9. local traffic days

^{Organized by the Institute of Transport of the University of Kassel in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development and the German Transport Science Association, North Hesse District Association.}

Local transport status seminar

^{November 28 and 29, 2005 in the Gießhaus of the University of Kassel}

Scientific Director: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Köhler

Current problems in local transport

Demographic change: Consequences for local transport
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Felix Huber, University of Wuppertal

Entrepreneurial action in the context of competition
Dr. Norbert Reinkober, Managing Director, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg, Cologne

Solutions for local transport

Against delays and lost connections
Prof. Dr. Joachim Fiedler, Wuppertal

Integrated traffic management in the Frankfurt RhineMain region
Dr. Jürg Sparmann, President, Hessian State Office for Roads and Transport, Wiesbaden

The EU Commission's ideas on market liberalization in public transport
RA Reiner Metz, Association of German Transport Companies, Cologne

REx - A bus system for the area
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Köhler, University of Kassel

The RegioTram Kassel
Thomas Rabenmüller, Managing Director, Nordhessischer VerkehrsVerbund, Kassel

Information systems for research in local transport

Research Information System FIS - What is it?
Lars Wessels, University of Karlsruhe

What can FIS do for local transport
Prof. Dr. Jörg Schönharting, University of Duisburg-Essen

Presentation of an FIS evaluation area
Lars Appel, University of Kassel

Electronic ticketing in public transport
Volker Sparmann, Managing Director, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, Hofheim