NEW MOBILITY NOW
Issue 02/2023
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Issue 02/2023
How will we get around in the future? With the Mobility Plan D, the city of Düsseldorf is focusing on specific measures for the mobility transformation by 2030. In order for this to succeed, companies, startups, research initiatives and politics are working together.
Düsseldorf wants to be climate neutral by 2035. Transport, with a share of around one third of CO2 emissions, is an important factor in achieving this goal. In our interview, Jochen Kral, head of the city's mobility department, explains the measures aimed at achieving the transport transformation.
When it comes to the transformation of urban mobility, the bicycle is key to a climate-friendly solution. The city of Düsseldorf and companies based here are also called upon to establish the bike as a genuine alternative to the car.
How will we get around in the future? Ideally faster, safer, increasingly equally – and with less emissions. Startups and transport companies are already using digital tools and AI to optimise urban mobility for everyone.
Last November it was finally confirmed: the German Photo Institute is coming to Düsseldorf. The plan is to establish a photography centre of excellence in a city that can not only look back on a long tradition of this art form, but also has a lot to offer on the entrepreneurial side.
The right idea at the right time: probably the most decisive aspect for a successful startup. But for a strong idea to really become a strong company, more is needed. Experienced partners, for example, who provide impetus and pave the way. Since 2020, the Startup Unit of the Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf has been supporting young founders on their way to entrepreneurship. And apparently quite successfully, because the startup scene on the Rhine is booming. Around 500 startups are currently providing fresh ideas and modern solutions in Düsseldorf – across all sectors.The three companies we are presenting to you today also come from the most diverse sectors: an app for better language skills, a fast and flexible logistics service provider, and a legal tech company that aims to make „getting justice“ easy. And yet the stories of the three show how similar the impulse to found a company usually is: it is the strong will to create a new solution for a problem in your own field. Introducing: Grammario, Pick & Pack 24 and RightNow.
Since mid 2022, Mona Neubaur has been Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy as well as Deputy Minister President of the State of NRW. The minister spoke with VIVID editor Rainer Kunst about how climate neutrality and secure, affordable energy supply can go hand in hand, how NRW can remain competitive and how she maintains her own enthusiasm and optimism in the face of all the challenges.
In late 2022, Olivier Grosjean became the founder and owner of the delicatessen “Chez Olivier”. At Hermannstraße 24 in Flingern, he presents selected natural and organic wines, champagne, raw milk cheeses from the Haut-Doubs as well as artisanal delicatessen products – all of which come with an intriguing tale, because Olivier gets the products from trusted contacts in his native France, which he regularly travels to. Olivier made Düsseldorf his home, however, some 20 years ago.
There is no question that Walid El Sheik is a big name in Düsseldorf. The entrepreneur and art lover, investor and consultant is one of the best-known and most successful restaurateurs.
The increasingly digitalised world of work not only poses growing technical challenges – certain social skills are also more in demand than ever. Yasmin Weiß is an expert in digital education and in our interview she talks about the opportunities this development offers.