(Still) No truck toll for 3.5 ton trucks
The Bundesrat, upper house of the German parliament, has spoken out against a toll on 3.5-tonne trucks. Despite an appeal by a state transport minister, vans will continue to be exempt from the toll.
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Söder plans route closures for trucks
More and more often, there are endless queues of trucks and evasive traffic on the Bavarian side due to the blocking of the Tyrol. Now, Minister President Söder wants to take the transit dispute with Austria into his own hands and partially relieve the Bavarian road network of HGV traffic.
Climate-neutral fuel: Tractor runs on slurry
An American company wants to use it to power trucks and heavy machinery. This is the first time that an emission-free ammonia solution has been used for this purpose.
Stuttgart: Lawsuit by residents of environmental zone fails
The Federal Court of Justice has ruled against the injunction of crossing haulage traffic. According to the court, the ban on trucks crossing the zone does not protect individual interests, but the general public and the environment.
Autonomous trucks: the future of goods transportation
Deutsche Bahn and MAN want to test autonomously driving trucks at the Ulm terminal from September.
Attention: Driving bans active in North and South Tyrol
In order to reduce truck congestion and evasive traffic on public holidays and during the summer season, driving bans will be applied on both sides of the Brenner Pass. The Tyrolean environmental zone will also remain in force.
France: Best environmental badge now also possible for trucks
US postal trucks will have internal combustion engines for years to come. Because of environmental concerns, 15 states are now suing the new USPS fleet.
Speed limit and car-free Sundays
50,000 signatures were needed, 58,000 actually turned out: the federal government was presented with a petition calling for a speed limit, car-free Sundays and a ban on domestic flights.
Next rip-off: new car and truck tolls
The calculation is very simple: if more and more combustion cars are taken out of circulation and more and more drivers switch to electric vehicles, the tax revenues collected from the sale of mineral oil will decrease. By 2030, these revenues will even fall by around 50 percent compared to 2020. In concrete figures: Revenues will drop by 13 billion euros.
Mannheim car-free as of today!
Mannheim is banning cars from the city centre, but only on a trial basis for the time being. More space is to be created for pedestrians and cyclists and the city is to be freed from noise and exhaust fumes.
