IVT News Channel (EN)
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Traffic, human behaviour, activity location and accessibility aimed to be communicated to the public.
Traffic Forecasting Christmas and New Year 2017/2018
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- Press release
- News
- Mobility
Christmas time is just around the corner. Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands are going to have holidays from 21 December 2017 till 7 January 2018.
Simplyfing Mobility
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- News
- Press release
- Mobility
The Federal Council plans to facilitate mobility through access to information systems.
Demand-Based Parking Prices
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- News
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
In San Francisco citywide.
Driverless buses trial operation in Shenzhen
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- Mobility
Four smart buses began a trial operation in Futian Bonded Zone in Shenzhen on Saturday.
No Nationwide Coach Services
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- Press release
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No nationwide coach services as per the new timetable change in December 2017.
Mobility Must Be Questioned
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- Mobility
Why autonomous cars will not impede traffic congestions, and why we should make use of combined mobility.
Spatial Development and Transport Systems
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- Mobility
- Spatial planning
Autonomous vehicles - Prospects and risks for spatial development
"Switzerland: Paradise for Transportation Enthusiasts"
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- Mathematics
- Civil engineering
- Mobility
Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman about development and future of transport systems.
Reforming Regional Passenger Traffic
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- Press release
- Mobility
Two versions promise long-term assurance for the Swiss regional passenger traffic.
Mass Evacuation at the Desktop PC
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- Mobility
How to route masses of people with minimal complications.
Swiss Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
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- Press release
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
Federal biodiversity policy, agriculture, spatial planning, transport and economic development.
Autonomous cars and zero marginal cost transport economy
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- Mobility
Pieter Fourie about large-scale, agent-based transport demand models for Singapore.
Public transit mapping on multi-modal networks in MATSim
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- News
- Mobility
- Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme MSc
- Master-Studierende
Master's thesis has been awarded by the VSS 2017 price.
Cityways
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- Mobility
- Urban design
The MIT Senseable City Lab unveils recreational movement in urban areas.
Researching the Cities of the Future
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- Mobility
- Urban design
The tropical city of Singapore should become cooler, more liveable and more environmentally friendly.
Mobility Pricing
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- Mobility
Mobility pricing balances traffic peaks and optimizes utilisation on roads and rails.
Traffic Forecasting Summer 2017
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- Press release
- Mobility
Travellers have to expect main congestions north and southbound, corresponding idle times, as well.
Autonomous Vehicles on the Fast Lane?
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Actual digitalisation and automation in the transportation sector.
Increasing Traffic Congestions
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Due to capacity overload and accidents on Swiss national roads.
Bike to the future in Leeds and Delft
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- Architecture
- Urban design
Engaging Mobility Blog: Two occasions in May 2017 to present our ongoing work on cycling and virtual reality.
Agent based modeling conference in Sao Paulo
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Engaging Mobility Blog: Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Sytems (AAMAS 2017) conference in Sao Paulo.
New Assistant Professor for Transport Systems
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- News
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Dr Francesco Corman has been appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor.
The Swiss are Airborne 9000km per Year
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- News
- Press release
- Mobility
Micro Census Mobility and Traffic 2015.
Uber Elevate
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Fast-forwarding to the future of on-demand, urban air transportation.
Parkageddon
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- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
How not to create traffic jams, pollution and urban sprawl.
A Congestion Researcher, that is what I am
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Being stuck in congestion southbound before Easter is nothing to be surprised about.
What do Historical Traffic Maps Unveil?
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- Spatial planning
Implications of traffic routes on region, society and economy.
Smart Cities 2.0
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- Spatial planning
- Urban design
Data and technology in order to tackle the persistent problems of city living.
Freight and Passenger Drones in Singapore
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Unmanned parcel-delivery drone trial in Singapore, one that could be extended to transporting passengers too.
The Vertical City in Singapore
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- Spatial planning
- Urban design
What will life be like living high in the sky?
