Andreas Scheuer (CSU), Federal Minister of Transport and Svenja Schulze (SPD), Federal Minister of the Environment. (picture alliance/Wolfgang Kumm/dpa)
Five sites in Germany are due to present plans to make public transport more enticing, in an effort to reduce private car use and clean up air pollution.
The cities of Bonn and Essen in the west of the country and Mannheim, Reutlingen and the town of Herrenberg in the south-west are expected to share 130 million euros (148 million dollars) through 2020 from the central government for the projects.
The plans were presented on Tuesday in Berlin by Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer and Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and include more frequent trains, trams and buses, an expansion of routes, a better and more extensive cycle path network and better traffic controls.
The test or 'model' places will try out a package of measures to reduce air pollution, which has exceeded European Union limits in many German towns and cities. If successful, the measures will be expanded nationwide.
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