What do the parties say on transport?

The AfD wants to modernize transport routes and digital networks. Roads, railways and bridges would be repaired on a steady basis, and new projects would move faster through simpler procedures.

The AfD wants to repair roads, railways and bridges. This should follow a steady plan. New building projects should get approval faster. The internet should be expanded faster too. Government offices should work more digitally.

The AfD wants to promote car travel and rejects a general Autobahn speed limit, diesel driving bans, and 30 km/h limits on main roads. Citizens should be free to choose their mode of transport, and mobility should stay affordable.

The AfD wants to protect driving. It wants no speed limit on the Autobahn. It is against driving bans for diesel cars. Cities should have enough lanes and parking spaces.

The AfD wants to lift the ban on combustion engines and end support for electric mobility, including publicly funded charging stations. It cites the importance of the auto industry and its suppliers, whose jobs it says depend on the combustion engine.

The AfD wants to keep the combustion engine. The planned ban should go. The state should stop favoring electric cars. It should stop paying for charging stations. The AfD says many jobs depend on the combustion engine.

The AfD wants to repair highways and bridges faster and shift more transit freight to rail and waterways. The CO₂-based increase in the truck toll is to be reversed because, in the party's view, it makes goods more expensive.

The AfD wants to fix highways and bridges faster. Trucks passing through Germany should use trains and ships more often. The higher truck toll should go down again. The AfD says the toll makes goods cost more.

The AfD wants to convert Deutsche Bahn into a GmbH (limited liability company) so the federal government can effectively steer the infrastructure, and to expand the rail network. Switzerland is to serve as the model for passenger service. The Deutschlandticket would no longer be subsidized.

The AfD wants to reorganize the railway. The federal government should be able to steer the rail network better. There should be more tracks. Trains should be on time, safe and clean. The state should stop paying extra for the Deutschlandticket.

The AfD wants to abolish the air travel tax and rejects bans on domestic and short-haul flights. It argues that high ancillary costs burden German airports and airlines and push traffic abroad.

The AfD wants to end the tax on plane tickets. Short flights inside Germany should stay allowed. The AfD says flying matters for the economy. High costs hurt German airports.

The AfD wants to cut fees and rules for German seaports, especially climate protection requirements, so they can keep up with Rotterdam and Antwerp. State or state-linked investors from outside the EU should not be allowed to buy stakes in important port companies.

The AfD wants to help German seaports. Ports should pay lower fees. There should be fewer rules, including climate rules. States from outside the EU should not be allowed to buy parts of the ports.

The BSW wants to reverse the phase-out of new combustion engine cars and support a range of drive technologies instead of electric mobility alone. Driving is not to become more expensive, because many people depend on their cars.

The BSW wants to lift the ban on combustion engine cars. These are cars that run on gasoline or diesel. Driving should not get more expensive. The state should support different engines, not only electric cars.

The BSW proposes state-subsidized leasing for environmentally friendly cars made in Europe, including fuel-efficient combustion models. It is meant to keep low- and middle-income people mobile in regions with little public transit and to support the car industry.

The BSW wants cheap car leasing with help from the state. Leasing means renting a car for a longer time. It applies to fuel-saving cars made in Europe. Only people with low or normal incomes can get it.

The BSW wants to repair and expand roads, bridges and other transport routes with a large investment program. It is to be paid for through a reform of the debt brake.

The BSW wants to repair broken roads and bridges. New roads should be built where they are needed. For this the state should be allowed to borrow more. The rule on this is called the debt brake.

The BSW wants the railway to focus on domestic local, long-distance and freight service and to become a reliable "Bundesbahn" (federal railway) again. Bus and rail are to get cheaper, and the Deutschlandticket is to stay affordable for good.

Trains should be on time and reliable again. The railway should be a public company. Buses and trains should cost less. The Deutschlandticket should stay. More goods should travel by train.

The CDU and the CSU want to reverse the ban on new combustion engine cars and review the CO2 fleet limits. They reject a general speed limit on the autobahn and driving bans in city centers, because they see individual mobility as an expression of freedom.

