News-Archive
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Releasing the fourth PRIME Benchmarking Report
The PRIME Benchmarking Report by rail infrastructure managers led by the European Commission has been published for the fourth time. civity has been accompanying this project for five years now and is involved in data collection and analysis as well as in the further development of this KPI and benchmarking project.
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Bringing more trains on track: an analysis of challenges and improvement opportunities for European network capacity planning
Increasing the railway traffic is one of the most effective ways for reducing carbon emissions in the transport sector. The EU aims at doubling rail freight traffic and even tripling high-speed passenger traffic by 2050 (Compared to 2015). The German target of doubling all passenger rail traffic by 2030 (Compared to 2019) relies heavily on the implementation of the so-called “Deutschlandtakt”. Through improved train frequency, key routes in long-distance traffic will be connected in a half-hourly cycle. This also means a rethinking of traditional planning principles: while timetabling traditionally followed the existing network capacity, the process of capacity planning will soon be guided by the track access demand. Together with a rigorous network expansion, optimising the use of existing network capacity will be key for achieving the ambitious traffic targets.
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End of the first test phase for Home Zone – a huge leap for digital fare innovation
The first e-fare offer specifically designed for season ticket customers ends this week after a successful four-month trial in Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV).
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Turning the crisis into an opportunity
Municipal companies are also feeling the effects of the corona pandemic, one key reason being that many of them are still in the early stages of digitalisation. In the past, cultural factors made this situation even more difficult. The pandemic has now acutely shown just how important these factors are. In this interview, Friederike Lauruschkus and Philipp Guttschuß give insights into the current developments.
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Dr. Julian Zuber from civity now CEO of GermanZero
Since GermanZero was established last year, Julian Zuber has been a volunteer with the NGO. This year, civity also supported the work of GermanZero in one project. Now, Julian Zuber is taking over the role of CEO and Climate Policy Director at GermanZero.
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Study on the effects of corona on the transport sector in Europe published
Together with our French partner PMP Conseil, we analysed and evaluated the consequences of the first lockdown on public transport in France, Belgium and the DACH region and derived recommendations for necessary further steps by public transport authorities and transport operators.
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Automated operation – benefits and costs in the mainline railway sector
In contrast to urban rail systems worldwide, it is still early days for the digitalisation and automation of mainline railways. Together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), civity has analysed possible applications and scenarios.
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MVV launches its SWIPE+RIDE electronic fare pilot
Since 13 October 2020, Munich Transport and Tariff Union (MVV) has joined of the growing number of associations operating a pilot electronic fare system. Together with its partners, MVV has now officially launched the two-year pilot operation of its SWIPE + RIDE project.
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civity presents the results of the Baden-Württemberg public passenger transport report at the kick-off meeting of the ‘Future Commission on the 2030 Public Passenger Transport Strategy’
The federal state of Baden-Württemberg has set itself the ambitious goal of doubling demand for public passenger transport by 2030. In addition to the measures already in place to boost passenger numbers, the ‘2020 Public Passenger Transport Strategy’ is to be developed and coordinated together with specialists and the expert public over the next two years. The federal state government has now set up a Future Commission of experts.
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bwtarif soon to include season tickets for commuters – civity excited about further milestones in its collaboration with BW-Tarif GmbH
The planned inclusion of season tickets for journeys using different modes of transport in the bwtarif ticket range has cleared an important hurdle. On 16 July 2020, 22 transport associations in Baden-Württemberg and BW-Tarif GmbH, which is responsible for fares in the federal state, in the (virtual) presence of Transport Minister Winfried Hermann, signed the contractual basis for the future bwtarif season tickets for journeys with different modes of transport. The new fare system can already be introduced with the new 2020/2021 timetable – and hence one whole year ahead of schedule.
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Cost estimate for municipal climate protection – civity has developed a tool for municipalities as part of GermanZero’s Climate Referendum campaign
With its Climate Referendum project, NGO GermanZero e. V. intends to introduce the climate protection measures required in all German cities. Demand for climate referendums and their implementation are a central part of GermanZero’s strategy to make ‘Germany climate-neutral by 2035’: Citizens are becoming active and demanding climate protection directly through citizen petitions and referendums. This creates pressure ‘from below’, forcing local politicians to take determined action to address the climate-friendly development of the city.
