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VEU Securing the mobility of people and goods and at the same time preserving a healthy environment and natural resources is one of the main challenges our societies face. The DLR internal project “Transport and the Environment” (VEU) aims to analyze the ...
GermanyFor implementing its policy goals, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Preservation, Construction and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) requires scientifically well founded decision support and advice. For this purpose BMUB annually issues its Department ...
GermanyFor implementing its policy goals, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Preservation, Construction and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) requires scientifically well founded decision support and advice. For this purpose BMUB annually issues its Department ...
GermanyLowCarb RFC The LowCarb-RFC study is motivated by a number of research projects funded by the European Commission. All of these studies investigate ambitious scenarios for shifting transport demand from road to rail for better quality of life, energy effi ...
GermanyTo date, there are no international effective regulations concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international maritime transport. As maritime shipping contributes considerably to global GHG emissions, efficiency measures and economic measures are ...
GermanyWithin this project, the currently emerging legal standards for emissions measurements under realistic conditions on the road should be tested. In addition, complementary standard measurements on a bench are carried out. The aim is to verify the complianc ...
GermanyThe increasing density of traffic in the road transport sector caused a steady increase in emissions from heavy trucks. In the mid-term, heavy trucks will be the main source of CO2 emissions in surface transport. Effective measures for fuel efficiency and ...
GermanyAlthough major improvements have been made in the past two decades, air quality levels in cities still are of major concern to public health. To achieve a further reduction in citizens' exposure to air pollutants, lowering the exhaust emissions from ...
GermanyCritical infrastructures supply households, enterprises and public administration with electricity, water and Internet or other essential goods and services. Even minor disturbances can be mutually reinforcing and cause supply shortages and high economic ...
GermanyParking aids in our cars, a plethora of new features on our smartphones, wristbands with sensors that monitor our fitness: intelligent technologies are increasingly part of everyday life. Technology assists people of all ages, particularly the elderly, he ...
GermanyThe small-scale commercial traffic models used in planning practice do not reflect the large range of tradesmen's services and the predominantly used light commercial vehicles in a sufficiently differentiated manner. This applies in particular to the ...
GermanyImproving road safety and reducing the number of road accidents, and thus the number of fatalities and injuries in this area, has been a key objective of the Federal Government for many years. Particularly at interfaces of different responsibilities in th ...
GermanyIn particular, in the context of research on local transport, numerous basic questions on gondola systems and demand-driven bus systems were discussed in the context of test operations. A transfer to today's autonomous system concepts, i. e. the comb ...
GermanyKoFFI Mobility is a key factor in our daily lives. Therefore, new systems of the human-technology interaction should be developed which contribute to more safety, comfort and reliability in this area. A more promising approach may be partially automated d ...
GermanyKomfoPilot Mobility is a key factor in our daily lives. Therefore, new advanced systems of the human-technology interaction should be developed which contribute to more safety, comfort and reliability in this area. For this purpose, automated driving offe ...
GermanyPAKoS Mobility is a key factor in our daily lives. Therefore, new, advanced systems of the human-technology interaction should be developed, which contribute to more safety, comfort and reliability in this area. Automated driving offers great potential fo ...
GermanySafety4Bikes Mobility is an important factor in our everyday lives. Therefore, new systems of human-technology interaction should be developed, which will contribute to more safety, comfort and reliability in this area. Cyclists and especially children on ...
GermanyVorreiter Mobility is an important factor in our everyday lives. Therefore, new, advanced systems of human-technology interaction should be developed to make mobility safer, more comfortable and reliable. Semi-automated vehicles have the potential to make ...
GermanysafeguARd Commercial vehicles such as excavators, cranes and construction machinery are nowadays used in numerous sectors of the economy. However, they are responsible for a large number of serious accidents, as the visibility of the driver is often restr ...
GermanyDeepEyeTracking The safe transfer of control between the vehicle and the driver is an important prerequisite for automated driving. Eye tracking can be used to assess whether the driver is capable of taking over control. It is of great importance that suc ...
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