The mobility of people and goods is a cornerstone of our national economy. Making it efficient, safe and environmentally friendly is a key challenge. In view of the constantly growing demand, singular ad-hoc solutions fall short of the requirement. Rather, it is necessary to pursue long-term viable approaches both for individual traffic modes as well as for multimodal transport systems which take the economic, social and ecological requirements into account.

This is exactly where the DLR sets out its research contributions on the topics of road and rail vehicles, traffic management and traffic systems. This is made possible by explicitly interlinking the innovative ideas and specific expertise and competencies of researchers and scientists at more than 20 DLR institutes.