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Constructive Demand Destruction: Rethinking Transport to Save Oil

Fabian Becker, Daniel Moser, Armin Wagner March 2026 As fuel prices skyrocket and supply chains fracture, the transport sector faces a fundamental challenge: how to decouple economic activity from oil consumption overnight.   In this context, the term “demand destruction” refers to a sustained reduction in the consumption of a commodity caused by economic pressures […]

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TUMI Update October
27 October 2026

TUMI Update October

Dear Friends of TUMI, In this October update, we celebrate ten years of TUMI. Launched on 16 October 2016 at Habitat III in Quito, TUMI has since helped almost one billion people gain better access to transport. At our anniversary conference “People, Cities and Corridors” in Berlin on 21 September, we also took the next […]
TUMI Update September
2 September 2026

TUMI Update September

Dear Friends of TUMI, In this September update, we celebrate ten years of TUMI. On 21 September, we’re gathering partners, policymakers, and practitioners in Berlin for our anniversary conference, “People, Cities and Corridors: Integrating Transport for Sustainable and Resilient Regions”. The following day, InnoTrans opens its doors, and TUMI shows up in three ways: Women […]
Nature-positive transport infrastructure: A Conversation with Evan Freund (WWF)
31 August 2026

Nature-positive transport infrastructure: A Conversation with Evan Freund (WWF)

While climate considerations are increasingly integrated into transport planning, ecosystems and biodiversity remain largely overlooked, despite posing equally severe systemic risks. At WWF, Evan Freund manages programming around infrastructure design, finance, and development, including the five-year Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development (GRID) Integrated Program. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), GRID focuses on incorporating biodiversity […]
Corridors that connect: Learnings from Europe’s TEN-T experience
31 August 2026

Corridors that connect: Learnings from Europe’s TEN-T experience

With the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), Europe has demonstrated that interoperable, well-managed networks accelerate regional integration, boost economic development, reduce logistics costs and create high-quality jobs. TEN-T shows how standards, governance and digital interoperability reduce fragmentation and shorten the time to implementation. Rail serves as the backbone of the TEN-T strategy as it has a […]
Blooming Stops: How Public Transport Can Become a Home for Biodiversity
21 August 2026

Blooming Stops: How Public Transport Can Become a Home for Biodiversity

The joint inititative “Blühende Haltestellen” (“Blooming Stops”) by the Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung (German Wildlife Foundation) and the Hamburg Transport Association (hvv) has transformed species-poor patches of grass around transit stations into vibrant havens for wild bees and other insects. The results speak for themselves. Monitoring conducted in 2022 and 2024 recorded an impressive 198 species […]
TUMI Update August
12 August 2026

TUMI Update August

Dear Friends of TUMI, Transport planning runs on data. Where to put a bus lane, how to price a corridor, which street to make safer — every good decision depends on knowing what’s actually happening on the ground. And yet many cities plan under exactly the opposite conditions: patchy data, systems that don’t talk to […]
Data, Digital Solutions & AI in Transport Planning – Help Us Map the Global Picture
21 July 2026

Data, Digital Solutions & AI in Transport Planning – Help Us Map the Global Picture

Digital tools and Artificial Intelligence are no longer a distant prospect for transport planning – they are already part of everyday practice in many places around the world. But how far has this shift actually progressed? What data are planners realistically working with, which digital and AI applications have moved beyond the pilot stage, and […]
Fuel Prices Reports
20 July 2026

Fuel Prices Reports

Twenty-Five Years of Fuel Price Data — and What Comes Next Since 1999, GIZ has maintained one of the world’s longest-running and most comprehensive datasets on international retail fuel prices and fuel taxation. What began as a data collection effort by GTZ has grown into a reference used by governments, development partners, researchers, international organizations, […]
Why Railways Are the Backbone of Transport Corridors
8 July 2026

Why Railways Are the Backbone of Transport Corridors

Roads usually get the attention when people talk about trade and transport corridors. They are visible, flexible, and reach almost everywhere. But it is rail that makes the real difference when it comes to moving large volumes of goods and people over long distances in a reliable, affordable and low-emission way. High capacity, high resilience […]
A look into the future: IBA-M Excursion to Tübingen and Esslingen
15 June 2026

A look into the future: IBA-M Excursion to Tübingen and Esslingen

How do you develop a complex station area into a lively urban district? In order to open up new perspectives for the Freising district of the future, the IBA-M initiated and organised a field trip to Tübingen and Esslingen. The trip provided valuable impulses from practice and showed how integrated planned station districts can look […]
TUMI Update June
5 June 2026

TUMI Update June

Dear Friends of TUMI, This month, we’re bringing together learning, dialogue, and real-world action across the mobility sector. From new opportunities to build skills through our latest online courses, to global exchanges at upcoming events like the International Transport Forum Summit and the World Urban Forum, the focus is clear: strengthening the people, partnerships, and […]
TUMI Update May
5 May 2026

TUMI Update May

Dear Friends of TUMI, This month, we’re bringing together learning, dialogue, and real-world action across the mobility sector. From new opportunities to build skills through our latest online courses, to global exchanges at upcoming events like the International Transport Forum Summit and the World Urban Forum, the focus is clear: strengthening the people, partnerships, and […]
Bridging the Gap: How Technical Cooperation De-Risks West Africa’s Transport Future
29 April 2026

Bridging the Gap: How Technical Cooperation De-Risks West Africa’s Transport Future

The EU International Business Forum on Transport and Strategic Corridors, held in Abidjan from March 30 to April 1, 2026, was more than just a meeting of policymakers; it was a dialogue about the future of West African connectivity. While much of the conversation centered on the massive Abidjan–Lagos and Abidjan–Ouagadougou corridors, a critical session […]
TUMI Update April
1 April 2026

TUMI Update April

Dear Friends of TUMI, Ten years ago, TUMI set out with a simple premise: that the way cities move people shapes everything else – opportunity, health, equity, climate. This April update is a small reflection of how much ground that idea has covered. In this edition, we’re looking ahead to our annual conference in Berlin […]
Constructive Demand Destruction: Rethinking Transport to Save Oil
24 March 2026

Constructive Demand Destruction: Rethinking Transport to Save Oil

Fabian Becker, Daniel Moser, Armin Wagner March 2026 As fuel prices skyrocket and supply chains fracture, the transport sector faces a fundamental challenge: how to decouple economic activity from oil consumption overnight.   In this context, the term “demand destruction” refers to a sustained reduction in the consumption of a commodity caused by economic pressures […]

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