The CDU and the CSU want to keep allowing cars with gasoline and diesel engines. The planned ban should go. There should be no general speed limit on the autobahn. A driver's license should be affordable for young people.

The CDU and the CSU want to slim down and reorganize Deutsche Bahn. The rail network and train operations are to be separated more clearly to allow more competition.

The CDU and the CSU want to rebuild Deutsche Bahn. The company should become leaner. Tracks and train services should be more separate. The federal government pays most of the cost for the tracks.

The CDU and the CSU want to fund transport infrastructure on a lasting basis, independent of budget swings, and attract private capital. Planning procedures are to become simpler and faster.

Roads, bridges and rail lines are old. The CDU and the CSU want to secure enough money for them in the long run. Private investors should also put in money. Building projects should get approval faster.

The CDU and the CSU want to allow other climate-friendly drive systems and fuels alongside electric vehicles, such as e-fuels, hydrogen and biofuels. All modes of transport are meant to complement each other, and Germany is to become a technology leader in autonomous driving.

The CDU and the CSU want to allow many kinds of engines. These include electric cars, hydrogen and synthetic fuels. Cars, buses, trains and bikes should work well together. People should be able to register cars online everywhere.

The FDP wants to overturn the EU rule that effectively bans new combustion engine cars from 2035 and to abolish fleet emission limits. It relies instead on alternative fuels such as e-fuels, arguing that fossil fuels, not the engine, are the problem.

From 2035, no new combustion cars are to be sold in the EU. The FDP wants to lift this rule. It counts on new fuels without oil. The CO2 limits for carmakers should also go.

The FDP wants to greatly speed up planning and permitting for transport routes and digital networks. Funding is to be secured within the debt brake, including with private capital.

The FDP wants to build roads, rail and networks faster. Planning should take only half as long. The state should not take on extra debt for this. Private investors should be able to help pay.

The FDP wants to make the driver's license cheaper and quicker to obtain, allow accompanied driving from age 16 and permit autonomous driving. It rejects a general speed limit on the Autobahn and mandatory driving tests for seniors.

A driver's license should cost less. Teens should be allowed to drive with an adult from age 16. Cars should be allowed to drive themselves. The FDP wants no speed limit on highways. It also wants no forced tests for older drivers.

The FDP wants to split Deutsche Bahn into rail network and train operations and create more competition on the rails. This is meant to make rail more reliable. In local transit, flexible, digitally linked services would supplement fixed routes.

The FDP wants to split Deutsche Bahn. One part looks after the tracks, another runs the trains. More companies should run trains. The FDP says this makes trains more reliable. Buses and trains should run more flexibly.

The FDP wants to abolish the air travel tax and lower aviation security fees. According to the platform, flying should stay affordable and Germany should remain competitive as an aviation hub.

There is a special tax on plane tickets. The FDP wants to end this tax. Fees for airport security should also go down. This should keep flights affordable.

The Free Voters want to expand local public transit and cycling and settle how they are funded. The Deutschlandticket (nationwide transit pass) should stay, but municipalities should not have to cover its deficit. The party rejects bans on or subsidies for individual drive technologies.

The Free Voters want more buses, trains, and bike paths. The Deutschlandticket should continue. Cities and towns should not have to pay extra for it. Dogs should ride for free with the ticket.

The Free Voters reject the EU-wide phase-out of new combustion engine cars from 2035 and call for openness to all technologies instead. They fear that technology and production would otherwise leave Germany. They also oppose fines that carmakers would owe the EU for missing CO2 fleet targets.

From 2035, the EU wants no new cars with combustion engines to be sold. The Free Voters are against this. They say factories would move abroad. Carmakers should also not have to pay fines to the EU.

The Free Voters want to fund research and development across all drive types, from e-fuels and hydrogen to electric mobility. Steering is to happen through a reliable price on greenhouse gases via certificate trading rather than through bans.

