Tierschutzpartei on transport

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.

In the medium term, a cheaper ticket modeled on the 9-euro ticket is planned; prices of discounted social tickets should at least stay stable. Rail expansion, frequency and working conditions are to improve, and buses and trains should soon run on electricity. The party backs a local transit levy through which corporations contribute to their employees' mobility and to the transport transition. Fare evasion would be downgraded to an administrative offense because, in the platform's view, prison sentences are disproportionate and costlier than cheaper fares.

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 bike lanes are also meant to cover commuter routes between city and countryside. Planned are safe turning lanes, better markings and traffic light phases that match actual traffic. Lighting should be insect-friendly and energy-saving, triggered by motion. Non-motorized traffic would be promoted through legal rules, subsidies and more greenery in cities.

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.

Instead of expansion, the existing road network is to be maintained and rail made more attractive. Subsidies for private combustion-engine company cars are to end, with the money going into bus and rail infrastructure. People who depend on their car would receive financial compensation for higher costs. To protect wildlife, speed limits in danger zones, protective fences, green bridges and toad tunnels are to be written into road-building rules.

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 ban would cover flights under 500 kilometers, flights within Germany and destinations reachable by train in six hours or less. In return, money is to be invested in climate-friendly transport. According to the platform, airport expansion currently serves mainly terminals for private flights, which the party considers lacking in solidarity.

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.

The higher toll is meant to make rail transport more attractive and reduce environmental harm from trucks. Air freight is to be given up in the long run. Shipping is also supposed to become more sustainable.