2020

2020-12-14 HNA (Hessisch Niedersächsische Allgemeine)
Masks and ventilation reduce risk Interview on public transport in times of pandemic with Prof. Dr. Carsten Sommer

2020-12-02 HNA (Hessisch Niedersächsische Allgemeine)
Subscription tariff for rail and parking
Climate Protection Council wants to make public transport more attractive through discounts 

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Single trips soon for two euros?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - on the proposed flex tariff for public transport and parking

12/01/2020 HNA (Hessisch Niedersächsische Allgemeine)
"There will be more people affected" Interview with Dr. Melanie Herget on barrier-free mobility in rural areas

11/18/2020 HNA (Hessisch Niedersächsische Allgemeine)
Even more e-scooters Third provider starts today - complaint about crowded roads

10.2020 zukunftslinie.de
What does traffic cost?
Interview with Prof. Dr. Carsten Sommer

10/05/2020 HNA (Hessisch Niedersächsische Allgemeine)
"We have to get away from the car" MOBILITY Professor Carsten Sommer in Monday interview

09/22/2020 Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung    
Car traffic costs the city forty times more than bicycle traffic
Heidelberg spends 240 euros per inhabitant per year on car traffic - for cycling it's only six euros, for public transport 171 euros

29.06.2020 Leipziger Volkszeitung city edition
365-Euro-Ticket: Divided response to expert opinion

27.06.2020 Leipziger Internetzeitung
LVZ sings the next farewell song for Leipzig's 365-Euro-Ticket

27.06.2020 Osterländer Volkszeitung
High costs and low effects- expert opinion slows down 365-Euro-Ticket
The introduction from 2021 in Leipzig should catapult public transport into a new dimension. Scientists from the University of Kassel recommend a different path for the city.

26.06.2020 City of Leipzig
Introduction of the 365-euro ticket remains the goal of Mayor Burkhard Jung.

26.06.2020 mdr television
Despite negative expert opinion: OB Jung sticks to plans for 365-euro ticket in Leipzig

26.06.2020 Leipziger Volkszeitung
Expert opinion on 365-euro ticket triggers divided response in Leipzig

26.06.2020 Bild Leipzig
New study - 365-Euro-Ticket unsuitable for Leipzig!

26.06.2020 Leipziger Volkszeitung
High costs and low effects - expert opinion slows down 365-Euro-Ticket 

24.02.2020 Westfalenpost
"Free buses are not the solution"
Municipalities want to persuade motorists to switch with free local transport. Transport planner: "Expansion of public transport services more important than the fare"
"Car transport must become more expensive" How do you get people to switch from cars to buses and trains? Municipalities test free tickets, transport researchers call for expansion of local transport services

15.02.2020 Extra Tip
Researching cycling
University of Kassel announces cycling professorship

13.02.2020 Göttinger Tageblatt
A professorship for bicycles
Uni Kassel receives funding from the German Federal Ministry of Transport Professorship to research local mobility in general Development of a new course of study

29.01.2020 Augsburger Allgemeine
Interview Local public transport in rural areas: better service does more than low prices Carsten Sommer is a professor of transport planning. He talks about local public transport - in the countryside and in the city. And about prices for bus and train travel.

22.01.2020 Uni-Kassel press release
Bicycle and traffic: Professorship in Kassel advances sustainable mobility