Thread by @jonworth

As mentioned a few days ago, @OmioGlobal & I have had to postpone the #ZugGegenFlug experiment until early 2022 as rising Corona numbers and possible lockdowns mean doing it next month isn't possible...

We've put together more detail though! 👇
jonworth.eu/zuggegenflug-i…

Quick 🧵

The reason we had wanted to do this in December is because that's when rail companies across Europe introduce their new timetables, and we wanted to test if these new, faster rail services do work as greener replacements for flights

We will run the experiment on 5 routes

Berlin - Bonn - Berlin

Zürich - München - Zürich

Hamburg - Frankfurt - Hamburg

Frankfurt - Brussels - Frankfurt

Berlin - München - Berlin

Each route will have 2 people - one will take the train, the other will fly

Each race will be assessed primarily according to speed - the shortest journey time to the destination, and fastest home. Other factors will be qualitatively examined

Departure points are city centres

Start and end: Brandenburger Tor, Berlin

Destination: Bundesminister für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur, Robert-Schuman-Platz 1, 53175 Bonn

The task: to attend a meeting at the Ministry between 10:00 (arrive before that) and 14:00 (depart after that)

Start and end: Münsterbrücke (in front of Grossmünster), Zürich

Destination: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München

Task: meet a Professor and afterwards present at a seminar at the university. Starts at 11:00 and is scheduled to end at 15:00

Start and end: Rathaus, Hamburg

Destination: Museum für Kommunikation, Schaumainkai 53, 60596 Frankfurt

Task: you are to attend a new exhibition at the museum. You need to be present there from 12:00 until 16:00

Start and end: Römer, Frankfurt

Destination: DG Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) of the European Commission, Rue de Mot 28, 1040 Bruxelles

Task: you are a speaker at a European Commission conference about the future of transport in the EU, at the DG between 13:00 and 17:00

Start and end: Rotes Rathaus, Berlin

Destination: BASE MUC Co-Working, Blütenstraße 15, 80799 München

Task: you have to attend a partnership meeting with a startup. The meeting about your collaboration is scheduled from 14:00 until 18:00

All participants must use only public transport, or walk, to get to stations or airports (no taxis or scooters or mopeds allowed), and they're not allowed to use frequent traveller privileges to allow them to skip queues - this ensures basic comparability of modes!

We're also open to adding further routes to the experiment, if people want to do that at their own costs

Details of that - and a lot more detail as well - can be found in the blog post! jonworth.eu/zuggegenflug-i…

We'll announce the date for the experiment as soon as we can!

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