BUS2Talk: DEUTSCHLANDTICKET AND DRIVER SHORTAGE - CURRENT CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC MOBILITY

2025/04/01 The sixth season of BUS2Talk begins with honest insights and creative approaches from Alexander Möller in conversation with Don Dahlmann and Kerstin Kube-Erkens.

In this first episode of the sixth season of BUS2Talk, Alexander Möller, Managing Director for Public Transport at the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV), talks openly about the economic situation surrounding the Deutschlandticket and gives an honest assessment: despite 13 million customers per month for the Deutschlandticket in the first half of 2024, transport companies are lacking sufficient revenue. A loss-making business or a strategic customer loyalty program? Find out why 2025 will be crucial to winning more new customers this episode, which was recorded in the podcast studio at InnoTrans 2024.

Alexander Möller explains what measures the VDV has already taken with regard to the driver shortage, why Germany is still lagging behind Denmark and the Netherlands when it comes to integrating foreign drivers and what creative approaches are already working.

Political topics are not neglected either: Möller calls on a new federal government to prioritise the financing of public transport more strongly, from Deutsche Bahn to municipal transport. He also explains how the Deutschlandticket has redefined the interaction between transport associations and public transport authorities - and why he is positive about the future despite all the challenges: "We don't have a knowledge problem. We know everything, we just have to do it," he says.

Guests:

Alexander Möller, Managing Director Public Transport (AM)

Moderator: Kerstin Kube Erkens, Don Dahlmann

Links for this episode:

Kerstin Kube-Erkens: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerstin-kube-erkens-84a092116/

Don Dahlmann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dondahlmann/

Alexander Möller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-möller-486538187/

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