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Third PRIME Benchmarking Report published
The PRIME Benchmarking Report by rail infrastructure managers led by the European Commission has been published for the third time. civity has been accompanying this project for four years now and is involved in data collection and analysis as well as in the further development of this KPI and benchmarking project.
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Asset management in uncertain times – acting with foresight rather than ‘running on sight’
Due to the contact and travel restrictions in response to coronavirus, public transport operators face enormous challenges in many respects. Passenger numbers are down by 50 to 90% and this is only one of the initial direct effects with more impacts expected in the area of personnel and resources. This situation, unprecedented in the recent past, is also leading to strategic ‘running on sight’ with regard to asset management in rail infrastructure and rolling stock.
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Tracking and mobile data in use against the corona pandemic
In recent weeks, data on people’s movement behaviour has become a key factor in the fight against the pandemic. We present this data and rank it against emerging criticism coming from data protectionists.
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Together through the crisis despite social distancing
Consulting is a personal business! And so, we normally work very closely – both with each other and with our customers. Now that this is suddenly no longer possible, we have found new solutions and are approaching this unfamiliar situation on various levels.
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Business as (un)usual!
For the past three weeks, our offices on the banks of the rivers Elbe and Spree have been empty, with civity staff working from home and all business trips cancelled until the end of April. What a change! But even with our offices spread out over 40 home offices, we continue to work for our customers with (almost) the same commitment as usual.
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The Day after Corona – Ideas regarding digitalization and corporate culture
What will (perhaps) be different in autumn 2020 – Looking back at how coronavirus changed the way we live and work together
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civity Management Consultants expands its circle of partners
The management of civity Management Consultants today announced that Friedemann Brockmeyer is to become a partner of the Berlin and Hamburg-based strategy consultancy.
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Commuters wanted for research project
A 40-minute journey to work and back is pretty normal for many people – five times a week. Be it by bike or car, bus or train, commuting has an impact on everyday life. But how?
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Fear of change – How does the digitalisation of public transport fit in with corporate culture?
Under the motto ‘Different. New. Future-oriented’, the reboot conference on 22 January will address a large number of topics that are very relevant for the future. Friederike Lauruschkus, partner at civity, will present the study ‘matters no. 3: A question of corporate culture’. In a survey of 50 managers from 18 municipal transport companies, civity has taken an in-depth look at the topic of digital transformation and has identified corporate culture as the main obstacle.
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Christmas 2019
Dear friends, colleagues and business partners, as an eventful and exciting year draws to a close we would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to you.
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Corporate development @civity 2019
This year, we have shaped and accompanied change processes for many of our customers, but a lot has also happened at civity itself. We have opened up new fields of business, strengthened our data team, moved to wonderful new premises on Wallstrasse next to the river Spree and we reorganised our communications. Achim Tack, Caroline von Stülpnagel and Wiebke Preuß take a look at the highlights of internal corporate development @civity 2019.
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Digital transformation and corporate culture in the utilities sector
While digitalisation is also gaining momentum in the water, energy and waste management sectors, it also poses major challenges for the industry. However, the importance of corporate culture for the success of digital transformation is still all too often underestimated. Friederike Lauruschkus, Katharina Buhnar and Robin Kabelitz report on this and on the opportunities that data can offer for optimising existing business models.
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How fare populism and micromobility are affecting public transport
In the first annual review, Stefan Weigele and Tarik Shah observe increasing ‘fare populism’ in public debate on an attractive public transport system. In addition, they dare to forecast the future development of new mobility and, in particular, the much-discussed stand-up electric scooters in Germany.
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Demand modelling with static data – GeoIT Wherecamp 2019
On the 14th of November, the 9th GeoIT Wherecamp was held at the TU Berlin. The conference focuses on the latest research and insights around GeoIoT, GNSS, digital mapping, (autonomous) mobility and spatial intelligence of the GeoIT domain including industry and academic institutions. Jesse Hinrichsen presented an approach on how to predict movements with geostatic data.
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How is the water management sector preparing to meet the challenges of climate change?
Climate change is already affecting a large number of industries and companies. Next Wednesday, 13 November, Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V. (BDEW) (German Association of Energy and Water Industries) will address the extent to which the water management sector is and will be affected by climate change. In her presentation, Managing Director Friederike Lauruschkus looks at the effects on infrastructure.
