Transport economics
Transport Economics or transport economics is a branch of economics or of Transportation Sciences , which deals with the economic realities associated with the relocation of goods, people and news on traffic market or in transport (looks for. Example, supply and demand ( traffic demand ) mobility services, competition, etc.). Fields of work include a. the economic analysis of transport (often also referred to as transport science), the commercial treatment of individual branches or companies in the transport sector ( transport management or transport management), the investigation of special areas within transport, such as B. the communications industry ( CEP and telecommunications , the tourism industry (see tourism science ), public transport , logistics, etc.) and interface areas, such as As the urban planning / Planning / transport geography , transport planning , traffic statistics , Verkehrsökonometrie , transport policy .
The training to become a transport economist takes place i. d. Usually either as a specialization in the field of civil engineering, mechanical engineering or spatial planning (transport system reference) or as a specialization in a degree in economics. Training in business administration is i. d. Usually assigned to the transport sector and remain at the operational level. An undergraduate degree in transport economics is possible at the “Friedrich List” Faculty of Transport Sciences at the Technical University of Dresden and at the Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences .
A further training opportunity, especially for travel agents, is the “state-certified business economist in the tourism department” at technical schools (or specialist academies in Bavaria). This two-year full-time course in connection with the previous commercial training corresponds to the content of the Bachelor and is on an equal footing with it in the European reference framework.
literature
- Sebastian Kummer: Introduction to the transport industry. Facultas-Verlag, Vienna 2006.