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Technological Perspectives and Scientific Challenges of Automatic Train Operation
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CSFM Seminar dedicated to exploring different technological perspectives and the remaining scientific questions around Automatic Train Operation
Measuring, modelling and simulation of cyclist route choice behavior
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- Doktorat D-BAUG
Public dissertation presentation by Adrian Meister.
Panel discussion on highway expansion
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- Mobility
The Student Sustainability Committee of ETH Zurich is organising a panel discussion on the motorway referendum. The panellists are Dr Marco Miotti (IfU), Lukas Ballo (IKG) and Kevin Riehl (IVT).
Main roads expansion will not reduce congestion
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The vote on the expansion of six sections of Swiss national roads at a cost of CHF 5.8 billion (including noise protection and treatment of road runoff) is the subject of controversial debate. Professor Eva Heinen, Dr Tasos Kouvelas and other mobility research experts give their views.
Some thoughts on the “smart city” and the role of first- and last mile transport in public transport networks
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TMP Seminar with Professor Jeppe Rich from the Technical University of Denmark.
Those who sow roads will reap traffic
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More and wider roads will not prevent traffic jams in medium to long term. Professor Eva Heinen explains the research situation at ETH Zurich.
Swiss railway and motorway paradise
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Because of the increasing mobility of the population some motorways in Switzerland are overloaded on a daily basis. Almost 50,000 hours of congestion were counted last year. Dr Anastasios Kouvelas from the Traffic Engineering Research Group (SVT) explains problems and possible solutions.
Coordinated traffic control for highway systems
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- Doktorat D-BAUG
Public dissertation presentation by Kimia Chavoshi Boroujeni.
Mobility, transportation, sustainable development, spatial planning and health
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Eva Heinen has been Professor of Transportation and Mobility Planning in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at ETH Zurich since July 2024. Her interdisciplinary research looks at mobility and transportation at the intersection of sustainable development, spatial planning and health.
Prix LITRA
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- Geomatik und Planung BSc
Matthias Andrews García receives the Prix LITRA for his work on time reduction potential through a continental-scale schedule optimisation of long-distance international passenger rail corridors in Europe. His bachelor thesis has been supervised by the Transportation Systems (TS) research group headed by Professor Francesco Corman.
NSL Forum & Cycling Research Board
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- Mobility
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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.
6th Graduate Training School on Intelligent Systems and Control
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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.
E-Bike City Zurich: A vision for sustainable transport
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- E-Bike City
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How would an E-Bike City change our everyday lives and the cityscape? And to what extend could the emissions be reduced? Input and discussion with Mr Gondini Ragatz from the Klima-Grosseltern association and project coordinator Ms Catherine Elliot.
The conservation of risk: Insights from Einstein at ETH Zurich
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- ETH Risk Center
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- IVT
Joint IVT + Risk Seminar with Professor Morteza Bagheri from the Transportation Systems and Logistics Lab (TSL) at Iran University of Science and Technology.
IATBR Lifetime Achievement Award
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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.
Human powered mobility made in Switzerland
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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?
Exchange in transport sciences Switzerland-Japan
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IVT Seminar with Professor Fumitaka Kurauchi and Du Ran from Gifu University, Professor Hiroe Ando from Kumamoto University and Professor Satoshi Sugiura from Hokkaido University.
MATSim User Meeting 2024
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- Mobility
A full day of MATSim will be held in conjunction with the 12th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART 2024) in Helsinki.
Advancing urban mobility - Emphasising walking and cycling
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Free webinar with Meredith Glaser from Ghent University, John Pritchard from the International Transport Forum (ITF), and Orla Campbell who is Head of Regions at Active Travel England.
Inverse optimization for routing problems
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IVT Seminar with Pedro Zattoni Scroccaro from TU Delft.
Dynamic data driven approaches for stochastic delay propagation avoidance in railways (DADA)
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Closing event featuring Professor Franceso Corman, Dr. Thomas Spanninger, Matej Jusup, Viera Klasovitá and Dr. Bernardo Martin-Iradi from ETH Zurich, Professor Alessio Trivella from the University of Twente and Dr. Mayra Bermudez from SBB.
Innovative mobility solutions
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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.
How cycling advocates want to get off the defensive
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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.
CSFM Symposium 2024
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The CSFM Symposium will address the importance of promoting interdisciplinary research and collaboration among all stakeholders to develop sustainable solutions for the mobility system.
