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Tim Neugebauer

Tim Neugebauer

Mobility Coordinator and Policy Advisor to the Mayor, City of Mannheim; advancing green, accessible, and inclusive urban transport

May 27, 2026

6:58
Mm-hmm.
6:59
We see that politics on a national or European level tend to rather focus on short and fast efforts than ensuring that we have a sustainable funded infrastructure.
7:12
Yeah, we see this also with street infrastructure.
7:14
We have a lot of big bridges crossing the rivers.
7:17
They are important for cars, but they are also connecting us directly to the neighbor cities, um, with our PT system, and we have had now, uh, one of those bridges closed because of damages.
7:27
And this, uh, caused an enormous decrease in the usage of public transit because this really made our tram network worse.
7:35
And the same goes on with, uh, building barrier-free sta- stations.
10:54
Right.

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