Mobility of the future

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Bicycles, electric scooters, driverless cars, drone taxis, self-driving trains, taxis, hire cars, battery-powered buses, car-sharing fleets, city bikes - the mobility of the future has many facets. But what people will be travelling with is less important than how: the interplay of modes of transport will shape the intelligent mobility of the future. And this is where digitalisation comes into play. It will make it possible to control all traffic so that it runs more smoothly again and all available means of transport and resources are optimally deployed and utilised.

Traffic jams, shortages of parking spaces, rush hours when nothing works at all and even on the train, where seats are scarce, will be a thing of the past. The recipe is called multimodality. In simple terms, it means that all road users and the entire transport infrastructure - from private transport to public transport, from waste collection and ambulances to traffic lights and all available parking spaces - are networked with each other and with a central control system. Travellers have access to this system via an app and can find, combine, book and pay for the best route and the most suitable mobility offer with just one click. Any mobility mix is conceivable. Perhaps first a short walk, then a short ride in the car pool and then take the S-Bahn? Or would it be better to take a city bike to the station and hire an electric scooter there? If there are traffic jams or delays, a digital travel assistant continuously calculates alternatives.