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Technological Perspectives and Scientific Challenges of Automatic Train Operation
- CSFM
- External
- Events
- IVT
CSFM Seminar dedicated to exploring different technological perspectives and the remaining scientific questions around Automatic Train Operation
6th Graduate Training School on Intelligent Systems and Control
- External
- Past Events
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
- External
- E-Bike City
- Past Events
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.
MATSim User Meeting 2024
- External
- Past Events
- 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
- External
- Past Events
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.
Innovative mobility solutions
- News
- External
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.
CSFM Symposium 2024
- CSFM
- External
- Past Events
The CSFM Symposium will address the importance of promoting interdisciplinary research and collaboration among all stakeholders to develop sustainable solutions for the mobility system.
24th Swiss Transport Research Conference
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
Swiss transportation scientists' and spatial planners' annual conference.
Dynamic mobile sensing for resilient transportation infrastructures
- ETH Risk Center
- External
- Past Events
ETH Risk Center Resilience Webinar with Dr Xudong Jian from the FRS Singapore-ETH Center.
Envisioning a cycling-centric future: Urban traffic modeling and management for a bi-modal network
- IVT
- News
- E-Bike City
- External
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.
Factors influencing the adoption and charging of electric vehicles
- CSFM Seminar Series
- Events
- External
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.
Bicycle quarrel: Who owns the road?
- Media
- News
- E-Bike City
- External
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
- Media
- IVT
- News
- E-Bike City
- External
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
- External
- News
- Mobility
- Civil engineering
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
- External
- ISTP Colloquium
- Past Events
- Mobility
ISTP Colloquium with Dr. Brilé Anderson, from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Environmental Economist at Sahel and West Africa Club.
Ways towards sustainable urban mobility
- External
- Past Events
- Sustainable Future Mobility
- Mobility
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
- SEC
- External
- Past Events
- Urban design
ETH Risk Center's public Resilience Webinar with Dr Siqi Songi from the Singapore-ETH Center.
External costs of transport as a tool to achieve sustainable mobility
- External
- Past Events
- Sustainable Future Mobility
- CSFM Seminar Series
CSFM Seminar with Josephine Leuba and Nicole Mathys from the Federal Office For Spatial Development (ARE), as well as with Thomas Heck from the Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI).
The future of mobility: The quest for smart and sustainable transportation systems
- D-BAUG
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
D-BAUG Spotlight Seminar Series with Dr Maria Laura Delle Monache from UC Berkeley.
Providing health care recommendations and innovative solutions to fight the coronavirus disease 2019
- News
- External
- Past Events
Do not miss the press conference from the Swiss National Sciene Foundation of the NRP 78 Covid-19 project which is going to be available as online stream on Tuesday 14 November at 9:30.
Insights on propagation of congestion in urban transportation networks
- ETH Risk Center
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Risk Center Seminar Series featuring Professor Meisam Akbarzadeh from the Isfahan University of Technology in Iran. He will talk about urban transportation systems which are prone to recurrent and non-recurrent congestions, and further he shows how to investigate patterns of congestion in real-world cities.
D-BAUG Research Day 2023
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
On 26 October 2023, the Association of Scientific Staff invites all students, researchers and professors to the department's annual “Meet & Share” event. Doctoral students from 10 Institutes will present selected case studies to illustrate the many ways in which research at D-BAUG helps engineer a more sustainable future. Keynotes will be given by Professors Eleni Chatzi and Max Maurer. Don't miss this exciting event and the apéro afterwards!
The transition to electric vehicles: Implications for public revenues and funding of roads
- External
- CSFM
- Past Events
- Sustainable Future Mobility
- CSFM Seminar Series
CSFM Seminar co-organized together with the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy featuring Bessie Noll from the Energy and Technology Policy Group (EPG), Dr Betsy Sandoval Guzman from the Vehicle Systems Group at Empa, Alessio Levis from the International Political Economy and Environmental Politics group (IPEEP), and Roman Rosenfellner from the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO).
Urban development, mobility, and transport: How can they really be coordinated?
- External
- ISTP Colloquium
- Past Events
- Mobility
ISTP Colloquium with Regina Witter from the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE) where she is deputy head of agglomeration traffic.
1st ODTP Technical Workshop
- CSFM
- External
- Past Events
- Sustainable Future Mobility
- Digital Twin Workshop Series
The CSFM organizes the first technical workshop of the Open Digital Twin Platform (ODTP) of the Swiss Mobility System.
From conflict to romance: The science, policy, and sustainability of diamond traceability
- External
- ISTP Colloquium
- Past Events
- Ethics
- Political science
ISTP Colloquium with Dr Laurent Cartier from the Swiss Gemmological Institute (SSEF) about requirements on risks and transparency for mineral supply chains.
