Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 1 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Siegmann Technical University of Berlin Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems

Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 2 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIII President Head of the University internal and external representation Vice-Presidents Three Vice-Presidents, each with an individual range of duties Chancellor Administration and budget planning 7 Faculties merged Organisation of TU Berlin

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 3 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 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... Department of Transport Systems Planning and Transport Telematics... Organisation of TU Berlin

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 4 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 Personnel (in 2005)  Professor1  Scientists13  Technical staff2  Assistant scientists15 Scientific Activities (in 2005)  Doctoral thesis (completed)2  Doctoral thesis (in process)17  Diploma thesis7  Student research projects13 Departments Statistics

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 5 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 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  …

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 6 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 Research Integrated 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

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 7 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 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  …

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 8 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 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  …

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 9 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 Objectives for TWIST Cooperation 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  …

Institute of Land and Sea Transport Systems Department of Track and Railway Operations Chart 10 TWIST Transnational Meeting Rome, February 2006 Contact: Christoph Gipp Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Land and See Transport Salzufer 17-19, SG 18; D Berlin, Germany