Hans Hubschneider and Michael Sahling founded PTV Planungsbüro Transport and Verkehr GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Moreover, it operates a wide network of subsidiaries and associated companies that are located in France, Italy, the UK, Poland, Spain and Austria, and in countries outside of Europe, such as Dubai, China, the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico and Africa.

The company offers solutions[buzzword], data, consulting and research for topics like urban logistics, MaaS, autonomous driving, or sharing economy.

[13] 2015 PTV was coordinating the project BESTFACT with the aim to collect, develop, and publicise best practices and innovations in the field of freight transport and thus allow a broad use of this information.

[14] The aim of the project Modulushca, also coordinated by PTV, was to create a closer pan-European network for the logistics industry in close cooperation with its North American partners and the international Physical Internet Initiative.

[16] PTV is involved in the European FLOW project that focuses on urban road transport, analysing the role of pedestrians and cyclists.

[17] At IAA Commercial Vehicles 2010 in Hanover, Germany, PTV presented the results of the study on intelligent cargo systems.

A new routing method for urban transport has been developed by PTV as part of the CVIS project which is funded by the European Commission.

To this end, new driver assistance systems, information technologies, and software for efficient traffic management will be developed by the project team.

PTV AG is also a member of the ecoMove consortium and is involved in three of the six sub-projects, focussing on car-to-x-communication, cooperative, eco-friendly traffic management & control, and ecoFreight & Logistics.

[21] PTV is consortium partner of the research project for urban and autonomous freight logistics, efeuCampus in Bruchsal, funded by the European Union and the state Baden-Württemberg.