TWIST Transnational MeetingRome, 23.-24. February 2006

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Siegmann

Technical University of BerlinInstitute of Land and Sea Transport Systems

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I II III IV V VI VII VIII

PresidentHead of the University

internal and external representation

Vice-PresidentsThree Vice-Presidents, each with an individual

range of duties

Chancellor

Administration and budget planning

7 Faculties

merged

Organisation of TU Berlin

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Institute of Mechanics

Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems

Department of Rail Vehicles

Department of Track and Railway Operation

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems

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Department of Transport Systems Planning and Transport Telematics

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Organisation of TU Berlin

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Personnel (in 2005)

Professor 1 Scientists 13 Technical staff 2 Assistant scientists 15

Scientific Activities (in 2005)

Doctoral thesis (completed) 2 Doctoral thesis (in process) 17 Diploma thesis 7 Student research projects 13

Departments Statistics

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Education: Lectures and Courses

Audience: predominantly students of transport engineering service lectures for study courses of economics, civil engineering and geography

Current lectures and courses: Basic Principles of Rail Transport and Rail Operations Rail Freight Transportation

Concepts of Railway Installations and Construction of Rail Track

Planning Methods of Rail Transportation System Planning Methods of Long-Distance Rail Services Operation of Metros, Light Rails and Urban Railways Information Systems for Public Transport Competition and Bidding Processes in Public Transport …

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ResearchIntegrated Mobility Planning

Integrated Mobility Systems and Development of Methods for Cost-Benefit Analysis

Integrated mobility planning of rural public transport systems

Flexible public transport solutions (Demand Responsive Transport Systems)

Legal aspects for innovative public transport solutions

Competition and bidding processes in passenger transport

Technical optimization of passenger information systems and systems for guaranteeing connections

Analysis of Cost Structures in Public Transport Companies

Alternative transport service to increase profitability by maintaining regional mobility

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Research Rail Transport

Optimization of rail transport

Alternative concepts of operation for rail transport

Flexible service concepts of freight and public passenger transportation

Human-Machine-Systems in the field of railway operations

Synergies between railway system and shipping/transport

Route management

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Project References

IMPULS 2005 – innovative transport solutions for rural areas (financed by German Ministry of Education)

Demand Responsive Transport solutions for several transport companies and local authorities:

Erfurter Verkehrsaktiengesellschaft

Elster-Nahverkehrsgesellschaft

Oberhavel Holding Besitz- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Oberhavel Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH

Assurance of connections in public transport – legal and organisational conditions (Verkehrsverbund Berlin Brandenburg GmbH – Berlin-Brandenburg Public Transport Executive)

Cost-benefit analisis for public transport scenarios including social benefits for the City of Heidelberg

Alternative transport service to increase profitability by maintaining regional mobility

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Objectives for TWISTCooperation with Oberhavel Holding

Today, the existing minimal offer of public transport in rural and suburban regions of the German Research Area Oberhavel does not fit the needs of the citizens.

The situation could be improved by an integration of a basic network of (fast) bus lines and an additional demand responsive transport service. Further issues could be an “institutionalization” of private bring-and-take services or the implementation of commuter bus services.

The main objective within the action plan of TWIST will be the development of a concept for a new social oriented public mobility service and its implementation in the rural districts Oberhavel.

This for instance includes the following steps: Estimation and development of a method to estimate the demand for dial-a-bus services Implementation of an overall concept for public mobility and of introduction of new

operational structures for rural transport services Development of operational concepts for demand responsive transport and commuter

bus services Research on legal barriers and regulation matters for the realization of the developed

transport modes …

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Contact:

Christoph Gipp

Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Land and See Transport

Salzufer 17-19, SG 18; D-10587 Berlin, Germany

cgipp@railways.tu-berlin.de