diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63664c8..a951f88 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ JAR := matsim-$(N)-*.jar
 osmosis := osmosis/bin/osmosis
 germany := ../shared-svn/projects/matsim-germany
 shared := ../shared-svn/projects/DiTriMo
-lausitz := ../public-svn/matsim/scenarios/countries/de/lausitz/lausitz-$V
+lausitz := ../public-svn/matsim/scenarios/countries/de/lausitz/input/$V
 
 MEMORY ?= 20G
 SUMO_HOME ?= $(abspath ../../sumo-1.18.0/)
@@ -98,37 +98,37 @@ input/plans-longHaulFreight.xml.gz: input/$V/$N-$V-network.xml.gz
 input/commercialFacilities.xml.gz:
 	$(sc) prepare create-data-distribution-of-structure-data\
 	 --outputFacilityFile $@\
-	 --outputDataDistributionFile input/dataDistributionPerZone.csv\
+	 --outputDataDistributionFile $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/dataDistributionPerZone.csv\
 	 --landuseConfiguration useOSMBuildingsAndLanduse\
- 	 --regionsShapeFileName input/shp/commercialTraffic/lausitz_regions_25832.shp\
+ 	 --regionsShapeFileName $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/lausitz_regions_25832.shp\
 	 --regionsShapeRegionColumn "GEN"\
-	 --zoneShapeFileName input/shp/commercialTraffic/lausitz_zones_25832.shp\
+	 --zoneShapeFileName $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/lausitz_zones_25832.shp\
 	 --zoneShapeFileNameColumn "GEN"\
-	 --buildingsShapeFileName $(berlin)/input/shp/commercialTraffic/lausitz_buildings_25832.shp\
+	 --buildingsShapeFileName $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/lausitz_buildings_25832.shp\
 	 --shapeFileBuildingTypeColumn "building"\
-	 --landuseShapeFileName $(berlin)/input/shp/commercialTraffic/lausitz_landuse_25832.shp\
+	 --landuseShapeFileName $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/lausitz_landuse_25832.shp\
 	 --shapeFileLanduseTypeColumn "landuse"\
 	 --shapeCRS "EPSG:25832"\
-	 --pathToInvestigationAreaData input/commercialTrafficAreaData.csv
+	 --pathToInvestigationAreaData $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/commercialTrafficAreaData.csv
 # generate small scale commercial traffic
 input/lausitz-small-scale-commercialTraffic-$V-100pct.plans.xml.gz: input/$V/$N-$V-network.xml.gz input/commercialFacilities.xml.gz
 	$(sc) prepare generate-small-scale-commercial-traffic\
-	  input/$V/berlin-$V.config.xml\
-	 --pathToDataDistributionToZones input/dataDistributionPerZone.csv\
-	 --pathToCommercialFacilities $(notdir $(word 2,$^))\
+	  input/$V/lausitz-$V-100pct.config.xml\
+	 --pathToDataDistributionToZones $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/dataDistributionPerZone.csv\
+	 --pathToCommercialFacilities $(word 2,$^)\
 	 --sample 1.0\
 	 --jspritIterations 10\
 	 --creationOption createNewCarrierFile\
-	 --network $(notdir $<)\
+	 --network $<\
 	 --smallScaleCommercialTrafficType completeSmallScaleCommercialTraffic\
-	 --zoneShapeFileName input/shp/commercialTraffic/lausitz_zones_25832.shp\
+	 --zoneShapeFileName $(shared)/data/commercial_traffic/input/commercialTraffic/lausitz_zones_25832.shp\
 	 --zoneShapeFileNameColumn "GEN"\
 	 --shapeCRS "EPSG:25832"\
 	 --numberOfPlanVariantsPerAgent 5\
-	 --nameOutputPopulation $(notdir $@)\
+	 --nameOutputPopulation $@\
 	 --pathOutput output/commercialPersonTraffic
 
-	mv output/commercialPersonTraffic/$(notdir $@) $@
+	mv output/commercialPersonTraffic/$@ $@
 
 
 # trajectory-to-plans formerly was a collection of methods to prepare a given population
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ input/$V/$N-$V-100pct.plans-initial.xml.gz: input/plans-longHaulFreight.xml.gz i
 	 --range 700\
  	 --num-trips 324430
 
-#	adapt coords of activitzies in the wider network such that they are closer to a link
+#	adapt coords of activities in the wider network such that they are closer to a link
 # 	such that agents do not have to walk as far as before
 	$(sc) prepare adjust-activity-to-link-distances input/$V/prepare-100pct.plans-with-trips.xml.gz\
 	 --shp input/shp/lausitz.shp --shp-crs $(CRS)\
@@ -180,11 +180,11 @@ input/$V/$N-$V-100pct.plans-initial.xml.gz: input/plans-longHaulFreight.xml.gz i
 #	split activity types to type_duration for the scoring to take into account the typical duration
 	$(sc) prepare split-activity-types-duration\
 		--input $@\
-		--exclude commercial_start,commercial_end,freight_start,freight_end\
+		--exclude commercial_start,commercial_end,freight_start,freight_end,service\
 		--output $@
 
