Relevant trends, Influencing factors and key factors regarding transport research analysis

A summary of Mega-trends and trends relevant for the research issue by using enquiry of trend reports, trend conferences, all media channels, monitoring of relevant indicators, the non-directional search (scanning) for signs of influential developments, and relevant influencing factors. The influencing factors will be evaluated by context analysis, pointing out different perspectives (e.g. mobile phones can be investigated by the possibilities of technical factors and by the future usage). The other method to evaluate the influencing factors will be a Delphi-survey, a structured survey of stakeholder groups getting a lot of expert opinions.