German Transport Forum
The German Transport Forum eV is a trade association of over 170 German and European companies. The association sees itself as a discussion platform between business, politics and science on all questions of transport and above all represents the interests of logistics companies. The Transport Forum sees its goal as promoting initiatives, ideas and impulses for improving transport conditions in Germany and Europe.
history
The German Transport Forum in its current form emerged from the Verkehrsforum Bahn eV association , which was founded in Hanover in 1984 and which in the years that followed strongly advocated an economic criteria-oriented orientation of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, which was then still an authority , and the preparation of the rail reform . Among other things, the study Die Bahn as a commercial enterprise was created on behalf of the forum, and the changes required by the legislature for the later rail reform (Germany) were developed as a legal opinion.
Members of the Verkehrsforum Bahn were numerous representatives from German industry, business, science and politics, including Hermann Josef Abs , Daniel Goeudevert , Hellmuth Buddenberg , Helmut Kohl , Gerd Aberle , incumbent Federal Presidents, Federal and State Transport Ministers. Thanks to these and other prominent members, the forum quickly gained a certain social weight. With the expansion of lobbying activities for the other modes of transport road, waterway / ports and air traffic , the name was changed to Deutsches Verkehrsforum eV in 1992
aims
Today's goals are based on the basic demands of the founding member companies:
- Recognition of the central importance of traffic and mobility by politics and society
- Creation of a market-driven and efficient transport infrastructure for all modes of transport
- Intelligent networked transport systems with full use of the synergy potential and specific strengths of the individual transport modes
- Creation of fair competitive conditions for all modes of transport - national and international
- Promotion of customer-oriented, environmentally friendly and integrated mobility solutions
The German Transport Forum is the mobility association of the German economy and represents a cross-mode platform for the discussion of the key issues of current transport problems and their framework conditions up to European politics between customers, modes of transport, economy, science and politics.
Topics that the Transport Forum takes up in events, studies or working groups are summarized in six topic series, each of which is linked to a basic requirement:
- Secure Germany as a transport location
- Create demand-oriented infrastructure
- promote intelligent networking
- Make mobility behavior clear
- Improve environmental protection and safety
- Maintain mobility through research and innovation .
Various board members of the German economy lead steering groups for rail technology, freight transport , ports and shipping , infrastructure, air transport, rail transport, road transport , digital networking in which position papers for economy and politics are created and thus form the guideline for the current day-to-day business of the forum.
Members are companies of various sizes from a variety of industries: banking, construction, chemistry, IT / communication, electrical, energy, vehicle construction , trade / transport, planning / consulting, steel, insurance and mobility providers.
The forum's activities include events, surveys and policy papers on current transport issues and lobbying activities, which are often carried out together with ministries, federal states, municipalities , associations, organizations, member companies or other partners.
Positions
The German Transport Forum advocates, among other things, realistic CO 2 upper limits and a global emissions trading system in air traffic, the maintenance of operating times at German airports, the adjustment of the fairways of the Elbe and Weser, the modernization of the rail system, new forms of mobility and the digitization of the mobility sector Promotion of alternative drives and fuels as well as low-emission engines in inland navigation and expansion of LNG terminals in ports.
people
Heike van Hoorn and Florian Eck have been sharing the management team in tandem since 2019 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VerkehrsRundschau: New dual leadership at the German Transport Forum. Retrieved on February 5, 2020 (German).