ABSOLUT at the Federal Government's Digital Summit 2023
21.11.2023
At the BMWK pitch event "Green Innovation - how digital technologies make our economy more sustainable" on 21 November 2023, we had the opportunity to present the possibilities of automation in public transport.
In an exciting session together with two other innovative projects funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (German: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz – BMWK), we made the topic of digitalisation of public transport tangible for the participants. Based on the use case "Automated on-demand public transport for suburban areas", we were able to demonstrate the concrete contribution of digital technologies to the success of the mobility transition. In the presentation, Ulf Middelberg, CEO of Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (Leipzig public transport company) outlined the successful path already taken by the ABOLUT projects and drew a visual vision of our target scenario for sustainable public transport focussed on social and climate-friendly aspects.