Transportation: Institutions & Politics

CONTENTS 1 ASSIGNMENT<Tab/>1 2 GERMAN TRANSPORT POLICY SYSTEM<Tab/>1 2.1 FEDERAL LEVEL RESPONSIBILITIES<Tab/>1 2.2 FEDERAL STATE LEVEL RESPONSIBILITIES<Tab/>1 2.3 COMMUNAL LEVEL RESPONSIBILITIES<Tab/>1 3 THE ROLE OF INTEREST AND PRESSURE GROUPS<Tab/>2 3.1 PRINCIPLES OF INTEREST AND PRESSURE GROUPS<Tab/>2 3.2 EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS<Tab/>2 4 CASE STUDY 1: …

…if they participated in an invitation for tender and did not receive the contract. These developments make it hard to believe that transport decisions are taken on the basis of sensible and objective considerations. It seems more likely that those parties providing the best barristers can gain a bigger share of the decision-making power. Whether this really helps the transport industry and is the right way of solving future transport problems may well be doubted.