It’s that time of year again—the season when the Wrapped playlists and yearly summaries from music apps fill social media. People eagerly share which songs they’ve listened to the most and how often over the past year. But I don’t join in anymore, not because I dislike the trend but because I have nothing new…
In my hometown of Magdeburg, today’s buses are diesel-powered, but once upon a time, trolleybuses (or “Oberleitungs-Busse”) were a common sight. These electric vehicles disappeared in the 1970s, long before I could experience them firsthand. While Germany currently debates ways to create emissions-free public transport, the option of trolleybuses is rarely considered. Yet, a look…
Indeed, indeed, dear reader, my suffering as a passenger has been so profound, so wretchedly acute, that I found myself compelled to convey my sorrows in the only manner befitting such a torment: in verse, with the reluctant aid of a modern invention, a creation of wires and algorithms known as artificial intelligence. I dare…
From my perspective traveling by train has many advantages over driving a car. For me, on the route from Magdeburg to Braunschweig, the train is a better choice because I can avoid the annoying traffic jams on the highway (A2). This journey not only has environmental benefits and saves time compared to driving by car,…
As a commuter, I know very well how important the „last mile“ is. Every morning I think about how to get to my almost beloved RB40 from Magdeburg to Braunschweig. The „last mile“ describes the distance from the last stop of public transport to the final destination. Often, this short distance is crucial in deciding…
I have to admit that the car is my least favorite way of transportation, but because of luxury and status, I own one of these new and modern electric cars. You can argue about the sense of electric cars, but it’s not the type of engine (electric motor) that is debatable, but rather the energy…
When I recently returned from my birthday breakfast in Berlin, I received a warning message on my phone during my journey on the S7 train towards Potsdam. The phone lit up and displayed a fire warning, even though I was not near the reported incident. Somehow, though, it seemed that the rest of the train…
According to a study by a competence center for skilled labor (KOFA Kompetenzzentrum Fachkräftesicherung), the skills gap in 2023 decreased by nearly ten percent compared to the previous year. This means there were about 62,000 fewer open positions for which no suitably qualified unemployed people were available, totaling around 570,000 positions. Particularly pleasing is that…
I have to admit that buses and trains were not a passion I could trace back to my childhood interests. Born in the eastern part of a divided Germany where owning a car was a luxury, taking the train was always just a means to get from point A to point B. In theory, mobility…