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Public transport ridership in Germany increased slightly in 2025, alongside higher personnel costs and stable Deutschland-Ticket subscription levels following a further price increase. The 2025 annual balance published by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) on 27 January 2026 provide...

Mobility Move returns to Berlin from 10 to 12 March 2026. The Estrel Berlin hotel hosted in 2025 around 1,500 participants, 150 speakers, and over 100 exhibitors, with more than 20 vehicles on display across 7,500 square meters of exhibition space. The event has grown from its origins as the “VDV El...

The German federal budget for 2025 includes higher funding for municipal transport infrastructure and electric buses, but support for digitalisation projects remains limited, according to the VDV, the German association of public transport companies. The German Federal Ministry for Transport (BMV) h...

1,500 participants, 100 exhibitors, a deep dive into topics such as autonomous driving, skilled workers, infrastructure and digitalisation: Mobility Move 2025 kicked off on the evening of April 1st. Sustainable Bus is joining and reporting from Berlin. Mobility Move 2025: the kick-off Mobility Move ...

German public transport companies organization VDV welcomes the Federal Ministry of Transport’s strategy paper and calls for an investment offensive for ‘Level 4’. Market maturity with the first combinations of vehicle and level 4 autonomous driving system in Germany is expected by 2027, accor...

In Germany, every 100 zero emission buses to be tendered according to plans, only 42 are set to be effectively procured following halt of subsidies. A recent industry survey of VDV member companies specifically shows that of the 2,396 locally emission-free city buses originally planned, only 42 per ...