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civity becomes part of Ramboll Management Consulting
Over the past thirteen years, we have built something very special with civity. Together, we have invested a lot of work, heart and soul, as well as passion. Thanks to the trust you have placed in us time and again, we can now proudly call ourselves market and thought leaders in our core sectors. During this time, our team of excellent and highly dedicated consultants has also grown continuously – to almost 50 “civitians” by now. Today, as an owner-managed company, we have reached a size that requires a fundamental decision for further growth, which we also want to achieve together with you in the coming years: do we wish to accomplish this on our own, or should we rather look for a partner with whom we can complement each other and thereby create new opportunities for further joint development?
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Analysis of software solutions for strategic asset management
With strategic asset management getting more and more complex, software-based solutions have become an integral tool for many railway infrastructure managers. To assess, which tools are the right fit for Banedanmark, civity has supported the Danish railway infrastructure manager in identifying suitable software solutions for strategic asset management and long-term planning of maintenance and renewal activities in particular.
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Keeping Your Cool: Crisis Management in Urban Transport Systems
The amount and variety of crises has intensified over the past years, thereby increasing the stress level on urban transport systems. In an international study on behalf of GIZ, civity analysed appropriate concepts for stakeholders in urban transport to increase their resilience against crises.
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Rising up: 6th PRIME Benchmarking Report highlights recovery of the rail sector in 2021
The Platform of Rail Infrastructure Managers in Europe (PRIME) has released its sixth benchmarking report, covering the years 2017–2021 and featuring data from 19 participating infrastructure managers. The report showcases the adaptability of rail transport during the global Covid-19 pandemic and emphasizes the industry's progress towards a more sustainable future.
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How can long-distance cross-border passenger rail services in Europe be promoted in a better way?
The EU, Germany and many other European countries have communicated ambitious growth targets for rail passenger transport. In a study, which was initiated by the European Commission (EUC), civity analysed multiple options focussing on track access charges, which could potentially support these train services and foster growth beyond their historically low share of 6–7% of total passenger kilometres in European rail.
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The hitchhiker‘s guide to the future of digital mobility market places – new civity discussion paper examines success factors for mobility platforms
For more than a decade, public transport operators around the world have been trying to reach for the stars to improve our multi- and intermodal travel experience. However, none of the public transport operators, agencies and technology providers have landed on MaaS yet. But why, what is actually the problem? Why do users not take the integrated solutions of information, booking and billing from a single source? Is not everything supposed to be so simple? To answer these questions, a new discussion paper of civity examines the landscape of mobility-as-a-Service platforms (MaaS).
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Insights into our holistic cost model for high-speed rail at InnoTrans
Railway managers worldwide are committed to the expansion of high-speed rail to improve mobility and to fight climate change. On Wednesday the 21st of September 2022, Friedemann Brockmeyer (Managing Partner) will give insights into our holistic cost model for high-speed rail at InnoTrans.
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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.