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University of West Bohemia, Univerzitni 8, Pilsen 30100, Czech Republic

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Land transport can no longer meet the requirements. European transport can be described by these words −crowded motorways and cities, dangerous emissions, ubiquitous traffic accidents, delays, expensive railways. Solutions are being sought to transfer a large part of passengers and especially freight transport to (high-speed) rail, and efforts are moving towards electromobility, car-sharing, 5G-connectivity, autonomous driving, MaaS (Mobility as a Service)-coordinated transport or hyperloop-type solutions. However, all these solutions have additional challenges and limitations. Solutions are not being searched where they really exist—in the mutual adaptation of road and rail vehicles and their deep cooperation. The ComplexTrans project shows that simply adapting the dimensions and functions of road and rail vehicles can eliminate (or at least significantly reduce) all the problems of existing land transport. The main features of the ComplexTrans system are sufficient parking spaces, reduction of urban and non-urban congestion, electric vehicles with unlimited range and cheaper than standard cars, cheaper and more accessible battery charging, “autonomous ride”, solving the overlap between passenger and freight rail transport and making it self-financing, transferring intercity freight transport to rail, replacing part of continental air transport and many others. The cost-effective and clustered individual transport and individualised public transport of the ComplexTrans system also bring very significant reductions in the risk of transmission of covid-19 and other contagious diseases during transport.

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land transport, intermodal transport, mixed transport, road and rail transport, passenger and freight transport, city transport, intercity transport, private transport, public transport, MaaS, covid prevention in public transport, e-mobility, autonomous ride, car parking, traffic density reduction, platooning, range extender, battery exchange, energy need reduction, CO2 emissions reduction, V2G, transport and energy sector cooperation, energy safety.

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