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Interview with Friederike Lauruschkus, Founder and Partner
In the interview with Katja Diehl, Friederike Lauruschkus, Founder and Partner at civity, reports on the findings from matters no. 3 "Eine Frage der Unternehmenskultur – Voraussetzungen für die digitale Transformation von Verkehrsunternehmen". She explains the influence of the "human factor" on digitization in municipal companies and the opportunities that bring about a successful transformation for customers and employees.
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Four months on – what lies ahead for electric scooters?
The summer's over, but the electric scooters are still here. It’s been around four months since the first e-scooters conquered the cities of Germany. No other means of transport has triggered as much controversial discussion as electric scooters. For some, they were seen as the beginning of a new urban era, for others, an overrated new mobility hype. But the fact is that they are still there, and their numbers have grown.
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Parking charges, urban tolls, land value capture: Which concepts for co-financing by beneficiaries can serve a key part of the turnaround in transport?
At international level, there are many approaches in place for beneficiaries to co-finance public transport: One well-known example is the urban toll in place in Europe, for instance, in London or Stockholm. The "Viennese Approach" for financing public transport by expanding parking management as well as through an employer contribution was critically analysed in detail recently in the matters study entitled ‘The best offer is not the price’.
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civity discusses future mobility issues at the NGIN Mobility Conference
Friedemann Brockmeyer will give the opening keynote speech at the 3rd NGIN Mobility Conference in Berlin and will take a critical look at the often promised but rarely seen disruption of the mobility market.
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The “Viennese Approach” – More than an annual pass
In the course of the VBBimPuls 2019, Friedemann Brockmeyer reported on the experience gained by civity during the introduction of the €365 ticket in Vienna. This guest article for the VBB magazine can be found below. You can download the entire magazine, with other exciting contents, free of charge below.
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Data team wins audience award at the 3rd ITS Hackathon in Hamburg
Last Friday and Saturday, our colleagues Johannes Kröger, Andreas Wolf and Achim Tack from the data team took part in this year's ITS Hackathon that was organised as a preparatory event for the ITS World Congress in 2021. The team created a unique new survey of public transport networks that focuses on identifying strategically important network sections.
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Stefan Wiedmer appointed new Managing Director of Verkehrsverbund Warnow
After almost nine years, Stefan Wiedmer is leaving civity to take over the management of Verkehrsverbund Warnow (VVW) in January 2020.
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Data visualisation and storytelling as research objects
The point where data visualisation, digital storytelling and urban infrastructure meet is the focus of the VIDAN (Visual and Dynamic Arrangements of News) interdisciplinary research project that is addressing the design, development and evaluation of data-based article formats. The aim is to develop new forms of interaction and visualisation for visual explanation and interactive exploration of complex data. VIDAN is a research project of the Urban Complexity Lab of Potsdam University of Applied Sciences and is supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, in co-operation with civity.
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Demographic change as the greatest challenge for digital transformation
As part of the annual conference of VKU (Association of Local Utilities), Coastal States Working Group, Waste Management and Clean City Services Division, in Wilhelmshaven, Ms Friederike Laurushkus, partner at civity, reported on interdependencies between demographic change and digital transformation.
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Innovative data use – opportunities for the supply and disposal industry
How do you keep track of your data while at the same time identifying the data that can add value to your business? This is a question that we are exploring in data innovation workshops.
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Public transport ticket for EUR 365: Can the Vienna model also become a model for the city of Kiel?
On 3 September 2019, the financing of a EUR 365 ticket was discussed in Kiel Town Hall. Dr. Arne Beck, partner at civity, told the participants about the findings from Vienna.
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civity and its project partners pushing ahead with the xMND research project
Based on initial data from the xMND research project, civity along with Telefónica NEXT, MOTIONTAG and the Fraunhofer Institute organised a hackathon on 22 August. The research project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), aims to use mobile network data to facilitate and improve demand-oriented planning in public transport. The aim of the hackathon was to improve detection of the transport mode in mobile network data.
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civity offsets carbon emissions from business air travel through atmosfair
This year, civity began offsetting all carbon emissions generated by our business air travel through the climate protection organisation atmosfair.
