What do the parties in Hamburg say on transport?

The AfD rejects converting traffic lanes on main roads into bike lanes and wants to keep the roads as high-capacity arteries. The U4 subway line is to be extended to Harburg quickly, and new Elbe crossings built promptly. Citizens should be free to choose how they travel, without bans aimed at drivers.

The AfD does not want car lanes turned into bike lanes. Big roads should stay for cars. The U4 subway line should go to Harburg. There should be new ways across the Elbe River. Everyone should choose freely how to travel.

The AfD wants to build new road links such as the Hafenquerspange and additional crossings of the Elbe, and to lift driving restrictions for diesel vehicles. In its view, driving bans hurt commuters, retail and business. It rejects paid resident parking schemes.

The AfD wants to build new roads and new crossings over the Elbe river. Diesel cars should be allowed to drive everywhere again. The AfD says driving bans hurt the city. It is against paid parking zones for residents.

The AfD wants to end the removal of parking spaces and restore enough free spaces to meet demand. According to the platform, this would sharply cut traffic caused by drivers looking for parking.

The AfD wants no more parking spaces to be removed. There should be more parking spaces again. They should be free. Then drivers do not have to search so long.

The AfD rejects both a city toll and a general road toll. It argues that a toll would burden low- and middle-income earners and hurt downtown retailers.

The AfD does not want a toll for cars in the city. A toll is a fee for driving on roads. The AfD says this would burden people with little money. Shops in the city center would also suffer.

The AfD wants reliable, affordable and safe public transit based on a transport development plan looking to 2050. Rail lines should reach far into the surrounding region to reduce commuter flows. It rejects a new tram and parts of the U5 subway line.

The AfD wants buses and trains that are on time, cheap and safe. Trains should run far out into the region. The AfD does not want a new tram. It also rejects parts of the new U5 subway line.

The AfD wants sidewalks reserved for pedestrians only and repaired faster in an accessible way. The Velorouten (city bike routes) should be completed and existing bike lanes renovated, but it rejects a network of bike highways. Improperly parked e-scooters should face tougher penalties.

The AfD says sidewalks are only for people on foot. Sidewalks should be repaired faster. Old bike lanes should be fixed. The AfD does not want fast bike highways. People who park e-scooters the wrong way should pay higher fines.

In the long run, the AfD wants to move Hamburg's airport out to the surrounding metropolitan region to end aircraft noise. In the short term, takeoff and landing fees after 10 p.m. should rise significantly to give residents relief at night.

Planes make a lot of noise in Hamburg. The AfD wants to move the airport out of the city later. Until then, flights after 10 p.m. should cost more. This should give neighbors more quiet at night.

The CDU wants to invest in the infrastructure of the Hamburg metropolitan region and sharply shorten planning and permitting procedures. It cites long delays in projects such as the Köhlbrand bridge, the A26-Ost highway and the Hamburg–Hanover rail line.

Big building projects take a very long time in Hamburg. The CDU wants planning and permits to go faster. For this, processes should become digital. Hamburg should work more closely with its neighbors.

The CDU announces a fundamental turnaround in Hamburg's transport policy: all modes of transport should stand side by side on equal terms, and everyone should choose how to get around. It regards the current policy of the SPD and Greens as one-sided and as a cause of congestion and parking shortages.

The CDU wants to change transport policy in Hamburg a lot. Cars, buses, trains, bikes and walking should matter equally. Everyone should decide for themselves how to travel. The CDU wants to offer options, not bans.

The CDU commits to the car as a means of individual mobility and for commercial traffic. It wants to repair and expand roads, provide enough parking, and rejects blanket bans on particular types of engine.

The CDU wants cars to have a future in Hamburg. The party says many people need a car. It wants to repair and expand roads. It does not want a ban on certain engines.

The CDU wants to cut congestion by coordinating roadworks better, drawing up a new general traffic plan, and equipping roads with an intelligent traffic management system. Traffic lights are to respond to traffic volumes so that synchronized green phases work.

The CDU wants fewer traffic jams in Hamburg. It wants to plan roadworks better. Traffic lights should detect traffic and switch more smartly. Some intersections should get roundabouts instead of lights.

The CDU wants to carry out major projects such as the A26-Ost highway and the Köhlbrand crossing and to lobby the federal government for funding. It also backs bypass routes around Hamburg and wants to repair roads and bridges.