Data-driven and empirical research for emerging mixed traffic of automated vehicles and human-driven vehicles
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Workshop at the 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE ITSC-2023).
2023 SVI Research Symposium
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Ongoing research and results of recently completed projects from various transportation disciplines.
2023 IEEE International Conference on Digital Twin
- CSFM
- External
- Past Events
- Digital Twin Workshop Series
The CSFM is co-organizing IEEE Digital Twin 2023 as part of the Digital Twin Workshop Series.
Global Smart Cities Summit & 3rd International Conference on Urban Informatics
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
- Urban design
- Computer and information technology
The Global Smart Cities Summit & the 3rd International Conference on Urban Informatics (GSCS & ICUI 2023) will be held in Hong Kong on 20-23 August 2023.
Bridging Transportation Researchers Conference
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
At zero cost, and practically zero carbon, BTR brings transportation engineers, planners, and policymakers together globally by removing the burden of travel and joining each other online.
The road of the future
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Architecture
Mobility and sustainability on the Hönggerberg campus of ETH Zurich. A guided tour by Campus Services shows how the Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse is being redesigned.
E-Bike City Colloquium
- D-BAUG
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
This colloquium will not only present the preliminary results, but also actively involve the participants in shaping the research questions from the D-BAUG lighthouse project E-Bike City conducted by its seven research groups. With various presentations and workshops, the researchers, experts and stakeholders will deepen their research topics and methods and, wherever possible, involve them in the research process.
Center for Sustainable Future Mobility
- CSFM
- External
- Past Events
- Sustainable Future Mobility
Symposium 2023 with Kristin Szadkowski (Volkswagen AG), Gianluca Ambrosetti (Synhelion SA), Roland Moser (SBB), Andreas Mehlhorn (Siemens Mobility) and researchers from ETH Zurich.
Traffic forecast for the upcoming holidays
- News
- External
- Mobility
In view of the upcoming public holidays, traffic on Swiss roads is expected to be busy again. The extended weekends over Ascension Day, Whitsun and the Feast of Corpus Christi are particularly prone to traffic jams.
23rd Swiss Transport Research Conference
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
Swiss transportation scientists' and spatial planners' annual conference
E-mobility for last/first mile: Fleet innovation and charging infrastructure needs
- External
- Past Events
- Sustainable Future Mobility
- CSFM Seminar Series
CSFM seminar with Dr Erik Wilhelm from Kyburz Switzerland and Professor Hua Cai from Purdue University on research on e-fleets.
Spatial data and data analytics for sustainable mobility
- External
- Past Events
- Sustainable Future Mobility
- CSFM Seminar Series
First CSFM seminar with Professor Martin Raubal from IKG ETH Zurich and Thomas Hettinger from SBB on spatial data and data analytics for sustainable mobility.
DiffUrb News
- News
- External
- IVT
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
Cities are characterised by pluralism. This fact is becoming increasingly relevant in the practice of urban governance and planning.
A method for economic benefits for re-allocating road space for cyclists
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Webinar with Dr Göktuğ Tenekeci and Dr Marc Semerding on the shift in travel patterns initiated by the new work from home culture in Birmingham.
Traffic forecast for Christmas and New Year (2022/2023)
- News
- External
- Mobility
Traffic congestion and major obstructions are to be expected due to holiday travel to the winter sport resorts over the Christmas holidays and New Year's Eve.
Railway traffic control room, and room for control
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Professor Francesco Corman about the importance of AI empowered dashboards for passenger-oriented traffic control at the workshop The Control Room of the future: AI empowered dashboards held at the University of Ghent.
Dezentralschweiz II
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
Increased multilocal work spaces and less commuting. What is the effect of the decentralization experience caused by the pandemic on a pan-European scale?
AI for mobility research: Germany’s 9 Euro ticket
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Does low-priced public transport enhance green mobility?
Bridging human and artificial intelligence to support synthesis in city planning
- SEC
- External
- Past Events
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
FCL Global Seminar with Dr Pieter Herthogs on planning and managing the growth of cities today and in the future.
175 years of rail in Switzerland: Railway simulation
- News
- External
- Mobility
Technology has developed during 175 years of Swiss railroad history. In the railway operations laboratory in Duebendorf (ZH), new technology is being tested and ciritcal situations are simulated.
5317 kilometers in 175 years
- News
- External
- Mobility
- Civil engineering
Time travel through the Swiss railroad history. With the help of data sets from the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems.
Influence of the environment on our health
- News
- External
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
We are influenced by our living environment mentally and physically. Hence, how should cities and villages look like?
AI for mobility research: Towards fully automated travel diaries
- External
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
Webinar on big data, GPS, and machine learning for transport research
Transport causes climate and environmental damage of 6 billion Swiss francs per year
- News
- External
- Mobility
The mobility of the Swiss population causes damage every year, mainly to the environment and climate, but also to health.