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Move to new offices – civity has a new address in Berlin
civity is growing in leaps and bounds and has continuously expanded its team in recent years. Our workforce has more than doubled since 2017. After expanding our Hamburg site last year, we found that our offices in Berlin had also become somewhat cramped. With a heavy heart, we closed the door on our ‘home’ at Hackescher Markt after ten years and are now looking forward to a new, bigger and beautiful office, also located in Berlin-Mitte.
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Stand-up electric scooters – the first month on the German market
For a month now, stand-up electric scooters have been the talk of the town. Convenient mobility, an addition to public transport or an alternative to the car? Using our evaluations from June, we have analysed supply and demand and have come across even more exciting findings.
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Digitalisation as an essential success factor for optimal asset management
The Danish railway infrastructure manager Banedanmark is currently exploring the possibilities of a systematic approach to digitalising its asset management. A major milestone on this path is the migration to SAP S/4HANA. civity has significantly supported the necessary decision making.
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A turnaround in fare systems does not mean a turnaround in transport – Interview with Friedemann Brockmeyer
In this interview, Friedemann Brockmeyer, Senior Project Manager at civity, explains the background behind matters no. 2. In addition to information on the analysis and the aim of the study, he explains the important findings of the study and possible measures for German cities.
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Routing Services – A way to manipulate the choice of transport?
Algorithms are the cogwheels of today’s world - they can be used to develop and build business models that are customer-centric and offer real added value. But the manipulation and handling of algorithms are justifiably a frequent topic of discussion. This topic was also analysed by Andreas Wolf, Andre Klein and Benno Bock, together with Anna Fechner, who presented their results at the 8th Florence Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures. The main focus: The algorithms of route planners and the related risks for individuals and cities, e.g. due to manipulation either in favour of car transport or to the detriment of public transport.
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civity advises VR Equitypartner on its investment in an IT service provider
civity is currently preparing a commercial due diligence for the acquisition of a majority stake in the Austrian IT service provider SIGNON Austria.
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Switching to autonomy doesn’t always make sense – A data-based analysis
There is currently much debate on the introduction of autonomous vehicles. A few years ago, manufacturers and developers here were still very confident that by 2020 they would be able to present comprehensive implementation scenarios for passenger cars that could also help to lessen traffic congestion, but today’s forecasts sound somewhat more cautious – and realistic.
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Stand-up electric scooters have arrived – Initial findings from the German market
Since 15 June 2019, the number of colourful stand-up electric scooters has been increasing every day in major cities around Germany. Civity is collecting and analysing the movement data of scooters from providers via interfaces (APIs) and, based on this data, delivers an overview of this rapidly changing micro-mobility market.
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OECD Roundtable: How a circular economy can improve urban life
On 4 July, the first OECD Roundtable on the circular economy is set to take place in Paris. Friederike Lauruschkus will be there to represent civity and will contribute her extensive knowledge of the circular economy and the water sector.
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“Shopping” for digitalisation
In recent years, there has been steep rise in the number of takeovers and investments involving companies in the mobility sector. In its “M&A market focus 2019”, civity analysed what is motivating market players and used this knowledge to develop recommendations for the future.
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Are public transport fares a powerful tool for the turnaround in transport?
To coincide with the 20th anniversary of VBB, the largest transport association in terms of area, the VBBimPuls event was held on 6 June at the euref Campus in Berlin. The effects of changes in fares on passenger numbers as well as possibilities for designing fare systems were discussed, not only by representatives from industry and politics, but also by the audience. civity was represented at the event by Mr Friedemann Brockmeyer.
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Megatrends in waste management – does digitalisation have the answer?
From 27 to 28 May, the 2019 annual conference of the regional group Bayern VKS - Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung will take place in Prien am Chiemsee. At the conference – entitled "Circular Economy - Quo Vadis Waste Management" – Friederike Lauruschkus will talk about the effects of megatrends on waste management. Following a general analysis of the relevant developments, the second part of the presentation is devoted to the challenges arising from social, (cyclical) economic and technical megatrends. In the final part, solutions made possible by digitalisation will be presented and evaluated on the basis of practical examples.
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Mobility as a Service is the answer – but what was the question?
