Transport industry leaders must take obligation for sector improvement

Speaking at the Opening Event of InnoTrans 2018, Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, said that the innovation and digitalisation currently disrupting the transport sector are encouraging indications that it is heading in the right direction– even if often it’s too easy for the mainstream media to focus on the negatives.Significant financial investment

in Germany’s railways is now being made, however at what cost to the sector’s image? With great financial investment comes greater media examination– a fact not lost on Andreas Scheuer during his opening address at InnoTrans. As a result of this, it seems often from a guest viewpoint that the rail sector is bogged down with overwhelming problems, when truly, innovation is rife throughout the market. InnoTrans, then, presents an opportunity to set the record straight.Addressing the audience, Scheuer stated that we only require take a look at a few of the problems being attended to in the industry and the innovative nature through which they’re being fixed to see that the work being done in the sector actually is laying the tracks to the mobility of the future. The future is looking greener and smarter daily, and the industry is developing excellent originalities at the exact same rate, said Scheuer.Problem resolving is crucial

in every market, but in an industry like transportation, where development is pressing limits like never in the past, the expectations are high, as stressed by Scheuer.

“We need to work to make sure people can take a trip safely and cleanly. We have some essential goals,” he said. “We wish to double ridership in the next 40 years. We are reinforcing competitiveness. We are encouraging digitalisation to make trains more approximately date.”

A considerable part of this is broadening capacity, something that Scheuer was keen to mention can not be achieved only with steel and concrete. More investment is set to bring ECTS, additional electrification; usually, a rail network that can compete, and incorporate with, other modes of transport much more closely.Digitalisation and innovation are hugely important to the industry, and will help make the transportation community more practical in the future. Real-time date and innovative ticketing are 2 locations that Scheuer highlighted as particularly essential in these areas.Transport is an increasingly appealing sector for investors, however must continue to show that is the case. In conclusion, Scheuer prompted rail leaders to take the effort and make sure that they, plus their personnel and engineers, are collectively responsible for making rail and transportation throughout Europe much better.