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Germany is mostly a State-less country, their infra suffer from that: Germans rails and roads tend to be far worst than some poor eastern neighbors, still many

by kkfx 4y ago

Germany is mostly a State-less country, their infra suffer from that: Germans rails and roads tend to be far worst than some poor eastern neighbors, still many rails on diesel, roads in obscene conditions etc except few main arteries. French side having a certain State-planning infra are much, much more spread and in shape.

KptMarchewa 4y ago
>Germans rails and roads tend to be far worst than some poor eastern neighbors Example? I know Poland is doing something, but still is far from speed of ICEs. The country is a bit smaller though, and largest destination - Warsaw - is relatively in the centre so it helps.
- kkfx 4y ago
  Germany still have many non-electrified rails, sometimes even cross-borders ones. Polemics about dangerous bridges and roads etc are regular and so on. For instance https://elib.dlr.de/121661/1/Railways%202018_E3.01_Pagenkopf%20%28DLR%29_Analysis%20of%20German%20diesel%20operated%20regional%20railway%20lines.pdf https://elib.dlr.de/121661/1/Railways%202018_E3.01_Pagenkopf... page 3 you have a map of rails with the fraction electrified or https://www.tellerreport.com/business/2021-07-21-infrastructure-in-germany--every-tenth-bridge-is-in-poor-condition.HymtdBtrC_.html https://www.tellerreport.com/business/2021-07-21-infrastruct... and https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/low-german-infrastructure-investment-worries-experts-a-990903.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/low-german-infr... Broadband coverage is in a similar sorry state respect of similarly big countries in EU, and it's very expensive, electricity is probably the most expensive in the EU etc Long-story short: Germany lack of a state-wide infrastructure development, being too concentrate in private profit of some big industries, that's works well for such industries but not work at all for the country at a whole. I do not know how old is this issue, I do not know if was planted on purpose after WWII to lock their development capability, it might be: I know for Italy was done, with the complicity of vast local corruption "allied" have managed to break up the too quickly too powerful industrial complex born after WWII in most sectors successfully stop many nascent champions. But anyway that's what I've seen in Germany and the little I read about, perhaps someone else here know more and can contribute :-)
ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Too much federalization hurts. The country as a whole ends un bogged down by political squabbles of the different regions who want it "their way". This isn't an issues specific to Germany though but many EU countries have the same issues. The end result is too much talking politics and too little improvement, which only benefits the bureocrats cashing their paychecks either way, and hurts the taxpayers who need the services now.

by kkfx 4y ago

KptMarchewa 4y ago

>Germans rails and roads tend to be far worst than some poor eastern neighbors Example? I know Poland is doing something, but still is far from speed of ICEs. The country is a bit smaller though, and largest destination - Warsaw - is relatively in the centre so it helps.

kkfx 4y ago
Germany still have many non-electrified rails, sometimes even cross-borders ones. Polemics about dangerous bridges and roads etc are regular and so on. For instance https://elib.dlr.de/121661/1/Railways%202018_E3.01_Pagenkopf%20%28DLR%29_Analysis%20of%20German%20diesel%20operated%20regional%20railway%20lines.pdf https://elib.dlr.de/121661/1/Railways%202018_E3.01_Pagenkopf... page 3 you have a map of rails with the fraction electrified or https://www.tellerreport.com/business/2021-07-21-infrastructure-in-germany--every-tenth-bridge-is-in-poor-condition.HymtdBtrC_.html https://www.tellerreport.com/business/2021-07-21-infrastruct... and https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/low-german-infrastructure-investment-worries-experts-a-990903.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/low-german-infr... Broadband coverage is in a similar sorry state respect of similarly big countries in EU, and it's very expensive, electricity is probably the most expensive in the EU etc Long-story short: Germany lack of a state-wide infrastructure development, being too concentrate in private profit of some big industries, that's works well for such industries but not work at all for the country at a whole. I do not know how old is this issue, I do not know if was planted on purpose after WWII to lock their development capability, it might be: I know for Italy was done, with the complicity of vast local corruption "allied" have managed to break up the too quickly too powerful industrial complex born after WWII in most sectors successfully stop many nascent champions. But anyway that's what I've seen in Germany and the little I read about, perhaps someone else here know more and can contribute :-)

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

Too much federalization hurts. The country as a whole ends un bogged down by political squabbles of the different regions who want it "their way". This isn't an issues specific to Germany though but many EU countries have the same issues. The end result is too much talking politics and too little improvement, which only benefits the bureocrats cashing their paychecks either way, and hurts the taxpayers who need the services now.