Peter Cerwenka

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Peter Cerwenka (born February 6, 1942 in Graz ; † February 25, 2020 in Vienna ) was an Austrian transport scientist . From 1992 to 2003 he was professor and head of the Institute for Transport System Planning at the Vienna University of Technology . Cerwenka is best known for his critical statements on the subject of climate policy and transport, as well as the ethics of transport planning.

Life

Cerwenka studied civil and industrial engineering at Graz University of Technology and received her doctorate there in 1968 . In 1974 he completed his habilitation in traffic planning and traffic engineering at the TH Darmstadt . He then worked for many years at the Swiss consulting firm Prognos AG in Basel , whose transport division was merged into progtrans AG . From 1989 to 1992 he held visiting professorships in Vienna and Basel, until he finally moved to the Vienna University of Technology as head of the Institute for Transport System Planning on March 1, 1992. He retired on September 30, 2003, but continued to work as a reviewer and scientist.

Publications (selection)

  • Quantitative indicators of road safety in the Federal Republic of Germany 1975–1995. (together with Georg Hauger). Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Transport System Planning. - Inst. For traffic system planning, Vienna 1997.
  • Compendium of traffic system planning. Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 2000 (IVS publications of the Institute for Transport System Planning, special volume), ISBN 3-85437-220-5 .
  • Splendor and misery of elasticity. An engineering didactic guide. In: Local transport. Issue 6/2002.
  • That's the way it goes! Consolation donation for planners. With caricatures by Peter Kufner and a vignette by Romana Saibel. Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 978-3-85437-185-4 .
  • Yes, that's how it was! Unframed memories of expeditions in labyrinths of planning as the consolation second part. Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 2003 (Institute for Transport System Planning of the TU Vienna, IVS-Schriften, Vol. 17), ISBN 3-85437-245-0 .
  • Mobility versus traffic? Enlightenment of a dialectic on its ten-year existence. In: Local transport. Issue 6/2004.
  • Forays of an exiled court jester through Kafka's castle. Österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturverlag, Vienna 2009 (Institute for Transport System Planning of the Vienna University of Technology, IVS-Schriften, Vol. 32), ISBN 978-3-85437-305-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yes, that's how it was! 2003, p. 415.
  2. ↑ Obituary notice in the Kleine Zeitung , accessed on March 9, 2020
  3. ↑ Forays of an exiled court jester through Kafka's castle. 2009, p. 27.
  4. ↑ Forays of an exiled court jester through Kafka's castle. 2009, p. 27.
personal data
SURNAME Cerwenka, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian transport scientist and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2020
Place of death Vienna