For a successful transformation of transport, our research investigates innovative transport services and their framework conditions in transport markets - both for passengers and for goods.
One technical focus is the optimization of innovative transport services. With data-driven tools e.g. for network design, optimal fleet composition and route planning under certain (technical) conditions. Our optimization tools primarily support the strategic design of transport systems. Our service design explicitly considers infrastructure networks and their service parameters. In the context of a joint appointment of the head of department at the Technical University of Berlin, we work here in particular with the open-source project MATSim.
In the design of new transport services, their acceptance and demand by users plays a crucial role. We investigate this with our empirical methods. Quantitative data on user behavior and stated- and revealed-preference study designs are used to model behavior and decisions. Qualitative analyses put users at the center of the consideration of acceptance and discuss the adaptation of new offers. The aim is to reconcile both transport services and user requirements and thus contribute to the design of the transformation of transport.
When introducing innovative passenger transport and logistics concepts, the market environment and the competitive context are crucial for success, in addition to demand and supply. Building on the well-known multi-level perspective for describing transformation processes, we have concretized and further developed this with innovation-theoretical models for the transport sector. Here, we not only show economic and technical developments relevant to the transformation of transport, but also consider social, political, infrastructural and cultural aspects, among others. This enables us to expand our standard economic analyses to include essential aspects and to address topics such as digitalization or "creative destruction through disruption" in a theory-based manner. Together with our clients, we develop innovation and market launch strategies for innovative and resource-saving transport services or shape the corresponding framework conditions in transport markets.
We act on behalf of companies, the public sector and associations/NGOs .