Central

• Responsible for legislation on federal matters.
• Shared legislation with Länder on digital infrastructure (Art. 91c BL)
• Exclusive legislation on:
• Air transport (Art. 87d BL)
• Federal roads and motorways (Bundesautobahnen und Bundesstraßen; Art. 90 BL)
• Federal railways (Art. 87e BL)
• Waterways (Art. 89 Abs. 2 BL)
• Logistics
• Maritime policy
• Large infrastructure projects
• Planning acceleration
• Traffic safety
• Air-quality surveillance
• Market analysis for long-distance bus transportation

Regional

• Regional roads (Landesstraßen
• Regional, local and other railways not owned by the federal state (Article 74 BL)
• Public transport at regional level (Article 74 BL)
• Administrative co-responsibility for federal roads commissioned to the Länder
• Federal Government commissions implementation of planning approval procedures for the construction or modification of federal roads and motorways (Bundesautobahnen und Bundesstraßen) to the Länder (Articles 125cBL and 143eBL)

Intermediate level - Kreise

• Building and maintenance of secondary roads (Kreisstraße)

Local ​

• Local roads (Gemeindestraße)
• Building and maintaining public transport at local level
• Urban traffic management

Responsible ministries/bodies

Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

Sources

German Basic Law

Gemeinden/Kommunale Selbstverwaltung

Verkehrspolitik