Energietage 2019, a trade fair for experts from industry, administration and research, is currently taking place in Berlin. From 20 to 22 May, visitors to the fair can attend 58 events with close to 400 speakers to find out about topics related to Germany’s energy transformation and climate protection, innovations in the energy sector and future-enable concepts for buildings. Caroline Held, Senior Consultant at civity, will take part in a panel discussion on Monday evening that will shed light on the trend towards Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). DB Connect, Volkswagen, Animus and the Chair of Transport (FH Potsdam) will also be represented. Frank Christian Hinrichs, Managing Director of inno2grid, will moderate the event.
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civity paper on corporate culture at the second Women in Mobility meeting in Hamburg
The second MoveUp of Women in Mobility HH is already set to take place on 24 June 2019. The venue will be Hamburg Port Authority. In addition to discussions among participants from the transport and mobility industry, the meeting will focus on internal and external participation formats. As with the first MoveUp, there will be several papers to encourage reflection and exchange.
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On the road to full automation – Why the adaptation to GoA 4 is not always a good choice
The Asia-Pacific Railway Innovations Forum is hosted jointly by the International Union of Railways (UIC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines this year. From the 21st to 24th of May, relevant industry trends as well as necessary steps for positive future development are discussed by decision makers, experts and other actors.
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Big Data in the Railway Industry – Data Management Development Strategies
From 17 to 19 April 2019, the fourth International Conference of the Asset Management Working Group of the International Union of Railways (UIC) will take place in Paris. Under the title ‘Big Data Strategies – How can railways organise themselves to maximise benefit’, William Adeney, Principal at civity, and Caroline Held, Senior Consultant at civity, together with Caroline Lowe from Network Rail will report on best practice examples of organisation in the field of modelling, data analysis and data management from the railway and other industries. The presentation is based on two international studies on the topics of Big Data and Whole System Modelling conducted by Network Rail and civity last year.
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No increase in passenger numbers with the ‘365-euro Annual Pass’ – civity examines the ‘Vienna Model’
The insights gained from the introduction of the 'Vienna Model' were the subject of Stefan Weigele's paper on Thursday, March 27, at the 'Transport Policy Breakfast' hosted by Hamburg’s State Representation Office in Berlin.
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civity supports water association with change of basic fee scale
From 2020, the Luckau Drinking and Waste Water Association (TAZV, Trink und Abwasserzweckverband) will change the basic fee from meter to housing unit scale. civity has been supporting the conversion process since last year and has now presented the new regulations.
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civity presents factors for the success of the transport association at an international event in Peru
On Tuesday, 18 March, Dr. Arne Beck, partner at civity, attended an international conference in Lima, Peru. The event took place as part of the development of the transport association for Lima (Autoridad de Transporte Urbano - ATU) and was organised by the Peruvian Ministry of Transport, supported by GIZ (Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit), on behalf of the NAMA Facility.
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It’s even easier now to travel by bus and train: Second phase of fair report for southern Lower Saxony underway
Performance-focussed and easier-to-use public transport: That is the aim of civity's survey of fares for public transport association Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Süd-Niedersachsen (ZVSN) and the district of Holzminden, which has just entered its second phase.
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civity at Consulting Fair of the Hertie School of Governance
On February 15th civity presents itself to students and alumni of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
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In-house driver training of the future – how are transport companies facing the challenges of in-house training and further professional qualification?
Heterogeneous training groups, changing training needs, the digitisation of training with new teaching and learning methods are just a few examples that are having far-reaching impacts on current and future driver training at municipal transport companies. Between September 2018 and January 2019, civity was commissioned by Wiener Linien to carry out a comprehensive comparison of various approaches to meet these challenges.
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New bwtarif successfully launched!
This year, December 9 marks a very special day for passengers in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg: The new bwtarif standard fare will be introduced throughout the federal state on 9 December 2018 to coincide with the new timetable. This fare supplements existing district fares, making journeys across borders both easier and cheaper while helping to make public transport as a whole even more attractive.
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xMND project: How mobile phone data could revolutionise transport modelling
Although man has already flown to the moon, he still has trouble working out and predicting the number of passengers on the 963 bus that runs between Bad Salzuflen and Lemgo. This is largely due to the fact that up to now recording transport flows, especially passenger transport, has been very selective in terms of time and place. Transport surveys or count points are examples of this kind of recording with their time / location restriction.
