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An interview with traffic expert, Jonas Eliasson is presented. When asked about public transportation and traffic jams with development of cities, he refers to narrowing of roads and increase in railroad traffic. He expresses his views on traffic planning and high traffic volume. He comments on sustainable transport solutions.

The annual conference is the most important event of the German Mechanical Engineering Society (DMG) in the course of a year. The theme of this yearly conference was "Mobility and Logistics 2030 - How do we make use of the system advantages of rail". In the lecture event, various experts from the rail transport sector dealt with the conference topic from the point of view of transport policy, science, industry and the railways DB and SBB. A subsequent panel discussion deepened the topic. In addition, the Beuth Innovation Prize was awarded to the young traffic engineer Fabian Wirth for his work with the topic "The future of rail freight transport in Germany". On the occasion of the official reception the first evening, Dipl.-Ing. Peter Lankes was awarded the Beuth Medal of Honour far his great achievements of the further development of high-speed rail transport in Germany. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A deadlock is a situation in which a number of trains cannot continue their path at all because every train is blocked by another one. In real railway operations, deadlocks are avoided by the timetable. In case of delays, dispatchers are in charge of avoiding deadlocks by appropriate decisions. For synchronous railway operations simulations, an adequate solution against deadlocks has not yet been found. As part of a BMWi funded research project of Deutsche Bahn, a new approach for deadlock avoiding in synchronous railway operations simulations was developed and tested in case studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Schäden auf Gleisoberflächen wie Riffel, Schlupfwellen und Rissbildungen bedrohen die Funktionsfähigkeit von Gleisen im kommunalen Schienennahverkehr. Zudem verstärken Riffel und Schlupfwellen verkehrsbedingte Schallemissionen, was den Lärmschutzbestrebungen vieler Kommunen zuwiderläuft. High Speed Grinding-city adressiert beide Herausforderungen: Die speziell optimierte Kompaktvariante des praxiserprobten Hochgeschwindigkeits-Schleifverfahrens von Vossloh kommt dank hoher Arbeitsgeschwindigkeiten ohne Streckensperrungen aus. Regelmäßig eingesetzt, bekämpft der schonende HSG-Schienenschliff Verschleißerscheinungen bereits im Ansatz und verlängert so die Schienenliegedauer. Zudem empfiehlt sich präventives Schienenschleifen als effektive und kostengünstige Lärmschutzmaßnahme. Damage to rail surfaces, such as corrugation, slip waves and cracking jeopardize the serviceability of rails in municipal rail transport. In addition, corrugation and slip waves increase traffic-related noise emissions, and this counteracts the noise mitigation efforts of many municipalities. High Speed Grinding-city addresses both challenges. The specially optimized compact variant of the tried-and-tested high-speed grinding process from Vossloh manages without line shutdowns thanks to its high working speed. Regularly applied, gentle HSG combats the symptoms of wear at source and thus extends rail service life. In addition, preventive rail grinding is recommended as an effective and inexpensive noise mitigation measure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Germany can look back on two decades of high-speed traffic,at 250 km/h and more. Over this period not only train technology has made tremendous progress. Railway reform on a national level and Europe-wide liberalization of rail transportation have led to major changes, aimed at keeping the railways competitive in changing market circumstances. This is bearing fruit in many respects. The demands that politicians, manufacturers and customers make of each other are however constantly growing and there is still plenty of need for further development of the system railway. Ever since its earliest days - and starting again with the high speed era - rail traffic has been a success story. Siemens plays a significant role here and will remain an innovative driving force in the future too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers transportation news briefs. Denmark is banning railroad transport affecting flow of road traffic and ferry in Scandinavia. Ferry companies and port companies in northern Germany are expecting rising demand in shipping of goods. Rail authority TBST of Denmark decide whether the baggage car ban will be extended.

The article offers information on the traffic management of Hamburg, Germany including railroad travel and new design of railcars.

The article informs about a reactivation program planned by two traffic associations including Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) and Allianz pro Schiene with the German government for reactivation of two railway lines n Berlin, Germany.

The article presents views of Julia Eßer, head of railway association Eisenbahnerin im Betriebsdienst (Eib), on promoting shunting locomotives. Topics discussed include goods traffic management in Germany, number of women working in technical sector, recruitment of women in operational staff, and ratio of working men and women.