Transitforum Warns: Slot System Could Even Increase Truck Traffic at the Burner

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Road freight transport, transport policy and digital infrastructure: (dpa) The heavily burdened connection between Germany, Austria and Italy has been causing tensions for years. A digital reservation system for truck journeys could remedy this – provided that the three states agree on a joint agreement.

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Fritz Gurgiser, chairman of the Austria-Tirol transit forum, criticises the planned slot system for the Brenner corridor. "The slot system is not a goulash that gets better with every warm-up. " Rather, it is a hidden attempt to increase the truck transit via the Brenner. As reported, Austria and Bavaria want to advance the planned digital slot system with bookable truck journeys together with Italy. Tomorrow Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocke…

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Officials from Austria and Germany have resumed talks on new traffic regulations across the Brenner Expressway. The idea of additional paid, temporary slots to regulate traffic and ease congestion is resurfacing. The idea of introducing temporary slots has been in the works for several years. In 2023, Austria, Germany, and Italy even signed a preliminary agreement providing for the implementation of such a plan. However, nothing happened in the …