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Comparison of European water prices
A mere comparison of water prices in cubic meter fails to reflect the true price of water. At the conference “Our Future Water”, Friederike Lauruschkus presented updated results of a study that allows for better comparisons on an international level. Presentation, Our Future Water - Comparisons of water prices across Europe, Berlin, November 07, 2018.
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Competition for Public Transport Services
Dr Arne Beck presents the main aspects as well as success factors for tendering mobility services as well as designing contracts within public transport for peruvian economists on the 13th of November 2018 in Lima, Peru.
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civity accompanies high-profile expert forum on the further development of bwtarif
On 15 October 2018, more than 100 representatives from politics, transport companies, networks and associations came together in Esslingen near Stuttgart to discuss the future development of bwtarif up until 2021. Beginning 9 December 2018, bwtarif, a standard fare for the entire federal state, will enable passengers to use the trains and buses of all 22 transport networks throughout Baden-Württemberg with just a single ticket.
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Commercial due diligence for an international technology company
civity advises financial investor on company takeover
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Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, transport associations and BW-Tarif GmbH sign an agreement to implement the Baden-Württemberg fare system
It is not yet possible to travel through all 22 transport networks in Baden-Württemberg with just one ticket. The Baden-Württemberg fare system (BW fare system) which will be launched on 9 December 2018 will change this.
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Paper: Local public transport in Germany
At the invitation of the Federal Foreign Office, Dr. Arne Beck will present to a Peruvian government delegation the structure of local public transport and its success factors.
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At this year’s Future of Transportation World Conference 2018 in Cologne civity will show newest insights on smart infrastructure
At this year's Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne (19. - 20. June 2018) Friedemann Brockmeyer will speak about the bumpy road to smart infrastructure.
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At this year’s UIC High Speed Conference in Ankara civity will show newest insights on commercial attractiveness of Hyperloop
Economic Evaluation of Hyperloop as an Alternative to High Speed Rail and Maglev At this year's 10th UIC World Congress on High Speed Rail in Ankara (08 – 11 May 2018) Friedemann Brockmeyer will speak about Hyperloop as an Alternative to High Speed Rail and Maglev
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Designing public transport contracts
civity presents at the seminar „Enabling high quality public transport“ of the World Resources Institute Brasil at 05th Dec. 2017 in Sao Paulo international experiences in the field of public transport contracts.
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civity accompanies introduction of State-wide public transport Baden-Württemberg Tariff
From December 2018, traveling with public transport across Baden-Wurttemberg will become more convenient still: the BW Tariff will allow users to travel all across the Federal State with just one ticket.
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The contamination of raw water resources is growing enormously
civity publishes study about the development of growing medication consumption. How do demographic changes and the growing per capita consumption of medicines affect total consumption in Germany? What are the effects on the aquatic environment?
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Contracting in Public Urban Transport
Dr. Arne Beck presents participants from Latin America under the topic Public Transport: Governance / Market Organisation at the 20th September 2017 the main aspects and success factors In public transport contracting.
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matters No. 1 – Urban mobility in transition?
civity recently finalised a study on Free-Floating-Carsharing (FFC) in major cities using available “big data” inputs. The focal point of the study is an evaluation of the relevance of such systems, both from economic and traffic perspectives. The key results were recently published.
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How risk and uncertainty affects rail franchises
Dr Arne Beck will present the impact of risk and uncertainty in rail franchises at the third meeting of the working group Private Investment In Infrastructure of the International Transport Forum (ITF) of OECD at 18th and 19th September 2017.
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Perspective for tendering rail passenger services in France
civity presents experiences at conference of arafer, the french regulator
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Next Level in Mobility Analytics – civity at InnoTrans 2016
Digitisation offers completely new options for the analysis of mobility markets and customer behaviour. Through conducting several innovation projects civity created and tested new procedures to collect and analyse data.
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civity-talk on “Governance in the Railway Sector” on 10.10.2016 in The Hague
The Railforum is a Dutch network of more than 175 companies and organisations from around the railway industry. It will hold a conference on “Sustainable Financing in the Railway Sector”.
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civity lecture “Digital business models for the bus industry”
Friedemann Brockmeyer presents “Digital business models for the bus industry” at the bdo-EXPERTEN-FORUM BUS 4.0.
