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About the Institute
The DLR Institute of Transport Research (Institut für Verkehrsforschung) belongs to the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), the German Aerospace Center. The institute is based at Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489 Berlin, and its acting director is Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Gernot Liedtke. It describes its work as shaping the mobility of the future, efficient and sustainable for people, the economy and the environment.
Mobility Challenges
- Climate change and its effects require innovations and adaptations.
- Increasing urbanisation, demographic change and changing lifestyles and expectations of mobility are named as further challenges.
- The institute studies and designs what future mobility can look like.
Current Research
- "Please Mind the Gap": a study by DLR researchers Dr. Laura Gebhardt, Sophie Nägele and Mascha Brost, which finds a gender gap in the design of means of transport.
- A DLR short study on age-appropriate mobility, which the text reports identifies gaps in transport and housing, and asks what requirements older people have for transport design.
- Pods4Rail: an EU project in which DLR, with partners from research and industry, developed an automated mobility concept linking rail traffic more closely with road or cable-car transport.
Applied Technologies
- Modern technologies are presented as supporting disaster relief after a severe storm, when emergency crews must record damage, assess hazards and coordinate rescue measures in a short time.
- Robotically supported, modular solutions for transport and logistics are developed and tested with industry and public-sector partners.
Research Infrastructure
- The DLR large-scale research facility mozu (Mobilitätswelten der Zukunft) is described as allowing new mobility worlds to be designed together and experienced with all senses.
- According to the text, it enables interactive, immersive testing of measures and technologies in public space, from neighbourhood redesign to large network sections, and provides a basis for assessment for politics, business and urban planning.
Trade Fairs and Events
- DLR presents rail research at InnoTrans in Berlin, 22 to 25 September 2026 (Halle 2.2, stand 440).
- DLR presents logistics and transport research at IAA Transportation in Hannover, 15 to 20 September 2026 (Halle 13, C56).
- The 17th joint conference "Mobilitätsmanagement von morgen" on 19 November 2026 takes the theme "Hybride Bedrohungen – Herausforderungen für unsere Mobilität".
Media Presence
- Media reports cover the institute's work, including an interview with Prof. Dr. Gernot Liedtke on accident rates of e-scooters, and a VCÖ magazine article by Dr. Saskia Seidel on sustainable and efficient freight transport.
Purpose and Audience
- The institute states that its aim is to shape mobility of the future that is networked, needs-oriented and sustainable, and it engages with the people, economy and environment it names as its concern.
- It also offers career information for early-career researchers and students, with openings and study information listed on its site.