Traffic safety impact and user acceptance of the smart connected bike
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- IVT
IVT Seminar with Georgios Kapousizis from the University of Twente.
24th Swiss Transport Research Conference
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Swiss transportation scientists' and spatial planners' annual conference.
A profile likelihood approach for detecting and avoiding poor local optima in choice model estimation
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IVT Seminar with Professor Stefan Hess from the University of Leeds.
Dynamic mobile sensing for resilient transportation infrastructures
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ETH Risk Center Resilience Webinar with Dr Xudong Jian from the FRS Singapore-ETH Center.
The German experiment with low flat rates for public transport: An economic and political evaluation
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IVT Seminar with Professor Tom Reinhold from traffiQ in Frankfurt.
Traffic congestion on Swiss roads: Recepies against gridlock
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Kevin Riehl explains the phenomenon of phantom traffic jam and Lukas Ambühl gives us a look into the future.
Life is not fair
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Kevin Riehl is discussing the importance of finding a socially feasible balance between efficiency and fairness when designing traffic demand policy for the road. And he wins the FameLab semifinal competition 2024. Congratulations!
Street fight
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The bicycle was once the number one means of transportation until it was pushed to the brink of insignificance by the car. Now the bicycle is back and has more political weight than it has been for a long time.
Envisioning a cycling-centric future: Urban traffic modeling and management for a bi-modal network
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Allocating dedicated road space to slow modes is considered an effective way toward a radical modal shift. By exploiting traffic flow theoretical knowledge, convenient models can be developed to help evaluate the influence of such a large-scale transformation on network traffic performance. Novel strategies for bi-modal urban traffic management can also be proposed to solve congestion.
Lessons from the design of integrated on-demand transit systems in two cities
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IVT Seminar with Professor Greg Erhardt from the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
Factors influencing the adoption and charging of electric vehicles
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CSFM Seminar co-organized with the Center for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) looking at latest research on factors influencing the adoption and charging of electric vehicles.
How will the railway look like in 2050?
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Many aspects contribute to the further development of the technologies, but no single game changer could be identified. Developments are expected in automation; revolutionary changes are perceived as unlikely.
Optimization of shared on-demand transportation
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Public dissertation presentation by Zahra Ghandeharioun.
Bicycle quarrel: Who owns the road?
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Cycling is an important part of the mobility transition. However, there is a lack of space for safe road usage whether on foot, by bike or in a car.
E-Bike City: A vision of future road traffic
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What would happen if we radically redistributed road space in our cities? The 'E-Bike City' project at ETH Zurich is investigating this question.
Railway Summer Camp 2024
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Interested in the railway system? Engineers give students an insight into the railway industry. Register now!
Accessibility for all to unlock sustainable mobility in Accra and Kumasi: A gendered approach
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- ISTP Colloquium
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ISTP Colloquium with Dr. Brilé Anderson, from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Environmental Economist at Sahel and West Africa Club.
Motorists should make way for two-wheelers in Zurich
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E-Bike City: A way to solve the climate problem? Ideological action? Transport policy?
Zurich may remove parking spaces for cycle paths
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The city is allowed to remove 16 white car parking spaces for a cycle path in Schwamendingen. The Administrative Court has rejected an appeal against this.
Train timetable rescheduling
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State-of-the-art approaches and future research directions
Enhancing decision-making in railway maintenance and inspection through the integration of on-board monitoring (OBM) technique into infrastructure management
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- Civil engineering
- Doktorat D-BAUG
Public dissertation presentation by Tzu-Hao Yan.
Pushing cars out of the city?
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Radically remodelling the road network with the so-called "E-Bike City" lighthouse project. Will it be tight for cars?
Ways towards sustainable urban mobility
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- Sustainable Future Mobility
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Transport planning in the OECD countries is at a challenged-stage due to the success of their car-road-systems threatening to miss their agreed climate goals. The event will discuss the potential of micro-mobility and micro-mobility friendly cities & suburbs to make a difference and to offer a way out of our current dilemma.
Urban resilience during the global pandemic
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- Urban design
ETH Risk Center's public Resilience Webinar with Dr Siqi Songi from the Singapore-ETH Center.
New professor for transportation and mobility planning
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Eva Heinen research focuses on the mobility sector, specifically on sustainable development, transport planning, spatial planning, non-motorized traffic, and health.
Visions and dilemmas
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Professor Kay Axhausen's farewell lecture