SPD on transport

The SPD wants public transit to run at least every ten minutes everywhere in Berlin and to extend the tram and subway networks. Halted tram projects are to be resumed. The aim is to let more people switch from cars.

The SPD wants more buses and trains. Everywhere in Berlin, something should run at least every 10 minutes. There should be new tram and subway lines. Buses should get their own lanes and green lights. Small driverless buses should run on the edge of the city.

Stops are to be no more than 300 to 400 meters from residential areas and schools. Priority goes to the tram lines from Turmstraße via the Urban Tech Republic to the Schumacherquartier with an extension to Spandau, plus Warschauer Straße–Hermannplatz and Alexanderplatz–Kulturforum. For the subway, the U3, U7 and U8 are to be extended and a line from Alexanderplatz to Hohenschönhausen planned. The i2030 rail project with Brandenburg is to be fully funded and the airport express extended to Gesundbrunnen. Added to this are renovation, accessible stations, more electric buses and autonomous minibuses in outlying areas.

The SPD calls on the federal and state governments to offer the Deutschlandticket (nationwide transit pass) for 49 euros again. The BVG transit company is first to stabilize its operations and receive the funds needed. The taxi trade is to be protected by a minimum fare for app-based ride-hailing cars.

The SPD wants to make the Deutschlandticket cheaper again. It should cost 49 euros. More staff should make buses and trains safer and cleaner. The BVG transit company should first run reliably again. Ride services booked by app should have a minimum price. This is meant to protect taxis.

For safety and cleanliness, additional staff including social teams and flexible night bus stops are planned. The BVG is to get more maintenance capacity and a steady supply of new vehicles and then expand its service again. The S-Bahn is not to be split up legally or operationally; the SPD wants to press Deutsche Bahn for better punctuality. All Berlin taxis are to be allowed to pick up passengers at BER airport. The accessible alternative transport service for people with limited mobility is to be developed further.

The SPD wants sidewalks to be wider, safer and accessible, and the cycling plan to be fully implemented. E-scooters and rental bikes are to be parked only in designated areas. It also plans a state-owned car-sharing service with electric cars.

The SPD wants better paths for people walking and cycling. Sidewalks should be wide, well lit and free of barriers. There should be more safe bike lanes and bike parking. E-scooters may only be parked in fixed spots. The state should offer its own shared electric cars.

All traffic lights are to get tactile and audible signals, with more crossings and a green wave for pedestrians too. Scooter and bike rentals are to end only at Jelbi stations; the special-use fee for scooter companies inside the S-Bahn ring is doubled and extended to the whole city. Sharing is to be available in outer districts as well. For bike highways the SPD returns to the original plans, builds bike parking garages and racks, and again funds a bike rental system. Bike theft is to be solved more often.

The SPD rejects further construction of the A100 city highway and wants to repair existing roads and bridges instead. Federal funds are to go more toward repairs and public transit. The eastern tangential link (Tangentialverbindung Ost) is to be built as a road.

The SPD does not want to extend the A100 highway. The money should go to broken roads and bridges. Buses and trains should also get more federal money. A new road in the east should still be built. New neighborhoods should have few cars.

The highway is to end permanently at the Treptower Park junction; a traffic plan is to relieve the surrounding neighborhoods. The eastern tangential link is to be built so that a later S-Bahn line alongside it remains possible. The SPD plans new neighborhoods with few cars, priority for car-sharing spaces and neighborhood parking garages. Park-and-ride sites for commuters are to be upgraded, public charging stations further expanded, and charging points at retail parking lots encouraged.

The SPD wants to extend paid parking management to more areas and raise the fees for resident parking permits. The revenue is to go to public transit, cycling, walking and neighborhood parking garages. More loading zones are to be created for commercial traffic.

The SPD wants more areas where parking costs money. The parking permit for residents should cost more. The money goes to buses, trains, bike lanes and neighborhood parking garages. Residents should be allowed to park at supermarket lots at night. Tradespeople and delivery services get more spaces of their own.

Enforcement is to use scan cars. Parking spaces at supermarkets, public offices and garages are to be usable by residents outside opening hours. A digital parking guidance system is to reduce traffic from drivers searching for a space. The SPD wants a major expansion of short-term commercial parking and loading zones so that care workers and tradespeople, for example, can find spaces.

The SPD commits to the goal that no one is killed or seriously injured in traffic. To get there, it relies on traffic calming in neighborhoods, 30 km/h limits near sensitive facilities, temporarily closed school streets, and more enforcement.

The SPD wants no one to die in traffic anymore. A 30 km/h limit should apply near schools, daycare centers and homes for older people. Streets in front of schools can be closed to cars for certain times. There should be more speed cameras. The police get more bicycle patrols.

The SPD rejects a return to 50 km/h on stretches where 30 currently applies. Following the Paris model, a legal basis is to be created for securing streets in front of schools and daycare centers with barriers. Children are to be protected by separated bike lanes, separate turning lanes, temporary play streets, crossing guards and traffic education. Fixed and mobile monitoring of speed, noise and red-light violations is expanded, with revenue earmarked. Navigation providers are to keep through traffic out of neighborhoods.