SPD on transport

The SPD wants to push ahead with the i2030 rail expansion program and add a rail master plan for all of Brandenburg. Every station in the state is to be served by at least one train per hour. The aim is better frequencies, shorter travel times and barrier-free stations.

The SPD wants to build more and better rail lines. A train should leave every station at least once an hour. Stations should become barrier-free. That means people in wheelchairs can use them easily too.

The i2030 program is to be continued together with Berlin, the federal government and Deutsche Bahn, with individual lines built quickly. A rail master plan for the whole state is to be coordinated with Berlin and neighboring states. The SPD wants the federal government to classify the Ostbahn line as an urgent need in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan. Disused lines are to be reactivated where rail has clear transport and economic advantages over buses. According to the program, 84 percent of stations currently have at least one train per hour; stations are also to be reachable by coordinated public transport.

The SPD wants to put the statutory minimum service standards for local public transport into practice together with municipalities and transit companies. Every municipality is to have at least an hourly connection to larger towns and train stations. People doing voluntary service are to get the Deutschlandticket (nationwide transit pass) for free.

The SPD wants more buses and trains across the state. Every town should have a connection every hour. This should apply on every day of the week. People doing voluntary service should get the Deutschlandticket for free. That is a pass for local transit in all of Germany.

The program announces a major financial effort to meet the minimum service standards already set by law. Local transit is to be reliably usable on every day of the week without unnecessary detours. The PlusBus lines are to be expanded. The apprentice ticket for the VBB fare area is to be converted to the Deutschlandticket, as has already happened with the student ticket.

The SPD continues to push for a ban on night flights between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It also continues to reject a third runway at BER airport.

The SPD wants no planes flying at night. This should apply from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. BER airport should not get a third runway. Protection against noise should continue.

In addition to the night flight ban, the noise protection programs are to continue. The SPD wants to keep securing the work of the aircraft noise commission. The program rules out building a third runway at BER.

The SPD wants to promote rail freight and combined transport so that fewer trucks are on the roads. It also wants to do more to maintain state roads, build park-and-ride facilities and help municipalities expand charging stations.

The SPD wants more goods to travel by train. That way fewer trucks will be on the roads. State roads should stay in good condition. There should be more charging stations for electric cars.

The state is to support new or reactivated rail sidings so that commercial and industrial areas can be served by rail or nearby transfer terminals. Terminals for moving goods between rail and road are to be expanded and newly built; the program calls this form of transport more climate-friendly and often cheaper for cross-border traffic. Rail infrastructure is to get more capacity for freight. The SPD announces stepped-up efforts to maintain state roads. Municipalities are to develop charging infrastructure plans with regional energy suppliers, and all groups of road users are to be treated equally.

The SPD wants to develop a cycling plan for the whole state together with the municipalities and Berlin. The result is to be a statewide network of bike routes.

The SPD wants to make a plan for cycling across the whole state. A network of bike routes should be built. People should be able to park bikes safely at train stations and bus stops.

Secure bike parking and bike parking garages are planned at train stations and bus stops. Cycling for tourism and leisure is to keep growing. Its planning is to be linked with planning for everyday cycling.