Karl Vossloh Innovation Award for Prof. Dr. Angela Francke

The award, endowed with 10,000€, was recently presented during the "Day of the Faculty" of the Faculty of Transport Sciences "Friedrich List" of the TU Dresden (TUD). The prize was presented by Dr. Martin Vossloh, Chairman of the Board of the Karl Vossloh Foundation for the dissertation (2019) entitled "Analysis of differentiated pricing systems in urban transport - requirements for a user-friendly design to promote environmentally friendly mobility behavior". The Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees of the Karl Vossloh Foundation justify the award to Angela Francke as follows:

"Ms. Francke's work is devoted to a difficult topic of the highest practical relevance for individual mobility, which is also the subject of heated public debate: fair, sustainable and transparent pricing of public and private urban transport. With her interdisciplinary approach, she combines different theoretical approaches from various disciplines in a well-founded way, creatively applies new methods, and develops suggestions for transport planners on how - or how not - public transport fares, city tolls, or parking fees should be designed."

Angela Francke already noticed that she "really enjoys" scientific work during her diploma studies in transport economics at the TUD. After her studies, she held positions as a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the TUD's Chair of Traffic Psychology, among others. Since October 2021, she has headed the professorship for cycling and local mobility at the University of Kassel. "In my many years of research work, the topic of active mobility and urban planning crystallized more and more - in connection with innovative approaches and visions of a livable city." For her, the focal points are sustainability, traffic safety and user behavior.

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