Hamburg’s Transportation Senator, Anjes Tjarks, has expressed doubts over the city’s goal of having 10,000 autonomous vehicles on its streets by 2030, in collaboration with the federal government.
In an interview with the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”, Tjarks stated that he would be willing to adjust the target number of 10,000, but remains confident that there will be several hundred autonomous vehicles on Hamburg’s streets by 2030.
The city of Hamburg is striving to take the lead in Germany in the field of autonomous driving and sustainable transportation. The city’s red-green coalition aims to increase the share of the so-called environmental network (ÖPNV, including public transport, cycling and walking, as well as sharing and on-demand services) from the current 68 percent to 80 percent. However, such processes require time, according to Tjarks, who believes that a ten-year timeframe is necessary.