­Zeitgespräch: Langfristige Herausforder­ungen für die Verkehrsin­frastruktur in Deutschland

We discuss future challenges to road transport infrastructure. These are related to maintenance, autonomous transport, and infrastructure financing. We state that maintenance investments are mainly relevant and necessary to avoid a strong reduction in accessibility; autonomous driving will not allow for a reduction in infrastructure investment. A share of the revenue from a kilometer tax and city charges will be used to finance road infrastructure and cross-finance other infrastructure. Wirtschaftsdienst