The CDU wants to build new highways. These include the A26-Ost and a new Köhlbrand crossing. The federal government should pay for them. The party also wants to repair broken roads and bridges.

The CDU wants to concentrate traffic on high-capacity main roads and relieve residential streets. Main roads would generally have a 50 km/h limit, while residential streets and areas near sensitive facilities would have 30 km/h.

The CDU wants to gather traffic on the big roads. Drivers should be allowed to go 50 km/h there. Residential streets and areas near schools should have a 30 km/h limit. Big roads should not lose any lanes.

The CDU wants to increase road safety with more checks, traffic education, and safe routes to school. It points to rising accident numbers that it says particularly affect cyclists and pedestrians.

Hamburg has more and more accidents. So the CDU wants more traffic checks. Routes to school should become safer. The city should clear ice and snow from paths in winter.

The CDU wants to stop the removal of parking spaces, take out bollards, and build neighborhood garages. Resident parking zones are to be reviewed, and tradespeople would get their own parking permit.

The CDU wants more parking spaces in Hamburg. It wants to remove bollards and build garages for neighborhoods. It wants to review resident parking zones. Tradespeople should get their own parking permit.

The CDU wants to expand public transit and make it safe, affordable, reliable, and clean. It plans new and extended U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines, more frequent service, and free passes for apprentices.

The CDU wants more buses and trains in Hamburg. New subway and commuter rail lines should be built. Trains should run more often and be cleaner. Apprentices should ride for free.

The CDU wants to make park-and-ride facilities free for HVV transit subscribers and create up to 10,000 additional spaces. This is meant to get commuters to switch to commuter rail and subway and reduce car traffic into the city.

With park-and-ride, you park your car and continue by train. The CDU wants this to be free for people with an HVV pass. There should be up to 10,000 new parking spaces. That way fewer cars should drive into the city.

The CDU wants to relieve the overcrowded main station and connect southern Hamburg better by rail. In the long term, a ring line, the planned relief tunnel for the connecting railway, and a second Elbe crossing for trains are meant to achieve this.

Hamburg's main train station is very crowded. The CDU wants to take pressure off it. A new tunnel for commuter trains should come quickly. A second rail line across the Elbe river should also be built.

The CDU wants to make sidewalks safer and give pedestrians' concerns more weight. It plans repair funds for the districts, better lighting, and full-time pedestrian commissioners.

The CDU wants safe sidewalks. Every district should get money for repairs. Dark paths should get more light. In every district, one person should look after pedestrians.

The CDU wants bike lanes physically separated from the roadway and wants to halt and review all bike lane planning now under way. E-scooters are to be checked more and get fixed parking zones; as a last resort, the party would consider a ban.

The CDU wants separate bike lanes next to the road. Bikes should not ride between cars and trucks. It wants to stop and check current bike lane plans. E-scooters should get stricter rules and fixed parking spots.

The CDU wants to make more use of Hamburg's waterways for passenger and freight transport. The HADAG ferries are to run more often, and regular boat service is to return to the Alster.

Hamburg has a lot of water. The CDU wants more transport on the water. The ferries should run more often. Boats should also run regularly on the Alster lake again.

The CDU backs the airport near the city center and wants to make it more competitive by lowering the aviation tax and airport fees. At the same time, it wants to extend protection against aircraft noise.

The CDU wants to keep Hamburg's airport. Taxes and fees for flights should go down. That way more flights should leave from Hamburg again. The party also wants to protect neighbors better from aircraft noise.

The CDU wants to promote alternative drive systems and new transport technologies. This includes more charging points for electric cars, a stronger power grid, and more on-demand, car-sharing, and bike-sharing services.

The CDU wants more charging stations for electric cars. For that, the power grid should get stronger. The outer districts should get more on-demand ride services. The party is open to new technology such as self-driving cars.

The CDU wants to put Willy-Brandt-Straße in a tunnel. According to the platform, the multi-lane road separates Rathausmarkt from HafenCity; the party regards moving it underground as the most important project for a more attractive downtown.

Willy-Brandt-Straße is a big road in the middle of Hamburg. It cuts downtown off from HafenCity. The CDU wants to put the road in a tunnel. The area above would then be nicer to spend time in.

The Greens want four out of five trips in Hamburg to be made by public transit, on foot or by bike. Services are to grow and infrastructure is to be renewed for this. Bus service is to be emission-free by 2030.

