{"id":164,"date":"2018-02-19T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:53:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/header-ueber_0951-bearb-sw.jpg&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;max-height:250px&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_center&#8221;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;34px&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0.08em&#8221; text_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0.08em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0.6em|1em|0.6em|1em&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;background: rgba(51,102,51,0.5);&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-0.8em|||&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Vision &amp; Pragmatism<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=&#8221;0.08em&#8221; text_text_shadow_vertical_length=&#8221;0.08em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0.6em|1em|0.6em|1em&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;background: rgba(51,102,51,0.5);&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-0.8em|||&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|on|on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Vision &amp; Pragmatism<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Personal profile<\/h2>\n<p>The basis for my knowledge and my approach to analyse problems and find solutions is my experience of more than 25 years of work as a transport planner in city administrations, mostly in leading position close to the political level. Therefore, I know the internal processes and views of municipalities as well as the perspectives of politics, stakeholders and the wider public, both on national level and on the level of the German federal states, their ministries and administrations. Thus, I am aware of and familiar with the challenges of turning ambitious goals and strategies into reality.<\/p>\n<p>However, I also know that it is possible to achieve these goals and strategies, applying a pragmatic step-by-step approach which accounts for the actual needs of people and cities and establishes the appropriate procedures. I am not connected to a political party, but I am used to thinking politically. I have worked successfully on the strategic level, thereby contributing to setting new agendas for sustainable transport policies in the cities I worked for. What is more, I also supported the realisation of these strategies by outlining and implementing concrete measures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-178\" src=\"http:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/dublin-2020.jpg\" alt=\"dublin-2020\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/dublin-2020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/dublin-2020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/dublin-2020-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through my work in several commissions, advisory boards and city networks I am very well connected with experts and stakeholders in Berlin and other German cities, on both the federal and the national Level in Germany, and also in other European cities. I know that achieving change in a sustainable way takes time and needs concepts and processes that are not always easy to implement. My goal is to use my competences and experiences in order to meet these challenges and I like to support those who also strive to achieve them.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Professional background<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Born 1961, living in Berlin<\/li>\n<li>During school and university strong commitment for action groups of civil society (e. g. environment, transport, cycling)<\/li>\n<li>University studies of urban planning at Kassel with main focus on transport planning, university degree in 1990<\/li>\n<li>1991-95 working as urban transport planner for the city of Kassel (focus on reorganization and reshaping of arterial roads, cycling strategy and infrastructure, expansion of tram network, urban logistics)<\/li>\n<li>1996 working as freelancing consultant for a transport planning consultancy in Hannover, focusing on developing and implementing a cycling strategy for the Federal Ministry of Transport<\/li>\n<li>1996-2008 head of transport planning at the city of G\u00f6ttingen, responsible for and working on a broad range of topics e. g. developing and implementing a general transport strategy for G\u00f6ttingen, reorganization of the bus network, cycling strategy and infrastructure, reorganization and reshaping of arterial roads, redesign of the pedestrian zone of G\u00f6ttingen, integration of mobility and transport issues in urban development strategies and measures2008-14 Head of the Transport Policies and Transport Development PlanningUnit at the Senate of Berlin, responsible e. g. for<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">o\u00a0\u00a0urban transport development plano\u00a0\u00a0new transport infrastructure (road and rail)o\u00a0\u00a0strategies for cycling, traffic safety, parking policies, urban logistics and speed limit policieso\u00a0\u00a0political positioning of the Senate of Berlin on national and international level concerning transport policyo\u00a0\u00a0implementing pilot projects, such as bike sharing system, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, campaigns for traffic safety\n<ul>\n<li>2014-17 Head of the Transport Division at the Senate Department for Transport and Urban Development, Berlin:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0transport policies and transport development planning<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0planning and design of public spaces and streets<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0public transport<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0road traffic authority (and other authorities of a federal state concerning transport), transport technology research<\/p>\n<p>o\u00a0\u00a0road and rail planning authority, air traffic authority<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since October 2017 freelancing consultant on urban transport policy and planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.92&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Additional information <a href=\"http:\/\/burkhardhorn.de\/en\/references\/\">can be found here.<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Vision &amp; Pragmatism Vision &amp; Pragmatism <div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Personal profile The basis for my knowledge and my approach to analyse problems and find solutions is my experience of more than 25 years of work as a transport planner in city administrations, mostly in leading position close to the political level. 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