Walking to net zero
- News
- External
- Urban design
The Canton of Zurich recently adopted the net-zero 2040 climate protection target. Here Sibylle Wälty appeals for more 10-minute neighbourhoods, which, by making better use of the settlement area, will reduce emissions.
Mobility hubs—upgrades for pedestrian and cycling traffic, expansion for PT
- News
- External
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
Traffic situation improvement and coordination of transportation and spatial development.
Federal roads 2021: Traffic increased again
- News
- External
- Mobility
The Corona pandemic had an impact on the national road network last year as well: Traffic increased again but was below the level of previous years.
HK-Swiss Symposium on Future Cities
- External
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Data science
- Health sciences
Autonomous vehicles, global warming and climate mitigation, behavioural changes and new urban form under COVID-19 challenges, big data, shared mobility, IoT, public health, urban infrastructure and more.
Urban transformations
- External
- Past Events
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
NSL Colloquium 2022|1 on politics, planning, space, technology, design and spatial planning.
2nd NRP 78 Programme Conference
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
- Risk research
- Behavioural sciences
The event allows scientific exchange between the different NRP 78 research groups and those of the SNSF special call on Coronaviruses.
Transport & economy: A glance in the rear-view mirror for shaping the future
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Webinar with Professor Gerard de Jong from the Institute for Transport Studies at University of Leeds and John Siraut from the international engineering and consulting group Jacobs featuring the AET Transport and Mobility Forum.
AI & Mobility
- External
- Past Events
- IVT
- Machine learning
- Mobility
Introduction of a system-wide discussion on how AI and advanced analytics can play a role to shape the performance of transportation systems and the mobility of the future at the Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD EPFL 2022).
Passenger-oriented railway traffic planning and management
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Professor Francesco Corman explains how to improve the performance of transport systems in the RAS International Webinar.
Improved urban planning thanks to superblocks
- News
- External
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
To meet the challenges in cities related to climate change and increasing urbanization, new approaches to transforming urban space are needed.
Less traffic deaths—more seriously injured
- News
- External
- Mobility
Increasing e-bikes accidents continue to be problematic, though.
Why a ‘smart city’ is more than 5G and AI
- SEC
- External
- Past Events
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
Calum Handforth in the FCL Global Seminar on redefining a truly 'smart' city as one based on the innovation, collaboration and aspirations of its population.
Improvement of mobility data usage for an efficient transport system
- News
- External
- Mobility
- Data science
For optimal use of public and private transport infrastructures and services a better flow of information between infrastructure operators, transport companies, private providers and transport users is needed.
Practical quantum computing in transportation
- External
- Past Events
- Supercomputing
- Mobility
CUTR FTSS webinar with Acey Roberts from WGI Engineering Firm and Alex Koszegi from D-Wave Systems Inc.
Tackling the decarbonization of transport together
- News
- External
- Mobility
The transformation of mobility can only succeed if evolutionary patterns of transport behavior are overcome.
Transalpine freight transport: Empowering the shift to rail
- News
- External
- Mobility
The share of railway transport is on its highest level since 25 years, whereas truck trips have fallen to about 900,000 per year.
Developments in Transport: Passenger transport will grow only half as fast as the population by 2050
- News
- External
- Mobility
Transport use will continue to grow in the future. However, it will grow more slowly than the population due to social and economic trends such as the increase in working from home, continuing urbanisation and population ageing.
Emerging diseases and pandemics
- ETH Risk Center
- External
- Past Events
- Health sciences
ETH Risk Center Seminar Series with Dr Sylvie Briand, MD, PhD, MPH who is Director of the Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness department (GIH) at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Science policy advising in times of a pandemic
- External
- ISTP Colloquium
- Past Events
ISTP Colloquium with Professor Martin Ackermann about science's interaction with policy-making and with the society during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Study on commercial transport in urban areas
- News
- External
- Mobility
Moving goods and people for business and official purposes is essential for a functioning economy.
Solving the train unit shunting problem using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning with routing optimization
- News
- External
- Awards
- Machine learning
- Mobility
Jacob Trepat Borecka has won the the second prize in the 2021 INFORMS Railway Application Section for his conference paper based on his Master's thesis carried out at the TU Delft.
Travel behaviour during COVID19 and the simulation of epidemics: The case of Switzerland and episim
- News
- External
- Mobility
Keynote presentation by Professor Kay W. Axhausen at the 20° Congreso Chileno de Ingenieria de Transporte (CCHIT).
Co-opolis: The collective production of the city
- External
- Past Events
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
NSL Colloquium about the city as a common matter. Exploration of common codes, resources and creative co-living.
