How will Munich set the course to become a European pioneer for sustainable mobility innovations in the coming years and to be perceived worldwide with its very own vision for the mobility revolution like Amsterdam, Paris or Barcelona? These and other questions were answered during the first event and kicked off the MCube Speaker Series on Thursday, 28.04.2022. In the Transport Centre of the Deutsches Museum, the "masterminds behind MCube" presented its concept, motivation and motto. MCube is an alliance of science, industry and society and is intended to create the mobility of the future in the Munich Metropolitan Region "Gemeinsam.Möglich.Machen" (meaningful translation to english: Make it possible together) - These are not just empty words, but the motto that MCube pursues. During the event, the focal points, the current projects but also possible difficulties were presented.
On the 2nd date of the MCube Speaker Series, bestselling author Katja Diehl got the audience thinking with a short reading from her book "AUTOKORREKTUR". This thinking was supported by the contribution of Katrin Habenschaden (2nd Mayor of Munich): What does mobility currently look like in Munich and what is the 2nd Mayor's vision for mobility in Munich? It became clear: there is still a lot to do for the future, but the first start has been made. The event took place in Cafe Luitpold on Monday, 23.05.2022, with an audience of around 200.
In the pop-up event location MUCBOOK CLUBHOUSE Franzi, Dr. Irene Feige (Head of Climate Strategy and Circular Economy at BWM) and Prof. Markus Lienkamp (mobility expert and Chair of Automotive Engineering at the Technical University of Munich) spoke in front of 70 guests on Thursday, 07.07.2022, on the topic of "Sustainable & Circular - Buzzwords or serious goal of the automotive industry?". Dr. Irene Feige provided interesting insights behind "the carrosserie" of the Bavarian car manufacturer and explained how the realignment of the entire value chain in BMW's production is to be designed. Prof. Markus Lienkamp presented the measurable effects of tomorrow's mobility, the great ecological and economic benefits of electric vehicles within sharing concepts, the beneficial effect of fully utilised public transport as well as the reduction of CO2 emissions when using electric mobility in comparison to the use of petrol or diesel vehicles in relation to the range. In summary, he summed it up with "avoid, shift, improve".
On Thursday, 21.07.2022, the last date of the event series in the summer semester 2022, the most famous ticket in Germany was discussed: The 9EUR ticket. Back in the transport centre of the Deutsches Museum, Dr. Markus Siewert (Head of TUM Think Tank), Fabienne Cantner and Allister Loder (TUM scientists) showed that they are taking the opportunity to research a real-lab experiment with the 9EUR Ticket: the study "Mobilität.Leben" (english: Mobility.Live) aims to gain insights into mobility and everyday activities in the year 2022. The interim results were convincing and the speaker Jana Kugoth (head of the Tagesspiegel editorial department) was also positive about the study. The 9EUR ticket has brought to light a debate for the restructuring of public transport, which she follows within her daily work at the mobility department of the Tagesspiegel. Finally, the interim results were visualised on a dashboard and interactively explained by Nico Nachtigall and Lennart Adenaw (TUM researchers).