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Perspectives from Michael Wurm Director of Mobility Analytics & Consulting at ioki

Michael Wurm is Director of Mobility Analytics & Consulting at ioki and brings 15 years of expertise in traffic planning & traffic modeling and his enthusiasm for data driven analysis to the table. He, is convinced that new mobility offers can only be successful with the right analytical derivation. Michael has been with ioki almost from the beginning. Growing up in the countryside, he has always been concerned with the question of how a life can function without a car – especially in rural areas. He, can therefore identify very well with ioki’s vision.

Today, he talks to us about the importance of new mobility solutions for existing systems, important issues in integrating new services and the power of data.

Mobility Analytics: Planning urban and regional infrastructure

20. Apr. | Blog EN, Mobility Analytics

Beyond the horizon: mobility is more than just moving from A to B. It is the product of the infrastructure surrounding it, which limits or enables it.

What are our neighbours up to? – New Mobility in Europe

17. Apr. | Blog EN, Blog Standard, Mobility on demand

Not only in Germany is the mobility of the future a central topic which is constantly gaining knowledge and alternative solutions. Looking over to our neighbours such as Sweden or the Netherlands shows that new mobility concepts are developing and establishing themselves in different ways in Europe.

Mobility Analytics: Planning new mobility offers

14. Apr. | Blog EN, Mobility Analytics

Time for New Mobility: What would the best measures be worth without concrete implementation? Not much, exactly! And that’s why a mobility analysis is not only about evaluating the current situation and developing a catalogue of measures, but also and above all, in a very practical way, about planning the new mobility offers in line with the existing system.

Support your locals – Now more than ever

9. Apr. | Blog EN, Mobility on demand

In times of Corona, many companies and especially small shops, restaurants, cafés etc. are currently experiencing a massive drop in sales. But in order for us to still be proud of a colourful neighbourhood with a wide range of offers even after Corona, the principle of “Support your locals” applies now more than ever!

Mobility Analytics: developing intelligent solutions for public transport systems

6. Apr. | Blog EN, Mobility Analytics

From theory to practice: Last week we already looked at the added value that a first stocktaking of the current offer can provide in the form of an analysis of the public transport system. In the following, we combine these findings with concrete solutions.

Mobility is a matter of mind #stayconnected

31. Mar. | Blog EN, Mobility on demand

We are always on the run: After work to our favorite place in the city, in the middle of the week to a business appointment once across the republic, on the weekend a short trip to a European metropolis and in the Easter holidays family vacation in the mountains…

Mobility Analytics: Analysing public transport systems

30. Mar. | Blog EN, Mobility Analytics

Preparation is half the battle: This also applies when planning new mobility offers. To ensure that they build optimally on existing solutions, it is advisable before any system changeover to first take an initial stock in the form of an analysis of the public transport system.

City of the future: What will our mobility look like?

27. Mar. | Blog EN, Mobility on demand

Green, environmentally neutral and connected – these are the demands on the city of tomorrow. At the same time, people’s quality of life is to be improved and the ecological footprint reduced. Experts from all over the world are thinking about the so-called Smart Cities. In all scenarios, one thing remains clear: everyone wants to remain mobile.

Call-collecting taxi – A new approach to proven concepts

26. Mar. | Blog EN, Mobility on demand

What began in 1977 in Friedrichshafen is today generally known as on-demand transport: In a large-scale experiment, the people of Friedrichshafen were the first in Europe to look for a solution to adapt the existing public transport system to meet demand – thus heralding the birth of the Rufbus.

It’s all about data: Interconnected mobility data for more customer focus

26. Mar. | Mobility Analytics

Whether socio-demographic or geographical data, information from travel diaries from household surveys or flows of people from mobile phone data – mobility-related data and information are available in large quantities in times of digitisation, but are still too rarely used to develop user-centred services and offers.

More efficiency in the home office

17. Mar. | Blog EN, Mobility on demand

In times of Corona, we all try to keep our social contacts to a minimum in order to contain further spread as much as possible. For us at ioki, this means that the health of everyone is our top priority, which is why we have made our weekly home office routine a daily routine.

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PERSPECTIVES from Dennis Schöne

ioki insights, Perspectives

Two years ago, the city of Gronau in the Münsterland region completely switched its scheduled bus service to a tariff-integrated DRT concept. Since then, the so-called G(ronau)-Mobil has been operating 130 stops flexibly and after pre-booking, significantly more than its predecessor “StadtBus” (“city bus”). But how do the services catch on with the population and shouldn’t DRT services complement existing scheduled services, not replace them? We asked one of the facilitators of the G-Mobil: Dennis Schöne, who works in the traffic management of Regionalverkehr Münsterland GmbH, the service’s operator.