Presskit: Mobility 2006

Mobility - an Introduction. p.3 Transport - Efficient Use of Our Roads. p.4 Intelligent Road Congestion Research: Understanding What Happens on the Road. p.5 Data Acquisition in Future - Vehicles in Dialogue. p.7 Test Routes for Modern Traffic Management. p.8 The Travel Experience - Better Informed, Arriving Sooner. p.9 BMW ConnectedDrive - Telematics Already Available Today. p.10 Parking - Remaining Mobile Even When Not on the Move. p.14 Parking - Efficiently Organised. p.15 Parking Space Concepts for the Future. p.17 Mobility in Densely Populated Areas - the MOBINET Project in Munich. p.18 Traffic Management in the Main Road Network. p.19 arrive - a Future Project for Densely Populated Areas. p.21 Mobility in Future - the Future of Mobility. p.22 Working Today for Mobility Tomorrow. p.23 Scenario "Our World in the Year 2025". p.24 Great Challenges for Mobility of the Future. p.25

Mobility is a basic need of mankind, an economic necessity for the division
of labour, a requirement of and for society, and, accordingly, a key to the
future and success of modern social systems. Sub-systems in our society such as
the economy or culture are not even conceivable without the ability to quickly
cover long and short distances through a dense network of travel facilities.

Each year every German covers an average of more than 10,000 kilometres
or 6,000 miles - on foot, by bicycle, by car, by plane or ship. This is indeed
a remarkable distance, once around the world every four years....