Section C — what is not claimed
Left out on purpose
Some items appear in profiles of Bilger without a source that ties them to him personally. They are not listed as achievements here.
- National Cycling Plan 3.0, the hydrogen programmes and the charging-infrastructure masterplan. These were adopted while he was Parliamentary State Secretary (2018–2021), but no primary source credits him personally with them.
- The Infrastructure Future Act. Passed by the Bundestag and Bundesrat in June and July 2026, before he took office. He now applies it.
- The Infraplan 2026. Presented on 6 October 2026 by Parliamentary State Secretary Ulrich Lange; it was a project inherited from the previous minister.
- The Deutschlandticket price. The 2027 price of €66.80 was set by the Conference of Transport Ministers of the federal and state governments on 30 September 2026. It is a joint decision, and a contested one; see criticism and controversies.
- Rail punctuality. The target of 70% long-distance punctuality by 2029 dates from the "Agenda for satisfied rail customers" of September 2025. Bilger has called it "quite ambitious"; long-distance punctuality was 58.7% in the first half of 2026. No improvement can yet be attributed to his term.
His early weeks as minister are better described as stated priorities than results: reliability on the railways, more money that can be planned over several years for motorways and bridges, and safety for transport staff. Whether they turn into outcomes will show in the 2027 budget, the parliamentary fate of the Autobahn bill and the rail figures. The key priorities page tracks them.
Why this mattersA ministry announcement records an intention or an allocation of money. A law is made by parliament. A punctuality figure is produced by Deutsche Bahn's operations. Keeping these apart is the only way to judge any minister's record fairly.