bikes. There will be a new law for this. By 2030, Bavaria should build 1,500 kilometers of new bike paths. Taking a bike on a local train should cost only one euro.

The platform calls the bicycle a focus of transport policy and describes it as healthy and ecological. A new bicycle law is meant to create a continuous network of cycling routes across Bavaria, with attention to safety and smooth riding. Taking a bike on S-Bahn and regional trains is to cost one euro. State employees are to be offered a leased work bike through the "JobBike Bayern" program.

The CSU rejects driving bans and a general EU ban on combustion engines from 2035, arguing it would harm Bavaria's industry and auto workers. Instead it backs a mix of electric, hydrogen and climate-neutral combustion engines.

The CSU wants to keep cars with combustion engines. The EU plans to ban new ones from 2035. The CSU is against that. It also rejects driving bans. Cars should run on man-made fuel that is climate-friendly. These fuels are called e-fuels.

The platform calls Bavaria a car state and describes the car as the basis of prosperity and as freedom, especially in rural areas. The CSU welcomes new car plants and wants no one-sided decisions on engine types. E-fuel research at the Technical University of Munich's Straubing campus is meant to deliver an alternative to fossil fuels for cars and planes, so that existing vehicles become climate-neutral. Blending synthetic fuels should become easier and their non-fossil share exempt from energy tax. The charging network and hydrogen infrastructure are to keep growing.

The CSU wants to provide more money for state roads and stick to expanding the A 3 and A 94 highways. At the same time, major rail projects around Munich, electrification of lines and rail freight are to move forward.

The CSU wants to expand roads and rail lines. State roads should get more money. Munich should get its second S-Bahn line through the city. More goods should travel by train.

The platform commits to Munich's second S-Bahn trunk line as the state's largest infrastructure project and wants to advance the rail hub and the S-Bahn ring. Until it opens, further construction work is meant to make the S-Bahn network more reliable. Munich Airport is to get a high-speed ICE connection. The federal government should electrify the remaining lines, with Bavaria paying for planning up front. Freight centers and transfer terminals are to grow to move more goods by rail, and the northern access route to the Brenner is to be built with as little burden on residents as possible.

The CSU wants a discounted Deutschlandticket (nationwide transit pass) for schoolchildren, students and trainees. Bus service is to become fully emission-free, and regional trains are to run without diesel by 2040.

The CSU wants better buses and trains. School kids, students and trainees should get a cheaper nationwide ticket. Buses should no longer give off exhaust. Bavaria will fund 2,000 new buses for this. Trains should run without diesel by 2040.

The platform wants to strengthen local public transit and regional rail and make them climate-friendly. Within five years, 2,000 new so-called climate buses are to be subsidized. In regional rail, green fuel is to replace diesel by 2040. Pilot routes using hydrogen, synthetic fuels and electric drive are planned for this.