The pricing of public transportation is a frequently debated subject, and a notable current trend is leaning towards flat-rate pricing. In the previous year, Germany introduced a flat-rate ticket, enabling individuals to access public transportation across the entire country for just 9 euros per...

In der verkehrspolitischen Diskussion werden bedarfsgesteuerte Angebotsformen des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs (ÖPNV) vielfach als geeignete Ergänzung des sich in nachfrageschwachen Räumen ausdünnenden traditionellen ÖPNV betrachtet, um auf den Qualitätsnachteil gegenüber dem...

Competitive tendering of local bus services in Germany has received increased attention. Employing Seemingly Unrelated Regression analyses, we observe that prices have regionally varying determinants; for example, while prices throughout most of the federal state of Hesse increase over time,...

In this paper, we present a nonparametric comparative efficiency analysis of 179 communal public transport bus companies in Germany (1990-2004). We apply both deterministic data envelopment analysis (DEA) and bootstrapping to test the robustness of our estimates and to test the hypothesis of...

We analyze potential gains from hypothetical mergers in local public transport using the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis with bias corrections by means of bootstrapping. Our sample consists of 41 public transport companies from Germany's most densely populated region, North...

Die Fachhochschule Düsseldorf hat im Auftrag der Rheinbahn AG, Betreiber der städtischen Bahnen und Busse in Düsseldorf und umliegender Region, die Studie Wahrnehmung und Image der Rheinbahn AG im Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse der Studie stützen sich auf...

In this brochure, discover how research is contributing to policies to improve urban transport, and find pointers to topics for further investigation on the web. Transport makes a vital contribution to the economy and society. But these benefits are being lost through traffic growth,...