STRATEGIES Sustainable Mobility International Transportation (67) 1 | 2015 22 Sustainable mobility made-in-Germany The German Partnership for Sustainable Mobility - a-promising network for sustainable solutions A wide range of intractable problems such as polluting emissions, noise, fatal traic accidents, resource depletion and inaccessibility of amenities are directly linked to the current transport regimes. Developing countries and emerging economies are often more afected by these negative efects than developed countries. In many cases, high transport costs and inaccessibility are hampering economic development and trade, health problems related to air pollution are on the rise, and every year around 1.3 million people die in road accidents, the vast majority of them in developing countries. M any mobility problems faced by developing countries and emerging economies today are strongly linked to global challenges such as climate change, dwindling natural resources, demographic trends and migration. Reconciling socio-economic development with the protection of our livelihood is the greatest challenge in the 21st century. But there is good news: Smart solutions exist. Germany has a long history of successful changes and transformations in the transport sector - including: • establishment of comprehensive funding schemes • re-emergence of walking and cycling as safe and viable modes of transport • reorganization of the public transport sector • continuous development of progressive regulations • development of eicient propulsion systems • integration of diferent modes of transport, including multimodality in logistics Academia, businesses, civil society and associations have gathered invaluable experiences and skills in shaping these transformations. The international exchange of ideas in the ield of sustainable mobility and logistics ofers a unique opportunity to help solve one of the greatest challenges of our generation. The German Partnership for Sustainable Mobility (GPSM) is an initiative by the Federal German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). It covers a wide range of focus areas, from smart mobility, logistics and public transport to technology and clean air. Germany is a world leader in sustainable, innovative and eicient mobility solutions. By pooling the knowledge and expertise available in Germany, the GPSM makes a valuable contribution to the international dialogue on smart transportation and to sustainable development worldwide. What we do: We disseminate know-how by giving international players access to German mobility and logistics expertise. We support the international dialogue on sustainable transport by organizing technical visits, themed forums and events during fairs and congresses to establish contact between decision makers, academia, business and civil society. We provide information on inancing options by identifying funding methods and inancing instruments. A glance of what our partners do: Their ields of activity are outlined in the following. Get in touch! More about us on: www.german-sustainable-mobility.de Insa Eekhof, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (giz) GmbH, Transport and Mobility, Division 44 Water - Energy - Transport, Eschborn (DE) insa.eekhof@giz.de Photo: KN/ Shutterstock #1673027 Sustainable Mobility STRATEGIES International Transportation (67) 1 | 2015 23 ECODyNIS - Milestone in navigation systems Delphi is part of ECODyNIS, a Lower Saxony consortium that has successfully completed a research project to substantially improve the dissemination of real-time trafic data in Hanover. The project was the irst to make use of inner-urban traic-related information sent via DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radio. For the irst time, this information is now accessible to drivers in the Greater Hanover area. Partners in the ECODyNIS consortium include: Volkswagen AG, Delphi Deutschland GmbH, Elektrobit Automotive GmbH, pqm GmbH, Media Broadcast GmbH, bmt GmbH, Region and City of Hannover. Although widely used on FM radio in Germany, the Radio Data System/ Traic Message Channel (RDS/ TMC) ofers limited data capacity: It is only able to address a limited number of pre-deined locations and cannot provide details on construction work or other problems in urban areas. All too often, drivers in larger cities do not become aware of problems until it is too late to plan alternative routes. The resulting “stop and go” traic is counterproductive for emission reduction and creates a real challenge for electric vehicles with limited battery ranges. In response to this challenge, the ECO- DyNIS consortium successfully monitored traic information in the Hanover region, which was converted automatically to the TPEG format and then transferred to the DAB+ radio network with subsequent transmission on channel 5C. “Our participation in this project provided a great opportunity to demonstrate the advantages of our lexible radio and navigation platform architecture by easily integrating software modules and services provided by our project partners into our system,” said Lee Bauer, Managing Director, Delphi Infotainment and Driver Interface (IDI) Europe. Dorina Laass, Delphi Electronics & Safety Europe, Nürnberg (DE) dorina.laass@delphi.com Partner of Bikesharing 4.0 - the next generation Within the last decade bikesharing systems have become increasingly relevant for irst-/ last-mile connectivity within urban mobility networks. Since the launch of the irst largescale system in Lyon in 2005, bikesharing has mushroomed in more than 800 cities worldwide, making cities more sustainable. The year 2015 seems to be the turning point where ‘Smart Bikes’ are inally taking over. As one of the technology leaders, nextbike GmbH based in Leipzig, Germany, is rolling out a leet of about 4,000 Smart Bikes in cities like Cologne, Munich, Pittsburgh or West Palm Beach this spring and summer. Every Smart Bike is able to communicate directly with the Cloud servers in what is called ‘machine-to-machine’ (M2M) communication’, making heavy infrastructure station installations redundant. Moreover, integrated GPS devices and smartcard readers compatible with MIFARE and DES- FIRE ofer completely new opportunities for novel bikesharing concepts within the urban mobility network. In combination with station infrastructure, a whole variety of hybrid systems is possible (see table). With currently 25,000 bikes in more than 80 cities, nextbike is one of the world’s leading suppliers and operators of bikesharing systems. As a specialized service provider with ten years of experience, we are complementing the existing urban public transport system. Thanks to its strong ability to link into existing card and payment systems, nextbike adds value in particular to cities that intend to achieve the maximum level of seamlessness and integration. Sebastian Schlebusch, Head of International Business Development, Leipzig (DE) schlebusch@nextbike.de Partner of Photo: Christian Mueller/ Shutterstock #121403308 3rd generation (station-based) → 4th generation (Smart Bike) • Bulky, heavy infrastructure → • ‘Analog’ docks, ‘virtual’ stations, geo-fenced service areas or ‘hybrid’ systems • High upfront capital investment → • Cost-eicient solution • Site planning procedures often complex → • Usage of existing bicycle infrastructure possible • Return at fully occupied stations impossible → • Stations can never be fully occupied as Smart Bikes need not be locked to an infrastructure device • High costs for redistribution of bikes → • Redistribution costs can be cut by half by focusing of empty stations only Table: Evolution of bikesharing STRATEGIES Sustainable Mobility International Transportation (67) 1 | 2015 24 The mind of movement - Shaping today’s and tomorrow’s mobility Our cities are becoming the control centers for the future. They pulsate with life. The urban metropolitan areas are important hubs for labor, economic growth and the application of innovation as well as gateways to an attractive life. Huge inluxes of people, companies and organizations are moving to the city - for widely difering reasons. Demand for transport is high: People and goods use a number of diferent means of transport, such as by bicycles, trains, cars or vans, to reach their destination. As space is limited, sharing schemes are increasingly considered the way forward: sharing the purchase costs, the means of transport and the infrastructure. New forms of travel add spice to day-to-day mobility. A wide range of options accommodate the diferent motives of the individual users, e.g. getting there as soon as possible, traveling on a budget, safely or in an environment-friendly way. We need livable cities and well-functioning freight transport to ensure reliable supply. Moreover, there is a high demand for multimodal, smart mobility options. For urban planners, it is not an easy job to deine suitable fundamental conditions when planning sustainable transport. As a market leader, PTV Group is committed to meeting the requirements of the future and taking an active part in shaping it in a responsible manner. To this end, the company provides advanced software solutions and consulting services for transport and logistics planning and is involved in forward-looking projects. Customers in more than 100 countries rely on PTV’s solutions such as PTV Map&Guide for transport route planning, PTV Drive&Arrive for dynamic optimization of the entire transportation chain, or PTV Visum for strategic transport planning, and PTV Vissim for trafic simulation. Moreover, PTV is an active member of political, business and scientiic associations as well as supranational networks. It is above all a matter of seeing mobility as a complex whole and helping to create and optimize urban logistics and passenger transport at the same time. Vincent Kobesen, CEO, PTV Group, Karlsruhe (DE) vincent.kobesen@ptvgroup.com Partner of Innovation consulting for tailor-made mobility solutions The team red can rely on the expertise gained in 13 years of experience in developing marketand customer-oriented mobility solutions, such as urban transport plans, carsharing solutions, integrated mobility cards, cycling policies and bike rental systems. With tailor-made solutions based on the client’s requirements, the interdisciplinary and dedicated team of more than 50 experts at team red guarantees reliable performance, always working in close collaboration with the client. Mutual trust and long-term partnership are the fundamental business values. The mobi-MAX product, for example, ofers a mobility management solution for companies seeking to promote sustainable mobility among employees. The analysis, development and implementation of the right measures for the individual company will improve the quality of life for the employees and help the company reduce costs (www.mobi-max.eu). The Shared Mobility team works with a view on the mobility of the future. The team develops, implements and evaluates new mobility services to meet the challenging transport planning requirements of cities, citizens and companies (www.shared-mobility.info). The Mobility Academy is the perfect place if you want to keep abreast of new developments in the sector. Diferent formats, such as workshops and Learning Journeys, ofer the opportunity to share knowledge about all aspects of mobility, connecting diferent branches, providers and clients (www.mobility-academy.com). Presentación Victorero-Solares, Dr.-Ing., International Consulting, team red Deutschland GmbH, Berlin (DE) presentacion.victorero-solares@team-red.net Partner of NAVIGAR - Traic control centers & routing systems Integrated traic control centers in cities respond to current traic situations such as congestion, accidents or construction sites, by issuing routing recommendations to the car drivers via dynamic signposts and traic light systems along the roads. Unfortunately, private navigation software does not yet take these public strategies into account, since the public and private systems are not linked to each other. As- a- consequence, the preferred routes of the private navigation systems often Photo: Jorg Hackemann/ Shutterstock #51068710 Sustainable Mobility STRATEGIES International Transportation (67) 1 | 2015 25 counteract public traic management strategies. NAVIGAR is a new technical solution conceptualized by TCP International and currently tested in the City of Stuttgart. It is designed to bridge the gap between public traic control centers and private navigation software, enabling onboard and mobile navigation software to account for all messages and strategies issued by the control centers. Public traic measures will be transferred to the navigation software via standardized interfaces using DATEX-II format. The private navigation systems then incorporate this information in their calculation routine and adapt the routing accordingly. A live link between public and private navigation will ensure sustainable traic routing through the city, helping to reduce congestion and contributing to cleaner air, better usage of street capacity, enhanced traic safety and thus to more livable cities. TCP International supports cities in creating the necessary preconditions for the introduction of such systems. This is just one example of TCP International portfolio to cities in Germany, Europe and worldwide in creating the necessary preconditions for the introduction of sustainable mobility solutions. Carsten Schürmann, Dr.-Ing. Director Planning, TCP International, Stuttgart (DE) cs@tcp-international.de Angelika Zwicky, Dipl.-Volksw. Director Strategy, TCP International, Stuttgart (DE) az@tcp-international.de Partner of Photo: Jens Trenkler 24 th International Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks August 17-21, 2015, Graz / Austria The leading international conference in the field of ground vehicle dynamics www.IAVSD2015.org REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Find all conference details and regular updates on the program at: