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Cargo bikes: Wissing wants better infrastructure for e-bikes

(dpa) Federal Minister of Transport Volker Wissing is proposing more bicycle lanes for e-bikes. For alternative fuels for cars, he is relying on an international e-fuels conference in Germany.

Volker Wissing (FDP), Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure, wants better infrastructure for e-bikes. | Image: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
Volker Wissing (FDP), Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure, wants better infrastructure for e-bikes. | Image: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
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von Tobias Schweikl

Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing wants better conditions for cyclists in light of more electric bicycles on the roads.

"Due to the new range achieved through the electrification of bicycles, we also need new traffic infrastructures," he said at a meeting with his colleagues from other EU countries in Brussels on Wednesday. Traffic infrastructure for cyclists includes, for example, bicycle lanes or parking spaces.

Wissing also said it is important to strengthen the railway and emphasized that young people continue to get driving licenses. Cars will continue to be used in the future as well. He made it clear that road traffic must emit fewer greenhouse gases more quickly. For this, he again urged that so-called e-fuels should also be given greater consideration. With the synthetic fuels, cars with internal combustion engines can theoretically be operated in a climate-neutral manner.

E-fuels for cars are also criticized because experts say they are more urgently needed in shipping and aviation. Additionally, it is relatively energy-intensive to produce these fuels.

Wissing said: "We need such fuels."

Therefore, Germany is again hosting an international e-fuels conference this year. The fuels must also be established and certified as an international trade commodity.

"We need a diversity of drives to advance the decarbonization of traffic more quickly."

Translated automatically from German.
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