The Free Voters want to support all clean ways to power vehicles. These include electricity, hydrogen, gas and synthetic fuels. There should be no bans. Those who harm the climate should pay a price for it.

The Free Voters want to use incentives and investment to move more freight from roads onto trains and ships. Freight routes are to be expanded and moved out of residential areas.

More goods should travel by train and ship instead of by truck. The Free Voters want to spend money on this. Freight trains should no longer run through neighborhoods. This applies above all to dangerous cargo.

The Free Voters back fast rail links between major European cities, with frequent service and night trains as an alternative to flying. A European transit network is to allow cross-border tickets and subscriptions. Europe is also meant to take the lead in hyperloop technology.

Fast trains should connect the big cities in Europe. There should also be night trains. Then fewer people need to fly. One ticket should work in several countries. The party also wants to support a new, very fast technology called hyperloop.

The Free Voters want to make it easier to bring disused rail lines in rural regions back into service. According to the platform, this could reconnect more than three million people to the rail network.

Many old rail lines in the countryside are closed. The Free Voters want to open them again. Then more people have a train station nearby. There should be enough money for this.

The Free Voters continue to oppose a toll on private car traffic in Germany. Their goal is toll-free private travel across all of Europe. To that end, roads important to the European network are to be funded jointly.

The Free Voters do not want a toll for private cars in Germany. A toll is a fee for driving on roads. Other European countries should not have one either. The countries of Europe should pay for important roads together.

The Free Voters want to end the privatization of transport infrastructure and treat it as a state task paid for by taxes. Existing roads, rail lines and above all crumbling bridges are to be repaired quickly, with more money and less red tape.

Roads, rail lines and bridges should belong to the state. The state should pay for them with taxes. Broken bridges should be repaired faster. There should be more money and less paperwork for this. The railway should get more staff.

The Greens want to stick to the rule that from 2035 only new cars with climate-neutral drives are registered. They justify this with planning certainty for the car industry and want to speed up the switch to electric cars with subsidies.

From 2035, new cars should emit no CO₂. The Greens want to keep this rule. They say car companies need clear rules. The state should help with buying electric cars and with charging stations.

The Greens want to make it easier for people with low and middle incomes to switch to an electric car, especially in rural areas. They propose state support for buying efficient electric cars and lower prices at charging stations.

The Greens want to help people buy electric cars. The help is for people with low or middle incomes. It matters most for people in the countryside. Charging at public stations should also get cheaper.

The Greens want a thorough overhaul of transport infrastructure, financed long-term through a Deutschlandfonds (Germany fund). The rail network is to grow, while in the party's view roads should be repaired rather than newly built.

Many roads, bridges and rail lines are in bad shape. The Greens want to repair them. A new fund should provide the money. There should be more rail lines. The Greens say few new roads are needed.

The Greens want to modernize air and sea transport with sustainable fuels and climate-neutral energy in ports. Benefits for private jets are to end, and short-haul flights are to become unnecessary thanks to better rail service.

Planes and ships should harm the climate less. New, clean fuels should make this possible. Private jets should lose their advantages. Better trains should replace short flights. It should get quieter around airports.

The Greens want a general speed limit of 130 km/h on the autobahn. Municipalities should find it easier to set 30 km/h limits in built-up areas, including across entire towns. The platform cites road safety and environmental protection as reasons.

The Greens want a speed limit on the autobahn. Drivers may go 130 km/h at most. Towns should find it easier to set a 30 km/h limit. This should lead to fewer crashes.

The Greens want to keep the Deutschland-Ticket (nationwide local transit pass) affordable and, together with the states, secure a price of 49 euros. They also plan discounted offers for specific groups.

The Deutschland-Ticket should stay. It should cost 49 euros a month. People with little money should get a cheaper ticket. Trainees should get a low-cost offer too.

The Greens want to expand public transit so that it is an alternative to the car in rural areas as well. In the medium term, every village should have hourly service from early morning until late evening. A mobility law would enshrine priority for public transit, rail, walking and cycling.