Impact of Car-sharing in Switzerland
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Catch a Car is an innovative car-sharing choice and a Mobility subsidiary.
Clear Vision Required
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PT and car-sharing blend: The SBB Green Class.
Treffpunkt Science City
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- Civil engineering
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Guided tour: Railway practice.
Economic implications of accessibility and high speed Internet
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Effects, current findings and open questions - presented and summarised from the BBSR.
Smarter ways forward
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Making our cities move more efficiently matters and this is why Uber wants to provide access to anonymized data from over 2 billion trips.
The Illusion – Switzerland without Traffic-jams
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Roadwork enhancements increase traffic and create new congestions.
Switzerland's Planning
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- Spatial planning
The exhibition shows the long-lasting path of land-use in Switzerland.
Full Impact of Car-lite Drive in 10 to 15 Years
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- Spatial planning
The push is on, with new laws in place, plus the authorities installing paths, ramps and connectors for two-wheelers.
Automation and Digitization
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Interesting perspectives for the Swiss traffic system.
Open Data for Public Transportation Services
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- Mobility
The Swiss Federal Council sets preconditions for public transportation real-time applications.
Smart Car Park
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Electronically controlled and dynamic price system.
Demand oriented pricing for scarce resources
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New urban structures and unintended mobility side-effects.
Big Data – Mobility
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Which traffic problems cannot be resolved by Big Data?
Does greater mobility mean more and more traffic?
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- Zukunftsblog
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Rapid transport of people and goods is a growing demand as well as an economic necessity.
Using virtual reality to envision a car-lite future
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- Urban design
Bike to the Future, an exhibit by Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), was returning for its second run at the PARK(ing) Day.
2030 Transportation: Will we all be passengers soon?
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Will our houses be connected to autonomous transport systems? Let's have a seat.
Simulation and optimisation of support for scheduling
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Research work currently ongoing at the IVT in Zurich is aiming to go a step further in providing algorithmic support for scheduling.
Prix LITRA 2016: Young Mobility Experts Award
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The 80th LITRA general meeting awarded this year's winners of the LITRA price.
Burying a 1950s Planning Disaster
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- Spatial planning
- Urban design
The partial removal of the Inner Loop might make Rochester, New York, the city that finally breaks a ruinous mid-century mold.
Learning from Havana
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New summer school in Cuba "Learning from Havana".
MATSim – The Book
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The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim available as open access publication.
80km/h Speed Limit vs. Congestion
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On some Swiss motorways 80km/h speed limit is supposed to support the traffic flow. ETH expert Monica Menendez explains how.
WCTRS Award 2016: Traffic Management, Operations and Control
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M. Jakob, M. Menendez and J. Cao received the Topic Area C Award for their paper A dynamic macroscopic parking pricing model.
BLS Backshop
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The IVT elaborated a second opinion for the planned BLS backshop, which has been published by the City of Berne on July 8th 2016.
EcoSuiza 2016
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Dr. Monica Menendez participated in EcoSuiza 2016, a program sponsored by the Swiss Embassy in Argentina to promote Swiss sustainable practices in Latin America.
Advantages of Autonomous Vehicles Are Relevant
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Autonomous cars will imply an extensive transportation system remodelling and lead the debate in transport policy.
Bicycle infrastructure in Singapore: An overview
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Cycling is one of the most space efficient and sustainable mode of transportation in cities.
New ways to count pedestrians
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Experiences from a pedestrian counting experiment with Placemeter.
Zurich: Where People Are Welcome and Cars Are Not
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When it comes to transportation options and smart city planning, you can argue Zurich, Switzerland takes the top prize in the world.
Staus werden sich nie ganz vermeiden lassen
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Der Schweiz fehlt es an einem verkehrspolitischen Ziel, sagt der international tätige Fachmann Axhausen. Er bezweifelt auch, dass sich Verkehrsspitzen nachhaltig brechen lassen.