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B. Rüger:
"new innovative baggage transport system";
Talk: Euro - Zel 2014, Zilina; 2014-06-03 - 2014-06-04.

The presentation will give an overview about the latest project regardding baggage transport founded by the Austrian Ministry of Transportation:
Luggage features the highest value regarding traffic flexibility. This fact is one of the main reasons for people to choose their car instead of public transport, either regarding their daily routine or journeys. Conversely taking along luggage in more sustainable forms of transport causes difficulties and makes those alternatives more unattractive to potential customers. It is nearly impossible for people who are limited in their mobility to take along luggage. This is why most of them refuse to use public transport both on journeys as well as in their daily routine, which causes immobility.
Especially the elderly are affected. Considering that after thirty years about 40 percent of the population will be older than sixty, it has to be a goal to force and support active and sustainable forms of public transport, meeting all customer requirements and especially those regarding luggage transport.
Not until the trunk compartment of a car is fully substituted in means of public transport, the more sustainable form of mobility will be used in the desired frequency.
Due to the complexity of an intermodal "public luggage transport system" which ideally works simultaneously to passenger transport, as a first step an exploratory project will be launched. The project aims to survey all customer requirements as well as technical and logistical challenges and as a consequence generate a list of requirements for prospective research and development projects.
In order to minimise the development risks it is necessary to survey and define all requirements previously and evaluate various concepts regarding their acceptability, economy and practicability. Therefore extensive customer surveys (on trains, at airports, on shopping streets and online) will be conducted. Furthermore interviews with experts and workshops will be arranged. "Gepäcklos" aims to previously identify all requirements and as a consequence specify efficient arrangements.

Gepäck, Logistik, baggage, Kunden,

http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_232400.pdf