 #	merge person and freight pops
-	$(sc) prepare merge-populations $@ $< --output $@
+	$(sc) prepare merge-populations $@ $< $(word 3,$^) --output $@
 
 	$(sc) prepare downsample-population $@\
     	 --sample-size 1\
diff --git a/input/commercialTrafficAreaData.csv b/input/commercialTrafficAreaData.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f504a8..0000000
--- a/input/commercialTrafficAreaData.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Region	Inhabitants	Employee	Employee Primary Sector	Employee Construction	Employee Secondary Sector Rest	Employee Retail	Employee Traffic/Parcels	Employee Tertiary Sector Rest
-Bautzen	299758	145078	2701	12463	36673	15557	7815	69868
-Cottbus	99678	62019	187	3075	3634	6942	3488	44693
-Dahme-Spreewald	170791	78060	2194	6992	9308	13425	6744	39396
-Dresden	556780	340806	586	15705	40528	39574	19880	224533
-Elbe-Elster	101827	44717	1985	4203	9319	4345	2183	22682
-Frankfurt-Oder	57751	38509	310	2283	1603	3507	1762	29045
-Görlitz	252725	115613	2238	9505	26917	10710	5380	60862
-Meißen	241717	115169	2928	10486	27393	13440	6752	54171
-Nordsachsen	197741	93857	2965	9733	17189	13723	6894	43353
-Oberspreewald-Lausitz	109371	49738	1001	5564	9568	5435	2731	25439
-Oder-Spree	178803	73039	1539	8110	12055	8685	4363	38288
-Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	245586	103594	2754	11101	24413	10499	5274	49553
-Spree-Neiße	113720	45390	1904	5592	11473	4768	2395	19257
-Teltow-Fläming	169997	80279	1922	6596	17450	12224	6141	35946
-Wittenberg	124953	53522	1884	4927	13011	5727	2877	25096
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LausitzScenario.java b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LausitzScenario.java
index 9d85956..f9c5445 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LausitzScenario.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/matsim/run/LausitzScenario.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 public class LausitzScenario extends MATSimApplication {
 
 	public static final String VERSION = "1.1";
+	private static final String FREIGHT = "freight";
 
 	@CommandLine.Mixin
 	private final SampleOptions sample = new SampleOptions( 100, 25, 10, 1);
@@ -149,10 +150,10 @@ protected void prepareScenario(Scenario scenario) {
 			Set<String> modes = link.getAllowedModes();
 
 			// allow freight traffic together with cars
-			if (modes.contains("car")) {
+			if (modes.contains(TransportMode.car)) {
 				Set<String> newModes = Sets.newHashSet(modes);
-				newModes.add("freight");
-				newModes.add("truck");
+				newModes.add(FREIGHT);
+				newModes.add(TransportMode.truck);
 
 				link.setAllowedModes(newModes);
 			}
@@ -173,8 +174,8 @@ public void install() {
 				addTravelTimeBinding(TransportMode.ride).to(networkTravelTime());
 				addTravelDisutilityFactoryBinding(TransportMode.ride).to(carTravelDisutilityFactoryKey());
 
-				addTravelTimeBinding("freight").to(Key.get(TravelTime.class, Names.named(TransportMode.truck)));
-				addTravelDisutilityFactoryBinding("freight").to(Key.get(TravelDisutilityFactory.class, Names.named(TransportMode.truck)));
+				addTravelTimeBinding(FREIGHT).to(Key.get(TravelTime.class, Names.named(TransportMode.truck)));
+				addTravelDisutilityFactoryBinding(FREIGHT).to(Key.get(TravelDisutilityFactory.class, Names.named(TransportMode.truck)));
 //				we do not need to add SwissRailRaptor explicitely! this is done in core
 			}
 
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ public void install() {
 	 */
 	public static void prepareCommercialTrafficConfig(Config config) {
 
-		Set<String> modes = Set.of("freight", "truck");
+		Set<String> modes = Set.of(FREIGHT, TransportMode.truck);
 
 		modes.forEach(mode -> {
 			ScoringConfigGroup.ModeParams thisModeParams = new ScoringConfigGroup.ModeParams(mode);
@@ -199,13 +200,13 @@ public static void prepareCommercialTrafficConfig(Config config) {
 		Set<String> networkModes = new HashSet<>(config.routing().getNetworkModes());
 		config.routing().setNetworkModes(Sets.union(networkModes, modes));
 
-		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("commercial_start").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60));
-		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("commercial_end").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60));
-		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("service").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60));
-		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("start").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60));
-		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("end").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60));
-		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("freight_start").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60));
-		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("freight_end").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("commercial_start").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60.));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("commercial_end").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60.));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("service").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60.));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("start").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60.));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("end").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60.));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("freight_start").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60.));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("freight_end").setTypicalDuration(30 * 60.));
 
 		//TODO: add freight and remove from config or change freight subpopulation and mode for long distance freight
 		for (String subpopulation : List.of("commercialPersonTraffic", "commercialPersonTraffic_service", "goodsTraffic")) {