Coordination and unification in all technical and economical fields of passenger and goods transport; for example: buses and transit trains, track design, passenger information systems, electrical installations, automation, horizontal people movers, operation, maintenance, new technologies and systems development, freight trains.
Standing Committees: In 2007 the public transport undertakings represented 8.60 billion passenger trips; the freight transport companies transported 800 million tons of freight at more than 105 billion tons kilometers.
Responsibilities: The VDV is the organization for Germany's public transport undertakings and rail freight transport companies.
Representation: Representatives of 550 member companies and 52 extraordinary members.