📋 Tender Overview
September 29, 2025
Positive balance in the funding program for improving mobility in rural areas
Demand -oriented forms of use and cross -district express bus connections are now indispensable in Bavarian municipalities
Bernreiter: We have a firm view of rural areas!
The Bavarian funding program for improving mobility in rural areas writes success story: The municipal topics of responsibility offer more than 80 projects across Bavaria with the support of the Free State. Tariffs alone are not sufficient for a well -functioning public transport. With our funding program, rural areas have experienced a real upswing in recent years. The balance sheet shows that our funding is an important stake when expanding the transport offer, said Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter.
Especially in rural regions, where the routes are longer and the settlement is thinner, there is a lot of challenges when setting up ecologically and economically sensible traffic. With the aim of securing equivalent living conditions in all parts of the country and expanding the development in public transport across the board, the Free State has supported counties and independent cities in the implementation of needs-based and modern public transport offers since 2012. The underlying funding program means that needs-based uses, such as call buses or modern on-demand traffic, as well as cross-district express bus connections are funded, especially in rural regions. Projects such as the Callheinz call-up system in several counties in Lower Franconia, the Hofer-Landbus, the on-demand traffic Landi in the Dingolfing-Landau district or the express bus connection between Viechtach and Bogen could be started through the funding program.
The funding program for improving mobility in rural areas has been gradually developed in recent years in order to always support municipalities in a targeted manner and to support the developments in the establishment of suitable mobility solutions on site. After four years of start -up financing, subjects have even been able to benefit from the promotion of the Free State after four years of start -up financing. Since autumn 2023, municipal tasks with the Sustainable Mobility team at the Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) have also been available to provide practical support for the establishment of suitable mobility in rural regions.
The result of an evaluation of the funding program shows that the support offer of the Free State is very well received by the municipal tasks. Three quarters of the counties in rural areas took advantage of the funding in 2024 to provide an offer that is coordinated on site according to the needs of the citizens. A total of more than 80 projects were supported by the Free State in Bavaria in 2024. Funded projects are an integral part of public transport on site and are now an indispensable offer of transport in many regions. Since 2020, the number of passengers transported has been trherent across Bavaria per year. The number of residents developed with the projects has also increased significantly in recent years. The Bavaria -wide funding amount was around 17 million euros in 2024 alone, which corresponds to almost a tripling compared to 2020.
