Prof. Dr. Roman SutholdMobility expert and keynote speaker, Germany
Keynotes and expert input on the transport transition, infrastructure and urban mobility. Pragmatic, data-driven and non-partisan.
About
Prof. Dr. Roman Suthold is a mobility expert and transport economist from Cologne, Germany. He heads the Transport and Environment department at ADAC Nordrhein, a regional club of the German motoring association ADAC with more than three million members, and is an honorary professor at Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences. He holds a doctorate in engineering (Dr.-Ing., Bergische Universität Wuppertal) and a degree in economics (University of Cologne).
He has served on juries of European funding programmes for electric mobility (Electric Mobility Europe, Brussels; ERA-NET Electromobility+, The Hague) and sits on the Mobility Advisory Board of the City of Cologne.
“We don’t need a car-friendly city, a bike-friendly city or a public-transport-friendly city. We need a city for people.”
Keynote topics
- A pragmatic transport transition: why convenience beats morality, and how cities can cut car traffic by up to 50 percent
- The future of mobility: digital, shared and autonomous, and what it means for cities and rural areas
- Crumbling bridges and road works: the cost of Germany's infrastructure backlog and how to build faster
- Who owns the street? Parking, kerb space and fair allocation of urban road space
- Climate action in transport: what really cuts emissions
Formats
Keynotes (20 to 45 minutes), short inputs with Q and A, panel discussions and workshops for public administrations. In person across Europe or online, in English or German.