ISBN: 3540416129
TITLE: Mobility and Traffic in the 21st Century
AUTHOR: Mayinger
TOC:

1 Intermodal Transport Systems: A Solution for the Impending
Collapse of East-West Traffic?
Tutors: Dr.-Ing. E.h. Wolfram Martinsen and Dipl.-Ing. Adalbert
Zillmer
Authors: Georg Bauer, Alice Fiser, Daniel Schneider 1
1.1 Introduction 3
1.1.1 Mobility and Transport Economics in the 21st Century 3
1.1.2 Project Outline 5
1.2 The Consequences of the Eastern Expansion for Goods Transport 7
1.2.1 The Eastern Enlargement - a German Interest 7
1.2.2 Implications for the Traffic Situation 10
1.2.3 The Traffit Situation between Germany and the Czech Republic 15
1.2.4 Conclusions 18
1.3 The Macroeconomic Aspects of Goods Transport 19
1.3.1 Theory of Efficient Market Solution 20
1.3.2 Theory of Market Collapse Due to External Costs 21
1.3.3 The Extent of External Costs of Goods Transport in Germany 22
1.3.4 Initial Attempts to Improve the Efficiency of the Transportation
Market 26
1.3.5 Conclusions 35
1.4 Creating a Criteria Catalog for the Choice of Transport Modes and its Practical Application by a Czech Transport Company 38
1.4.1 Existing Transport Systems 39
1.4.2 Creating a Criteria Catalog for Selecting a Transport Mode 43
1.4.3 Weighting the Criteria and Influence Parameters Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process 53
1.4.4 Application of the Criteria Catalog by a Czech Transport Company 55
1.4.5 Conclusions and Perspectives on the Future 66
1.5 Summary 69
References 76
2 Mobility and Transport in Agglomeration Areas -The Nuremberg Region in the 21st Century as an Example
Tutors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Hermann Braess and Dipl.-Ing. Heinrich
Baumgartner
Authors: Stefan Bornemann, Michael Frster, Barbara Knppel, Ingo Schmidt 80
Executive Summary 80
2.1 Introduction and Vision 83
2.1.1 Future Mobility Needs 84
2.1.2 Challenges to Agglomerations 95
2.1.3 The Nuremberg Region in a European Context 104
2.1.4Trends and Vision 110
2.2 Traffic Analysis 112
2.2.1 Presentation of the Nuremberg Region 112
2.2.2 Stakeholders in Transport 117
2.2.3 Transport Planning 127
2.2.4 Transport in the Nuremberg Region 137
2.3 Solutions and Strategies 153
2.3.1 Change in Thinking 153
2.3.2 Institutional Measures 159
2.3.3 Economic Measures 164
2.3.4 Technological Measures 171
2.4 Conclusions and Recommendations 176
References 180
3 How Communication Technology Influence the Future of Mobility - New Perspectives in the Field of Telemedicine
Tutor: Prof.Dr. Alf Zimmer
Authors: Oliver Minge, Julia Schaefer, Helmut Schoenenberger, Bettina Sonnemann 187
3.1 Executive Summary 187
3.2 Mobility 189
3.2.1 Definition 189
3.2.2 Motivation for Mobility 190
3.2.3 Costs of Mobility 191
3.2.4 Consequences 193
3.3 Communication 195
3.3.1 Definition 196
3.3.2 Sender-Receiver-Relationship in Written or Spoken Communication 196
3.3.3 Implications of the Modern Communication Model 197
3.3.4 Consequences 198
3.4 Combining Mobility and Communication Effectively 199
3.4.1 Substitution 199
3.4.2 Integration 201
3.4.3 Enabling 201
3.5 Telemedicine 203
3.5.1 Benefits of Telemedicine 203
3.5.2 History of Telemedicine - Highlights 204
3.5.3 Current Trends in Telemedicine 205
3.5.4 Telemedicine Reflected in the Context of Mobility 206
3.5.5 Technical Demands Set by Telemedicine 207
3.6 Mobile Communication Networks 209
3.6.1 Evolution of Communication Networks 209
3.6.2 Structure of Cellular Networks 211
3.6.3 Terrestrial Cellular Networks 214
3.6.4 Satellite Networks 218
3.6.5 The Global Positioning System 218
3.6.6 Conclusion 221
3.7 NOAH - a Mobile Emergency Care System 221
3.7.1 Introduction 222
3.7.2 Disadvantages of Serial Emergency Management Process 223
3.7.3 NOAH - Emergency-Organisation Active Aid System 224
3.7.4 Emergency Management Process with NOAH [56] 224
3.7.5 Results of NOAH System [55] 225
3.7.6 Other Mobile Emergency Care Systems 226
3.7.7 Further Integration of the Rescue Chain - Further Integration of Virtual and Physical Mobility 228
3.8 The Telemonitoring Example 230
3.8.1 Telemedicine as an Enabler of Physical Mobility 230
3.8.2 The Growing Need for New Ways of Health Care Delivery 230
3.8.3 The Basic Idea of Telemonitoring 231
3.8.4 The Telemonitoring Equipment 232
3.8.5 Management of Heart Failure Through Telemonitoring 235
3.8.6 An Outlook on Telemonitoring 238
References 239
4 Physical and Virtual Mobility. Analogies Between Traffic and Virtual Highways
Tutor: Prof.Dr. Klaus Mainzer
Authors: Martin Bchs, Dennis Kundisch, Patricia Pyrka 243
4.1 Introduction: A Traffic Break-Down 243
4.2 The Idea Behind Complex Systems 244
4.3 Vehicular Traffic 248
4.3.1 Mobility and Incressing Traffic 248
4.3.2 Empirical Facts about Vehicular Traffic 251
4.3.3 Selected Traffic Phenomena 254
4.3.4 Collection of Traffic Data 256
4.3.5 Modeling Car Traffic 258
4.3.6 Conclusion 260
4.4 Data Traffic 262
4.4.1 Introduction 263
4.4.2 The Internet 264
4.4.3 Congestion on the Internet 270
4.4.4 Data Traffic Characteristics 270
4.5 Analogies Between Highway Traffic and Data Traffic 278
4.5.1 Similarities and Differences of Cars and Data Packets 278
4.5.2 The Fundamental Diagram 279
4.5.3 Self-similarity 282
4.6 Application 282
4.6.1 Introduction 283
4.6.2 Situation Analysis 285
4.6.3 Proposed Solution Approaches 289
4.6.4 Conclusion - Message for Management 309
4.7 Summary and Concluding Remarks 310
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