Rail transportation is more land-use efficient than cars, requiring only one-third the land area per passenger kilometer traveled and generating lower external costs than road infrastructure. However, public investment in rail infrastructure does not reflect its effectiveness, with some countries investing far less per capita in railroads than others. New technologies are helping to break down data walls and enable more efficient use of railroad infrastructure through things like sensor systems that provide exact train location information.

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ROLAND BERGER: URBAN MOBILITY 2030

7. • responsible for only 4% of the total area
of land use for transport
• Land take per passenger-km 3.5x lower
than for cars
• 90 % electric (42% green energy)
• Only 1/3 of the external cost of road
infrastructure

8. SPACE: A PRECIOUS COMMODITY

9. LAND WELL USED?

10. PUBLIC INVESTMENT DOES NOT REFLECT EFFECTIVENESS

11. State Investment in railroad infrastrucure / per person, selected countries (2016)

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13. LAT – rail road works and maintainance since 1969

14. Eurobalise detects
exact location of a
train & transmits
signaling
information

15. One Example: KONUX GmbH, München
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16. BREAKING THE WALLS TO ENABLE BIG DATA
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