"Verkehrslage" (German for: Traffic Situation) is the name of the new online magazine of the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at TU Dresden. Since April, it has been the faculty's showcase for current topics. These are presented informatively in German and English in the four sections "Research", "Studies", "People" and "Network" and supplemented with additional information such as graphics, facts and figures, videos and links.

Current reporting in the online magazine "Verkehrslage" from May/June (selection)

Section Research

• TUD traction current survey for north-east Bavaria completed

  Neutral expert Prof. Arnd Stephan from the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport andn Traffic Sciences sees central supply via railway power lines as advantageous. Planning is now to continue.

• Faster travel vs. more comfortable travel - What to invest in?

  International team of researchers publishes current study with participation of Dresden transport and traffic scientist Prof. Regine Gerike.

• VVO project for alternative drives with Dresden research expertise

  Railway expert Dipl.-Ing. Nyascha Thomas Wittemann talks about the opportunities and challenges in the development of battery-powered trains in the current VVO association report.

Section Studies

• Graduate Transport Engineering Annegret Frenzel

  TU Dresden graduate talks about studies and career in the career choice magazine "Countdown".

Section People

• Dresden transport and traffic scientist Regine Gerike appointed to DLR

  Renowned Professor from TU Dresden takes over as Divisional Board Member for Energy and Transport.

• Prof. Gerhard Heimerl Obituary

  Stuttgart transport scientist was a formative figure in the integration of transport and traffic sciences into the TU Dresden.

Section Network

• Sustainability preoccupies aviation industry

  Aviation and transport expert Prof. Hartmut Fricke from TU Dresden discusses sustainable aviation as well as trends and initiatives on panel.

New: Video library

New is the video library at the end of the homepage with current Youtube videos in which researchers of the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences have their say or videos of events of the faculty and/or network partners.

The bilingual online magazine also offers the options of subscribing to a newsletter, taking part in surveys or registering for individual or all sections via the "Log in" button at the top of the page in order to be informed promptly by e-mail about new entries from "Research," "Study," "People" and "Network. As a further added value, the page links at the bottom under "Findings for you on the web" to current "finds" from the Internet on the topics of transport, traffic and mobility in Germany and abroad. From Socialmedia, the Twitter account of the TU Dresden is included.

To the online magazine "Verkehrslage"

Contact person for the online magazine "Verkehrslage":
Anke Richter-Baxendale, Public Relations
"Friedrich List",  Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, TU Dresden
phone: +49 351 463-34908
mail:

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About the "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at the TU Dresden:
The faculty is the only one in Germany dedicated to transport and traffic sciences and has an internationally recognized competence for sustainable mobility. The interdisciplinary research covers the entire range of transport on land and in the air. The faculty is a pioneer in the development of systemic solutions for the design of safe, efficient and sustainable transport systems according to technical, economic, ecological and social criteria. Research and teaching are carried out in an interdisciplinary network within the TU Dresden and the DRESDEN-concept association as well as together with national and international partners from science and practice. More than 200 scientists research and teach at seven institutes and 20 professorships. The faculty offers 6 own study programs, including the diploma degree in Transport Engineering, the bachelor degree in Transport Economics and 4 master programs. For practical applications in research and teaching, the researchers and 1,100 students of the faculty have access to around 30 laboratories or experimental and test facilities.