CoR - Austria Transport

Central

State authorities are responsible for:

Legislation and administration in all fields of transport (Art. 10(9) Constitution);
Legislative competence in matters of rail, air and water transport;
General matters of street transport (“Kraftfahrtwesen”);
Federal highways (“Bundesstraßen-Übertragungsgesetz”);
Planning and construction of major transport infrastructure under federal responsibility, policy guidelines set by the federal level (Art. 10(9) Constitution);
Planning and construction of railway infrastructure is attributed to the federal level. (Art. 10(9) Constitution);
Planning, construction, maintenance and management of highways (Autobahnen und Schnellstraßen) is attributed to the joint stock company "ASFINAG" which is 100%owned by the Austrian Federal State;
Construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure is attributed to the joint stock company “ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG" which is 100% owned by the Austrian state.
In charge of plan to develop federal traffic infrastructure and traffic prognosis Austria 2025+
Traffic statistics and management of highways (Autobahnen und Schnellstraßen) is attributed to the joint stock company "ASFINAG" which is 100%owned by the Austrian Federal State;
Construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure is attributed to the joint stock company "ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG" which is 100% owned by the Austrian state.
In charge of plan to develop federal traffic infrastructure and traffic prognosis Austria 2025+
Traffic statistics

Responsible ministries/bodies

Regional

Regional authorities are responsible for:

Since the Länder are affected by transit traffic very differently, some of them have successfully tried to gain significant influence via informal channels to influence federal transport policy;
Administration of federal ('Bundesstraße B') in conjunction with ASFiNAG and regional roads ('Landesstraßen L').

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

Sources:

Policies Area