Professor Kay Axhausen received the IATBR Lifetime Achievement Award for fundamental and sustained contributions to travel behaviour research and influenced transportists through his writings, teaching, service and nurturing of younger professionals.
Plans for a national walking strategy are currently being discussed in Germany. The Swiss have been pursuing such a strategy already for over 20 years. What is the success rate?
The city of Zurich aims to reduce car traffic to 20 per cent and increase public transport, walking and cycling to a total of 80 per cent. Public transport is prioritized in the city of Zurich. This and other mobility solutions can be found in the research project Compass: Development and change processes for everyday mobility in regional future labs.
Supporters of the mobility transition do not want to be the car-haters anymore and deprive driving pleasures and parking spaces. Cycling pays off for commuters and businesses, they argue.
Three days networking opportunities for planners, architects, engineers, but also academics, policy makers, and engaged citizens to discuss the development of the city and its transport system.
The KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (KIOS CoE) at the University of Cyprus in collaboration with the Imperial College London organizes a training school with emphasis on the monitoring, control and security of intelligent systems and networks.
