Freight Transport and Logistics Masterplan - Bundesministerium für ...

. Implementation
In order to make Germany even more
attractive as a centre for logistics, all stakeholders
can, and must, make a contribution, each
in their own area of responsibility. The Federal
Government, federal states and local authorities
are responsible for creating the regulatory
framework and preparing the infrastructure
for the tremendous growth that lies ahead.
The Masterplan describes the framework
of freight transport policies that the Federal
Government believes should have priority.
Substantial funding is available in the financial
planning to 2012 for those measures that
are in the area of responsibility of the Federal
Government. Thus, for 2009, around 10.2 billion
euros has been earmarked for investment
in the classic road, waterway and rail modes
plus combined transport. That is around 1 billion
euros more than in the current financial
plan. Transport investment will be sustained
at a high level in the period from 2010 to 2012.
This increase in transport investment will
be made possible by increasing, and making
more ecological, the tolls that are imposed
on heavy goods vehicles for the use of federal
motorways, based on the “user pays” principle.
All the additional toll revenue will be invested
in the transport sector. In addition, proceeds
from the privatization of the railways will increase
the level of investment that is available
for transport infrastructure. And – provided
that it offers value for money – there is to be a
greater involvement of private sector capital
in the provision of transport infrastructure by
means of PPP projects.
But action is also required on the part of
the operators, as the actual agents of economic
activity, the trade associations and unions plus
civil society groups as representatives of the
various societal interests. One of the objectives
of this Masterplan is to arrive at lasting
collaboration between all the stakeholders,
to coordinate interests and represent them at
European level, thereby jointly ensuring that
Germany remains the number one location for
freight transport and logistics in Europe.
The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building
and Urban Affairs will conduct an initial
evaluation of the measures and their impacts.
It is important that all stakeholders interact
in implementing the measures – depending
on their responsibility and acknowledging
the fact that the only way to effectively
address all the challenges is by collaborating,
and that this is the only way to meet the economic,
ecological and social requirements in
transport policy.
It is now imperative that we continue the
social dialogue on transport policy, which has
been intensified by the Masterplan process,
and that we make further use of the valuable
pool of expertise, experience, contacts
and creativity. The network of players from
industry, academia, government and civil
society, which emerged during the process of
developing the Masterplan, forms an excellent
basis for this.
Introduction Measures: Making optimum use of tr ansport infr astructure –
shaping tr ansport to make it more efficient
II. Measures
A Making optimum use of transport infrastructure –
shaping transport to make it more efficient