Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ports will help better combine public transportation with car and bicycle sharing services. (Photo: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT)
Combining public transport means, such as busses and trains, with individual and flexible mobility services, such as car sharing or rental bicycles, may reduce car traffic in Karlsruhe and enhance environmental compatibility of transport. This was found by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) using transport demand models. With the help of the mobiTopp model, researchers can prognosticate transport demand for any city or region worldwide and model the activities and routes of all inhabitants precisely to the minute.