The Greens want more buses and trains. People in the countryside should get around well without a car. Every village should have a bus or train each hour. A new law should set this out.

The Greens want to keep repairing and expanding the rail network and speed up the Deutschlandtakt. Rail's share of freight transport should rise to 30 percent within ten years.

The Greens want better trains. They want to fix tracks and build new ones. Trains should run often and on time. More goods should travel by train instead of by truck.

The Left wants to redesign the vehicle tax so that large and heavy vehicles cost considerably more. The program sees no need for ordinary passenger cars weighing over two tons.

The Left wants to change the tax on cars. Large and heavy cars should be taxed much more. The party says normal cars do not need to weigh more than two tons.

The Left wants to set up a transport infrastructure fund covering all modes of transport, modeled on Switzerland. Investment would no longer depend on the annual federal budget and would be reliable over the long term.

The Left wants a fixed pot of money for roads, rail and waterways. Switzerland is the model. The money is set for several years. That makes planning easier.

The Left wants to bring back the 9-euro ticket immediately and introduce a 0-euro ticket for schoolchildren, apprentices, students and seniors. In the long run, local public transit should be free nationwide. The platform points out that the 9-euro ticket reduced car trips.

The Left wants the 9-euro ticket back. Schoolchildren, apprentices, students and older people pay nothing. Later, buses and trains should be free for all. The commuter tax break becomes a mobility payment.

The Left wants a right to sustainable mobility: every locality should be served by bus or rail at least once an hour during the day. Privatized local transit companies would return to public ownership because, in the party's view, transit must not be left to the market.

Every town should have a bus or train each hour. Something should run at night too. Private bus and rail firms should belong to the public again. Drivers should get better pay.

The Left wants to keep the EU-wide end of new combustion-engine car sales and backs electric cars. It sees e-fuels and biofuels as unrealistic for private cars because they are scarce, expensive and inefficient.

New gas and diesel cars should end as planned. The Left backs electric cars. It thinks synthetic fuels are too costly and too scarce. Some groups should get help buying an electric car.

The Left calls for a speed limit of 120 km/h on autobahns and 30 km/h in built-up areas, except on main traffic arteries. It cites the protection of people and the climate.

The top speed on autobahns should be 120 km/h. In towns it should be 30 km/h. Big main roads are exempt. This is meant to protect people and the climate.

The Left wants Deutsche Bahn run as a public-interest, integrated company rather than a profit-driven stock corporation. The network would be repaired, electrified and expanded; in return, no new or wider autobahns would be built. Train travel should also get cheaper.

The railway should serve people and not have to make a profit. Tracks should be repaired and new ones built. In return, no new autobahns get built. Train tickets should cost less.

The Left wants to ban flights shorter than 500 kilometers or five hours by train, as well as private jets. Aviation would be taxed more heavily, including through an EU-wide kerosene tax and a frequent flyer tax. The party speaks of a race to the bottom in aviation and of climate-damaging luxury.

Short flights should be banned. Private jets and very large yachts should be banned too. People who fly often pay an extra tax. Jet fuel should be taxed across the EU.

The Left wants less freight moved by truck and more by rail and inland shipping. It points to dilapidated bridges not designed for today's truck volumes. Ports should stay in public hands and get more federal funding.

Fewer trucks should carry goods. More goods should go by train and ship. Ports should not be sold to private firms. Truck drivers should get good rest stops.

The Left wants car-free city centers, with exceptions such as deliveries and people with special needs. Walking and cycling should be safe everywhere, and a bicycle network should cover the whole country.

The Left wants city centers without cars. There are exceptions, for example for deliveries. There should be more safe paths for bikes and walkers. Everyday shops should be a 15-minute walk away.

The ÖDP wants to at least double funding for local public transit and for the rail network. Rail, cycling and walking would be expanded as part of a broader shift in how people get around.

The ÖDP wants to spend much more money on buses and trains. The money should at least double. Paths for bikes and walking should also get better. Then fewer people should need a car.