Distributed energy resources for distribution grid resilience
- SEC
- External
- ETH Risk Center
- Past Events
- Energy sciences
- Engineering sciences
ETH Risk Center Resilience Webinar with Dr Jack Chin from Future Resilient Systems (FRS) at the Singapore-ETH Centre.
Automation of rail freight transport
- News
- External
- Mobility
- Engineering sciences
Lean operating concepts, flexible processing, and enhanced deliveries.
Urban design and the technological shift in transportation
- News
- SEC
- External
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
In recent years technological innovations in transportation, such as automated vehicles (AVs), mobility-as-a-service, electric and connected vehicles, have been garnering attention.
The insurability of pandemic risks
- ETH Risk Center
- External
- Past Events
- Seminars
ETH Risk Center Seminar Series with Dr. Anastasia Kartasheva from the University of St Gallen.
21st Swiss Transport Research Conference
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
STRC 2021 - Swiss transportation scientists' and spatial planners' annual conference.
Symposium: ASTRA - SVI 2021
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Study programme results: Consequences of automated driving (ASTRA) and Traffic of the future (SVI)
Optimization and control in infrastructure networks
- External
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
Summer school featuring large-scale optimization and distributed control with a special focus on applications in both power and transportation systems.
How do we design micromobility to add value to urban transportation?
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Presentation & panel with Daniel J. Reck about (e-) bikes, (e-) scooters and other mini vehicles which serve as individual people mover.
Less traffic jams during the morning peak hours - This is how Corona has changed the traffic flow
- News
- External
- Mobility
There is still an impact of Corona on road traffic. Less congestion during commuter traffic, for instance.
Testing new railway technologies and simulating hairy situations
- News
- External
- IVT
- Mobility
The legendary Railway Operations Laboratory has moved to Duebendorf air base. The railway model installation will mainly serve for training and research.
How can emerging mobility services contribute to more sustainable urban transport?
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Latest research on emerging mobility services by Daniel Reck at the Mobility4Future Ringvorlesung hosted at TU Dresden.
Hiking, bicycling and mountain biking is becoming increasingly popular
- News
- External
- Mobility
Their economic relevance has increased during recent years, too.
PT suffers from Corona impact
- News
- External
- IVT
- Mobility
The trains might be better occupied thanks to the summer holidays. Nonetheless, the capacity utilisation stays low.
More car rides and more flights
- News
- External
- Mobility
The external cost for mobility amounts to 13,7 Billion Swiss Francs in Switzerland for 2018.
Transport planning: Is it the same after the pandemic?
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
AET COVID-19 Webinar: New approaches, methods and resources, as well as emerging modes and services.
Traffic forecast summer 2021
- News
- External
- Mobility
Leisure traffic will be the reason for traffic disturbances from the end of June until mid of September, mainly from Fridays to Sundays.
National routes in 2020: Less traffic and congestions thanks to Corona
- News
- External
- Mobility
18% traffic volume decrease corresponds to the level of 2010. The hours spent in congestions were reduced by one third.
The truth about micro-mobility use
- News
- External
- IVT
- Mobility
In just two years, shared micro-mobility services have taken off in cities across the world but how much do we really know about their usage? Interesting research has come to light.
The Polybahn is undergoing refurbishment until mid of September
- News
- External
- Mobility
However, in the meantime one can ride virtually to ETH's Zentrum campus.
The Federal Council passes the message on the law on bikeways
- News
- External
- Press release
- Mobility
Planning obligations, the definition of superordinate planning principles, path substitution and information on the bikeway network.
Microplastic regulation should be more precise to incentivize both innovation and environmental safety
- External
- ISTP Colloquium
- Past Events
- Environmental sciences
ISTP Colloquium with Professor Denise Mitrano from the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) at ETH Zurich.
Digitalisation – The key to the future of mobility
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Dr. Daria Martinoni, head of SBB Region East gives a public lecture within Society on the Move: The Digital Transformation of Mobility at the University of Zurich.
Digital innovation for a circular built environment
- External
- ISTP Colloquium
- Past Events
- Engineering sciences
ISTP Colloquium with Catherine de Wolf who is Assistant Professor of Circular Engineering for Architecture at D-BAUG ETH Zurich.
Modelling COVID19 using an agent-based-model of travel
- External
- Past Events
- Mobility
Online seminar with Professor Kay Axhausen about agent-based micro-simulation with the current GPS tracking study on modelling the COVID19 pandemic.
Empty trains & empty pockets
- News
- External
- IVT
- Mobility
The SBB and the pandemic: Their unilateral offer for commuters is retiliating.
Sustainability of global food systems – From understanding to actions
- External
- ISTP Colloquium
- Past Events
- World food system
ISTP Colloquium with Professor Alexander Mathys from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich.