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News on Transport and Digitalisation

Shaping digitalisation in transport sustainably

A woman rents a scooter via an app

Driverless shuttles on the roads, assistance systems in passenger cars and route planning on your phone – these and other current and future developments in the digitalisation of transport, their opportunities and risks, and necessary constraints were analysed in two UBA research projects. The results have now been summarised and published in a brochure. read more

News on Transport

Impact of coronavirus pandemic on public transport

Bilder auf der Straße: Bus, Pkw, Straßenbahn

The coronavirus pandemic and the increased use of digital formats that it has triggered is resulting in changes in public transport. Fear of infection and changed work conditions caused demand to drop in 2020/2021 in Germany. Measures such as the 9-euro ticket have proven that it takes innovative approaches to make public transport more attractive. A recent study has evaluated ideas on the topic. read more

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