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Hermann sees local public transport in the "repair phase"

2021-10-12T13:09:30.634Z


For Transport Minister Winfried Hermann, the road to doubling the number of passengers in local public transport will be rocky. Most recently, the number of new car registrations in Baden-Württemberg has risen dramatically, said the Green politician in Stuttgart on Tuesday. “This is a real problem for a real traffic turnaround policy.” If there are more and more cars, the space in the cities becomes less and less.


For Transport Minister Winfried Hermann, the road to doubling the number of passengers in local public transport will be rocky.

Most recently, the number of new car registrations in Baden-Württemberg has risen dramatically, said the Green politician in Stuttgart on Tuesday.

“This is a real problem for a real traffic turnaround policy.” If there are more and more cars, the space in the cities becomes less and less.

Stuttgart - Electric cars also need parking spaces.

In the years to come, it is imperative that people are encouraged to switch to buses and trains.

However, the corona pandemic also meant that many people were increasingly using their cars again and using public transport had collapsed.

That is a "huge problem".

Hermann said: "We are in a repair phase, not an upward phase."

However, it is one of the central projects of the green-black state government: By 2030, twice as many people should use public transport as in 2010. "That is also the minimum we have to achieve," said Hermann.

Otherwise it will not be possible to make Baden-Württemberg climate-neutral by 2040.

The “mobility guarantee” promised in the coalition agreement is an important lever.

The concept envisages that all places in the southwest should be accessible by public transport from 5 a.m. to midnight.

The guarantee is “not cheap,” admitted Hermann.

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Without the goodwill of the municipalities, one will not make any progress either.

Because the districts are responsible for buses and trams.

The minister stressed that all relevant actors should play a greater role in the financing of an increased public transport system.

However, the Green conceded: “The mobility guarantee is actually just a model for the time being.” In the coalition agreement, the Greens and CDU had waived the goal of anchoring the guarantee in law.

"Because then we would have to finance it too." Dpa

Source: merkur

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