The Greens want less car traffic. Most trips should be by bus, train, bike or on foot. They will build more rail lines and bike paths. Buses should run without emissions by 2030.

The Greens want to designate a 30 km/h limit at night on more streets and enforce the noise action plan more consistently. The platform points to more than 230,000 people in Hamburg who it says are exposed to harmful noise at night. Air pollutants from industry and shipping are to fall.

Many people in Hamburg suffer from noise at night. Most of the noise comes from cars. The Greens want a 30 km/h limit at night in more places. The air should also get cleaner. Ships in the port should have to use power from land.

The Greens want to revise the operating rules and night-flight restrictions at Hamburg Airport. Departures after 11 p.m. are to be all but eliminated, and late landings are to become much rarer. Avoidable delays are to be penalized more heavily.

The airport is in the middle of the city. Planes make noise at night. The Greens want almost no planes to take off after 11 p.m. Late landings should also become rarer. Airlines that are late without a good reason should pay higher fines.

The Greens want to make public transit the backbone of mobility by building new U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines and at least 36 stations. The goal is for 80 percent of trips to be made by bus, rail, bike or on foot.

Hamburg should get new subway and commuter rail lines. At least 36 new stations should be built in 20 years. Neighborhoods without rail should get a connection. Later there should be a cheaper ticket for older people.

The Greens want to make bus service emission-free and denser, with more lines, bus lanes and 500 autonomous midi-buses. In the long term a Stadtbahn (light rail) is to be added, and ferry service on the Elbe is to grow as well.

Buses in Hamburg should run without exhaust fumes. There should be more buses and their own lanes. 500 driverless buses should run in the outer city. Later, a light rail system should be added. Ferries should run more often too.

The Greens want to continuously renovate roads, bridges and energy infrastructure and speed up planning, implementation and financing. Construction sites are to be better coordinated so they burden traffic less.

Roads, bridges and traffic lights should stay in good shape. The city should keep repairing a lot. Construction sites should be planned better. Companies should build together so a street is dug up only once.

The Greens want to work with the federal government to develop resident parking into neighborhood parking. Owners of larger vehicles that take up more public space are to pay more once federal law allows it.

Big cars need more space than small ones. So parking should cost more for them. A federal law must allow this first. Parking for residents should become parking for the neighborhood.

The Greens want to raise bike lane construction from the current 60 to 80 kilometers to 100 kilometers a year in the medium term. The Velorouten (main cycling routes) are to be completed, schools connected to the cycling network, and bike parking at stations greatly expanded.

Hamburg should build or renew 100 kilometers of bike lanes each year. The lanes should be wide and separate from the road. Schools should get good bike routes. Stations should get many more bike parking spaces.

The Greens want to launch Hamburg's first citywide walking strategy and renew 80 to 100 kilometers of sidewalks a year. So-called Hamburg Blocks, modeled on Barcelona's superblocks, are to relieve inner-city neighborhoods of through traffic.

Hamburg should get a plan for pedestrians. Each year, 80 to 100 kilometers of sidewalks should be renewed. Fewer cars should drive in some neighborhoods. Parking spaces should become places to meet and green space. Pedestrians should get a green light faster.

The Greens pursue the goal that no one dies in Hamburg traffic anymore. To get there, they want considerably more 30 km/h limits, especially on minor roads, and at least 20 additional speed cameras.

Nobody should die in Hamburg traffic anymore. So more streets should have a 30 km/h limit. At least 20 new speed cameras should check speeds. The money from the cameras should pay for new cameras.

The Greens want to keep reshaping the city center with fewer cars and to reorganize the public space around the main station. Routes from the station to the downtown area and to St. Georg are to become more inviting, which the platform says will also improve people's sense of safety.

The Greens want fewer cars in the city center. The streets around the main station are to be redesigned. People on foot are to get more space. People should feel safer at the station.

The Greens want to take another look at linking the port to the east by tunnel. Their condition is that this relieves traffic on the Veddel and on Harburger Chaussee.

The Greens want to look at a tunnel for port traffic. The tunnel would link the port with Georgswerder. They set one condition. The Veddel area must then have less traffic.

The Greens want taxis, buses and car-sharing vehicles to run emission-free and want to promote the switch to electric drives for cars and trucks. At the same time, the transport system is to be heavily digitalized to achieve seamless mobility and less red tape.