The ÖDP wants to cut passenger car traffic by at least half by 2035. Lower speed limits, a halt to registering new combustion-engine cars, a freeze on highway construction and a ban on short flights are meant to help.

The ÖDP wants far less car traffic. By 2035 there should be only half as much. The speed limit on highways should be 120 km/h. New gas and diesel cars should no longer be registered. The ÖDP wants to ban short flights.

The PdF wants a comprehensive modernization of the rail network, with 75 percent electrified by 2030. Dilapidated lines are to be repaired first and closed lines, especially in rural areas, put back into service. The party cites outdated equipment, overload, and frequent delays as reasons.

The PdF wants to renew the rail network. By 2030, 75 percent of the lines should have electric power. Broken lines should be fixed first. Old lines in the countryside should open again. This should make trains more punctual and cleaner.

The PdF wants to pay for expanding, digitizing and maintaining the rail network through an earmarked special fund. It also wants to subsidize rail freight and simplify fares for passengers.

The PdF wants to spend a lot of money on trains. A special pot of money will pay for this. Rail technology should become more modern. More goods should travel by train. Tickets should become simpler.

The PdF calls for investment in expanding and maintaining roads, bridges and rail lines, arguing that their poor condition causes congestion and high logistics costs. In rural areas, it wants to subsidize on-demand taxi services instead of blanket transit funding.

The PdF wants to repair and expand roads, bridges and rail lines. Rural areas should get more ways to travel. The party wants to help pay for taxis on request there. It also wants more bike paths and charging stations.

The SPD wants to speed up the rollout of EV charging and require gas stations to offer fast charging. Public charging is to become as easy as refueling and cheaper than it.

Electric cars need charging points. The SPD wants to build more of them fast. Gas stations must then offer fast charging too. Charging should be easy and cost less than gas.

The SPD wants to support purchases of German-built electric cars for a limited time through a tax deduction. Nearly new used cars, leasing and commercially used vehicles are also to benefit.

The SPD wants to support buying electric cars. People who buy one made in Germany get money back through their taxes. This is only for a limited time. Nearly new used cars and leasing count too. Electric cars stay free of the vehicle tax until 2035.

The SPD wants to continue high investment in rail so that trains run on time again. Deutsche Bahn is to remain an integrated, state-owned company; the platform rules out privatization.

Trains are often late. The SPD wants to put a lot of money into the tracks. Important routes should be fully renewed. The railway should belong to the state and not be sold.

The SPD wants to offer the Deutschlandticket (nationwide transit pass) permanently at its current price and fund it together with the states. A cheaper version is planned nationwide for certain groups, and local public transit is to receive more money overall.

The SPD wants to keep the Deutschlandticket. The price should not go up. It should be cheaper for some people, such as families and seniors. Buses and trains should get more money.

The SPD wants to reform driver training so that it becomes safer, more efficient and noticeably cheaper. Young people would also receive a 500-euro mobility credit. The program points to rising prices, which it says cause problems especially in rural areas.

A driver's license costs too much for many young people. The SPD wants to change driver training and make it cheaper. Young people should get 500 euros for getting around. They can use it for a license, train tickets or a bike.

The SPD wants to keep reforming road traffic law so that all road users are treated equally, and to expand cycling and walking. At the same time, highways and especially bridges are to be repaired and a new federal mobility plan drawn up.

The SPD wants to do more for bikes and for people on foot. There should be fast bike routes across the country. Highways and bridges should be repaired. A new plan should look at all transport routes together.

The SPD wants to set a general speed limit of 130 km/h on federal highways. In its view, this protects lives, reduces traffic jams and accidents, and benefits the climate, nature and nearby residents.

The SPD wants a speed limit on highways. Cars could then go no faster than 130 km/h. The SPD says this saves lives. There would be fewer traffic jams and accidents. It is also good for the climate.

The SPD wants to subsidize climate-friendly trucks and local buses and make aviation climate-neutral under uniform EU-wide rules. Germany's air travel tax would be replaced by a European climate levy paid by all airlines. Waterways, ports and ship fleets are also to be modernized.

