Publications
matters
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civity data strategy
Data strategy
The increasing digitalization and the associated permanent and more extensive availability of data of the past years are not only felt by our customers, but also by us in our company. civity is also subject to change processes, is more specialized in its personnel in some areas and pursues a digitization and data strategy that we would like to present here.
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ITS Hackathon
Shallow-roots
Railway infrastructures are susceptible to storm events, as the major autumn storms of recent years have impressively shown. Our Proof of Concept, which won an award at the ITS Hackathon 2017, shows which railway lines are endangered by hurricanes in detail.
Publications
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Pharmaceutical usage in the context of demographic change
| Friederike Lauruschkus
civity predicts for the BDEW the development of medicinal usage in Germany until 2045. The study highlights the problematic consequences for the aquatic environment and provides recommendation for counteractive measures.
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How risk and uncertainty affects rail franchises
| Dr Arne Beck
Dr. Arne Beck presents 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.
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International strategies in competition and market models
| Dr Arne Beck
civity presents at the IIR-Conference “PSO: Status and experiences” about international competition in public transport and shows solutions of their project experience.
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What is Rail Efficiency and How Can It Be Changed?
| Dr Heiner Bente
Assessing railway efficiency is complex for a number of reasons. Railways produce a wide range of outputs including passenger service, freight service and, in some cases, separated infrastructure access services.
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Breakthrough to competition in regional bus transport
| Dr Arne Beck
Due to a ruling of the higher administrative court, published in spring 2013, regional bus transport now has to be tendered in Austria.
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Railway Efficiency: An Overview and a Look at Opportunities for Improvement
| Dr Arne Beck
Dr. Arne Beck, Dr. Heiner Bente and Martin Schilling completed the paper for the International Transport Forum’s (ITF/OECD) Summit in May 2013. Key indicators reveal significant efficiency gaps between railways.
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Factors Affecting Tender Prices in Local Bus Transport – Evidence from Germany
| Dr Arne Beck
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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Market oriented tendering strategy for bus transport services
| Dr Arne Beck
The article explains our development of a long term awarding strategy to secure a high level of competition and efficient services.