The Greens want more electric cars in Hamburg. Buses and taxis are to run without exhaust fumes. There are to be more charging points for this. Traffic is also to become more digital, for example with smart traffic lights.

The Greens want to make sidewalks and public transit barrier-free so that people of every age stay mobile. In the long run, the HVV transit network is to offer a senior ticket based on the Deutschlandticket.

The Greens want routes without obstacles. Broken sidewalks should be repaired faster. E-scooters should get fixed parking spots. Later there should be a transit ticket for older people.

The Greens want to cut emissions from air travel and regard Hamburg Airport's current capacity as sufficient. At the federal and European level they advocate a kerosene tax, a tax on domestic flights, broader emissions trading and higher quotas for sustainable fuels. Rail is to become a convenient alternative to flying.

Flying harms the climate. The Greens want a European tax on jet fuel. Flights within Germany should be taxed too. Trains should be a good alternative to planes. Hamburg Airport should not get bigger.

The Greens want to upgrade the main port route from the Köhlbrand to Veddel and secure the broadest possible federal funding. They back building a new high-capacity Köhlbrand bridge and a tunnel to relieve residents of truck traffic.

The most important road through the port should get better. The old Köhlbrand bridge cannot stay. The Greens want to build a new bridge. A tunnel should keep trucks away from homes. The federal government should pay for much of it.

The Greens want to equip all of Hamburg's business districts with high-capacity charging points and build large charging terminals for trucks. Their reasoning is that road logistics is moving to battery-electric vehicles and that the current supply in the port is not enough.

More and more trucks run on electricity. The port has too few charging stations for them. The Greens want to build many new charging stations. There should also be big charging sites for long-distance trucks.

The Greens want to prioritize expanding the port railway and, in the long run, fully electrify and digitalize it. The federal government should be allowed to co-finance it; in addition, more containers are to be moved between terminals by water.

The port railway already carries half of the goods to and from the port. The Greens want to expand it. Later, the trains should run only on electricity. The federal government should be allowed to help pay. More containers should travel by boat inside the port.

The Greens consider the planned A26 Ost highway dispensable and want to argue against the federal project at every level. In their view, the highway would slow the Sustainable Energy Hub and the port railway expansion and would be wasteful in both fiscal and climate terms.

The federal government plans a new highway through the port. It is called A26 Ost. The Greens think this highway is not needed. They say it costs a lot of money and harms the climate. The moors there should also stay.

The Greens want to take the effects on commercial traffic into account in the mobility transition and support neighborhood parking. Parking exemptions for businesses are to be consolidated and granted with little paperwork.

Tradespeople and delivery services need cars and trucks. The Greens want to take that into account. Businesses should get parking permits more easily. The many different permits should become one.

The Left wants to make buses and trains free for everyone in stages by 2030. Until then there would be no more fare increases, including for the 49-euro ticket.

The Left wants buses and trains to be free for everyone by 2030. This would happen step by step. Fares should not go up until then. Transit is already free for schoolchildren today.

The Left wants to build a modern tram system and complete the U5 subway line only as far as its first section between Bramfeld and Borgweg. The remaining money would go to the tram network, which the program considers cheaper, faster and more accessible.

The Left wants to build a tram for Hamburg. The new U5 subway would only be finished in part. The rest of the money would go to the tram. The Left says the tram is cheaper and faster.

The Left wants bike lanes physically separated from the roadway wherever possible and continuous cycle routes. For pedestrians, sidewalks would be repaired and intersections made more accessible.

The Left wants safe paths for bikes. Bike lanes should be separated from car lanes. The city should fix broken sidewalks. E-scooters should only be parked at fixed spots.

The Left wants to make 30 km/h the standard speed limit and reallocate street space in favor of buses, trains, bikes and pedestrians. According to the program, this would cut noise and pollution and improve safety.

The Left wants 30 km/h as the normal speed in the city. Cars would get less space. Buses, trains, bikes and walkers would get more space. The A26 Ost highway would not be built.

The Left wants to enforce a strict night flight ban at Hamburg Airport and eliminate short-haul flights. Private jets would only be allowed to use the airport in emergencies.

The Left wants to ban flights at night. The ban would run from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Short flights of up to 500 kilometers would end. Private jets could only land in an emergency.

