Fond farewell to Vienna’s Type E Straßenbahn

On July 25, 2016, Posted by , in Life, tags , , With No Comments

As Wiener Linien transitions their fleet over to fully accessible transit vehicles, the Type E’s are making their last journeys. To the scrap yard.  {Edit! Some of the Type E’s have been renovated to a low floor design and are rumbling around Krakow. Railway Gazette article HERE. } Of course,…

ERSA 56th Congress in Vienna | Registration now open

On April 26, 2016, Posted by , in Research, tags , , With No Comments

WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business will host this year’s ERSA Congress, August 23-26.  The registration portal is now open, and the program offerings include pre-conference workshops including strategies for managing the research project workflow using open source software, getting your research published, and communicating research to decision-makers and the…

New Transit Ridership Records in Vienna!

On February 22, 2016, Posted by , in Life, tags , , With No Comments

Wiener Linien, Vienna’s public transit provider, recently blasted the press with headlines about their record ridership figures for 2015. The catchiest one? More people in Vienna now carry a Jahreskarte (annual pass) than there are registered vehicles in the city. 700,000 people signed up for the annual pass program for…