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International awarding strategies for passenger services and conclusions for Austria
civity presents market models and international experiences from awarding public transport services by rail and bus.
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Publication of the VEWA-study in Brussels
The third edition of the comparison of European water and waste water prices (VEWA) will be presented on the 21st of April 2015 in Brussels
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ETCS implementation in Belgium
Mott MacDonald and civity appointed as independent reviewer of Belgian ETCS implementation. The consortium has been appointed by the Belgian Mobility and Transport Federal Public Services (FPS) to review plans to the European Train Control System (ETCS) on the country’s conventional and high speed rail network.
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At this year’s European Transport Conference in Frankfurt civity will engage with two presentations
At this year's European Transport Conference in Frankfurt (29 Sep – 1 Oct 2014) Frank Zschoche and Konstantin Meermann will speak about investment options in high speed rail and the development of intercity bus infrastructure.
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matters: civity Management Consultants‘ new publication series
The matters publication series offers readers relevant studies on current important topics in civity’s focus industries. Independent, critical, well-grounded and insightful. Matters will be released on occasion and will target select clients and interested persons.
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civity study on options for further development of EU high speed rail network is finalised
Design speeds for many planned EU high speed corridors have not yet been determined. System economic analysis is used in the study to assess development options and to identify conditions where each is preferable.
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Dynamic parking pricing – lessons learned from the United States
This presentation describes the newest innovations in parking management through the example of the SF Park project in San Francisco. SF Park is the first demonstration of a parking-based approach to congestion management. Although many European cities are advanced on the regulatory innovations with regard to parking policy, the dynamic nature of SF Park can be a replicable project to achieve broader transportation goals for German and European cities.
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International benchmarking of Network Rail’s operations and support functions expenditure
The UK Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) draft determination for the 2013 Periodic Review of Network Rail is the culmination of extensive analysis and consultation with industry, funders and other stakeholders. As part of this analysis, civity made a comparison of the cost of the support and operations functions in a number of European railways.
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civity paper on railway efficiency published for the 2013 OECD/ITF Annual Summit
The discussion paper compares railway efficiency and suggests opportunities for improvement
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Factors Affecting Tender Prices in Local Bus Transport
Competitive tendering of local bus services in Germany has received increased attention. Employing Seemingly Unrelated Regression analyses, we observe that prices have regionally varying determinants.
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15 years of international railway infrastructure benchmarking
In 1996, UIC, the International Union of Railways, started the process of collecting railway infrastructure cost, performance and use data from a broad group of European railways. civity played a significant role in facilitating this process and helped guide the project team towards achieving its objectives.
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EVES-Rail study: Economic Effects of Vertical Separation in the rail sector
In order to assess the economic effects of vertical separation, the CER commissioned a study conducted by an international consortium. The study was led by inno-V, and included researchers from the universities of Leeds (GB), Kobe (Japan) and Amsterdam (NL) as well as experts from civity.
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European benchmarking of the costs, performance and revenues of train operations
Following its work for Sir Roy McNulty's Value for Money study, civity was commissioned to undertake a more in-depth analysis of train operations, focusing on train staff cost and rolling stock.
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Springer published Arne Beck’s doctoral thesis on “Competition for Public Transport Services”
The doctoral thesis analyses the parameters, results and influencing factors of competition in Germany.
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civity is sponsor of the scientific conference “Municipal Infrastructure Management”
Call for Papers for the scientific conference "Municipal Infrastructure Management", which will take place on June 1st in Berlin.
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How can Britain obtain better value for money from its Transport Infrastructure?
In an age of austerity it is increasingly apparent that Britain needs to extract better value for money from its national transport infrastructure.
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Lecture at the VKU Symposium: Demography and Waste Management
The demographic change has a variety of effects on waste management companies, both with regard to their own personnel and their customers.
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Lecture: Water tariffs – where are we heading?
The decline in water consumption poses a great challenge for the water supply industry, not just with regard to engineering. As the share of fixed costs is high, declining volumes will in the medium term inevitably result in price increases.
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Asset Management Seminar of the UIC in South Korea — Lecture by Frank Zschoche
From 6th to 7th October 2011, the UIC held its first Asset Management Seminar in Asia with some 80 representatives from Asia and Europe.