The Left wants e-scooters to be picked up and parked only at fixed stations, arguing that freely parked scooters are a tripping hazard, especially for older people. Sidewalks should also be better lit.

E-scooters often block the way. Older people can trip over them. The Left wants fixed parking spots for e-scooters. Sidewalks should also get more light.

The SPD wants to replace the Köhlbrand Bridge with a new structure. The new bridge is to be taller so that large container ships can also reach the Altenwerder terminal.

The Köhlbrand Bridge in the port is old. The SPD wants to build a new bridge. It should be taller. Then big ships can pass under it.

The SPD wants to expand the port railway so that Hamburg remains Europe's largest rail port. At EU level it wants public funding for the port railway not to count as state aid. The port is also to be digitized through the “SmartPort” project.

Many freight trains run in the port. The SPD wants to expand the port railway. The city should be allowed to pay for it. The EU should permit this. The port should also become more digital.

The SPD wants to strengthen Hamburg Airport as an asset for the local economy, modernize its runways and attract more direct connections. Current operating hours are to stay, while noticeable fees for nighttime landings are meant to reduce evening delays.

The SPD thinks the airport matters for Hamburg. It wants to renew the runways. There should be more direct flights. Planes that land late at night should pay high fees.

The SPD wants to expand rapid transit with new lines, extensions and more frequent service to connect more districts. By 2030, all stations that are not yet accessible are also to be rebuilt.

The SPD wants more subway and commuter trains. There will be new lines, such as the U5. Trains should run more often and be longer. More districts will get a station. By 2030 all stations should be step-free.

The SPD wants to make self-driving minibuses part of public transit by 2030, mainly to improve service in the outer districts. The XpressBus network is to grow and the whole system is to be digitally connected.

The SPD wants to use small buses without drivers. They should be part of public transit by 2030. This helps most at the edge of the city. There should also be more fast bus lines. One app should link all the services.

The SPD wants to keep co-financing the Deutschlandticket with the federal government, retain the free student ticket and gradually introduce a senior ticket. A fare reform in the HVV transit association is to simplify pricing.

The SPD wants cheap tickets for buses and trains. The Deutschlandticket should stay. School students keep riding for free. Older people will get their own ticket step by step. Prices in the HVV should become simpler.

The SPD supports extending the main station to the south and calls on the federal government to prioritize and bindingly fund the renovation and expansion of the Elbe bridges. This is meant to enable the Deutschlandtakt, a nationally coordinated rail timetable.

The main station is very crowded. The SPD wants it to get bigger. The bridges over the Elbe also need to be renewed. The federal government should pay for this. Then more trains can run on time.

The SPD rejects reducing traffic lanes and parking spaces across the board, arguing that many people, especially in the outer districts, depend on cars. A parking master plan is to identify areas with heavy parking pressure where no spaces will be removed for now.

Many people need a car, mostly at the edge of the city. The SPD does not want to simply remove parking and lanes. It wants to check where parking is short. There, no spaces should be removed for now. Main roads should keep a 50 km/h limit.

The SPD backs the expansion of several highways in the Hamburg area, including extending the A 26 as a link between the A 7 and the A 1. This is meant to improve access to the port and relieve residential areas of traffic, noise and pollution.

The SPD supports widening several highways. The A 26 is to be extended. It should be finished in 2033. Trucks can then reach the port more easily. Residential areas should get less traffic and noise.

The SPD wants to substantially expand charging infrastructure for electric cars with both city-run and private operators. Buses, taxis and rental cars with drivers are to become emission-free step by step.

The SPD wants more charging stations for electric cars. The city should later run 5,000 charging points. Private firms should build 2,500 more. New buses already run without exhaust. From 2025, new taxis must also run without exhaust.

The SPD wants to focus more on modernizing existing bike lanes, complete the Velorouten cycling network and expand bike parking at rail stations. For pedestrians, sidewalks are to be repaired and made low-barrier.

The SPD wants to renew old bike lanes. The network of bike routes should be finished. Train stations should get more bike parking. Rental bikes should be available across the whole city. Sidewalks should be safe and have few obstacles.

The SPD wants to treat e-scooter rental as a special use of public space that requires a permit. Scooters would only be allowed in designated areas because badly parked vehicles block the way for others.

E-scooters often block the way. This is hard for people who have trouble walking. The SPD wants rental firms to need a permit. Scooters may then only be parked in marked areas. People who park wrongly must pay a lot.