The SPD wants to support cleaner trucks and buses. Flights should carry a climate fee across all of Europe. All airlines should pay it. Truck drivers should get better working conditions. Ports and ships should also become more modern.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to keep the 49-euro ticket for now, then make it cheaper, and offer local transit free of charge in the long term. Traffic is to shift from cars to rail. Riding without a ticket would no longer be a criminal offense.

The Tierschutzpartei wants cheaper buses and trains. The 49-euro ticket should stay for now. Later, local transit should cost nothing. There should be more trains and routes. Riding without a ticket should no longer be a crime.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to build a complete, safe bike lane network faster and expand traffic-calmed areas and pedestrian zones. Car lanes and parking spaces would be repurposed for this. Cycling, walking and motor traffic would get separate paths.

The Tierschutzpartei wants more safe bike lanes. Some car lanes would become bike lanes. Cities should have more pedestrian zones. Parking spaces would make room for them. Bikes, pedestrians and cars should have their own paths.

The Tierschutzpartei demands a general speed limit of 130 km/h on autobahns to protect safety and the environment. It considers new autobahns unnecessary and wants to reform the tax break for company cars.

The Tierschutzpartei wants a speed limit on autobahns. The top speed would be 130 km/h. There should be no new autobahns. The state should stop heavily subsidizing company cars. People who truly need a car should get compensation.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to tax jet fuel and flights at 20 percent or more and ban short-haul and domestic flights in the long term. It cites climate protection and regards flying as a luxury. It is highly critical of airport expansion.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to make flying more expensive. Jet fuel and flights should be taxed at 20 percent or more. Short flights and flights within Germany should later be banned. Trains should be cheaper than planes.

The Tierschutzpartei wants to move heavy and freight transport onto rail and waterways in the long term and raise the truck toll to that end. This is meant to relieve roads, the environment and transport workers.

The Tierschutzpartei wants fewer trucks on the roads. Goods should travel by train and ship. The toll for trucks should go up. A toll is a fee for using the road. Later, the party wants to do without air freight.

Volt wants to reshape urban transport so that fewer cars are on the road and buses, trains, bicycles and pedestrians get more space. In rural areas, flexible services such as on-demand buses are meant to preserve individual mobility while creating climate-friendly alternatives.

Volt wants fewer cars in cities. Buses and trains should run more often and on time. There should be more safe bike lanes. In the countryside, there should be on-demand buses. An on-demand bus comes when you call for it.

Volt calls for nationwide speed limits: 120 km/h on the Autobahn, 80 km/h on rural roads and 30 km/h in built-up areas. According to the platform, this would make traffic safer, cut CO₂ emissions and reduce noise.

Volt wants new speed limits for all of Germany. The limit on the Autobahn should be 120 km/h. The limit on country roads should be 80 km/h. The limit in towns should be 30 km/h. Volt says this is safer, quieter and better for the climate.

Volt wants to expand and modernize the rail network, keep the Deutschlandticket (nationwide transit pass) and restructure Deutsche Bahn. According to the platform, rail should become a reliable alternative to cars and planes and enable emission-free freight transport.

Volt wants more and better rail lines. The Deutschlandticket should stay. That is a transit pass for all of Germany. Deutsche Bahn should be split up: the tracks and the train service would be separate. Europe should get more fast trains and night trains.

Volt wants riding without a valid ticket to be treated as an administrative offense rather than a crime. Above all, no one should serve a substitute prison sentence for it anymore.

Riding a bus or train without a ticket is a crime in Germany today. Volt wants to change that. It should only be a minor offense, like a parking violation. No one should go to prison for it.

Volt wants to introduce an electronically collected toll on the Autobahn, with the amount depending on distance driven and emission class. According to the platform, those who use the infrastructure heavily should contribute more to its upkeep and expansion.

Volt wants a toll on the Autobahn. A toll is a fee for driving on a road. People who drive farther pay more. People with cars that pollute more also pay more. The toll applies only on the Autobahn.