In 2012, the process of transport development planning was established as a permanent task in Aachen. Objectives and measures are to be adapted to the challenges of society and the environment and the technical and financial possibilities, and trends are to be systematically monitored. Transport development planning is organized as a cooperative process in which associations, politicians, mobility stakeholders and the administration work together to find the most viable solutions.
A Mobility 2050 vision was adopted in 2014, and the structures and objectives of the Mobility Strategy 2030 were adopted in 2019 and 2020.
The program for civil engineering + refurbishment is determined by planning the measures into the budget or the refurbishment program of Aachener Stadtbetrieb.
The concept for cycling was adopted in 2022 and for electromobility in 2025. The "climate protection concept" refers to the mobility field of action in the integrated climate protection concept: the IKSK was adopted in 2024; the action program for mobility is currently being developed.
The local transport plan represents the concept for local public transport. The redrafting of this for the period 2027 - 2037 is a separate process with a separate resolution.
Since 2025, the concepts for pedestrian traffic, car traffic, mobility management and road safety have been drawn up in the same way.
All documents are discussed in specialist commissions, presented to the VEP steering group and then submitted to the City of Aachen's mobility committee for a decision.
Integrated mobility concepts are also being developed for sub-areas or have already been adopted in some cases.
Building blocks of transport development planning
Management Report Mobility 2021
The mobility status report uses 25 indicators to show how the mobility situation in Aachen is developing. The first status report was published in 2022. The next status report is due to be published in 2025.
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Vision Mobility 2050
The Mobility 2050 vision describes the model of sustainable mobility in a sustainable city: without accidents and emissions. Organized efficiently and affordably. It was politically adopted in 2014.
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Mobility Strategy 2030
The Mobility Strategy 2030 substantiates the vision with goals, indicators, the organization of transport development planning and individual specialist strategies.
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Processing structure and participation
The City of Aachen develops the building blocks of transport development planning itself. These are strategic documents that form the basis for the implementation of specific measures. When drawing up the VEP, the City of Aachen follows the guidelines for sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP).
Specialist commissions are convened to coordinate specialist topics. The VEP steering group meets four times a year to discuss strategic issues. The City of Aachen invites representatives from politics and associations to both meetings.
Large-scale public participation events were held in 2013 and 2015 to obtain the public's opinion on objectives and strategies. The City of Aachen has held mobility forums on individual specialist topics with the Aachen Mobility Initiative.
Decisions on the concepts of traffic development planning are reserved for the Mobility Committee of the City of Aachen.
The transport development planning process was supported by Jens Stachowitz Kommunalberatung from 2012 to 2023 and by Rupprecht Consult from Cologne since 2024.