2019
Twelve million phones, one dataset, zero privacy
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- Data science
![Orwell video game artwork/poster](/en/info/news/2019/12/zero-privacy/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.487000830.jpg)
Every minute of every day, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies are logging the movements of tens of millions of people with mobile phones.
Traffic forecast for Christmas 2019 and New Year 2020
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- External
- Mobility
![Pistenfahrzeug am Titlis](/en/info/news/2019/12/traffic-forecast-christmas-new-year-2019-2020/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.103935204.jpg)
Increased risk of congestion can occur on certain main roads, border crossings and car terminals.
Future Mobility - Christmas Double Feature
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- Past Events
- Mobility
![Drive through](/en/info/news/2019/12/17-future-mobility/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1302593359.jpg)
Presentations by N. Lanzetti and Dr. A. Kouvelas on game-theoretical perspectives on transportation systems and multi-region urban networks.
Using virtual reality to evaluate cyclist’s perceived safety
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- IVT
- Mobility
![Cyclist](/en/info/news/2019/12/evaluate-cyclists-perceived-safety/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.337150701.jpg)
Researchers are using VR in cycling experiments to reveal users’ cycling behaviour and preferences in different environments.
eqasim: An open-source and extensible platform for building agent-based models
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- IVT
- Mobility
![Nouveau Paris Monumental tourist pocket map of Paris](/en/info/news/2019/12/eqasim-platform/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1178358590.jpg)
Work at IVT has produced a new software package, eqasim, that drastically simplifies the design of scenarios for agent based models using open data.
Visiting researcher Daniel Reck from ETH Zurich
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- External
- Mobility
![MaaS and On-Demand Transport](/en/info/news/2019/12/visiting-researcher-itls/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1085946221.png)
Daniel Reck is currently visiting the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at the University of Sydney.
Dynamic demand management and routing in urban traffic networks
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
![Condomínio Edif Diario Nippak, São Paulo, Brazil](/en/info/news/2019/12/16-dynamic-demand-management/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1792985076.jpg)
IVT-Seminar with Professor Stelios Timotheou from the University of Cyprus.
The Federal Council decides upon next steps for mobility pricing
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- External
- Mobility
![Singapore's ERP gantry](/en/info/news/2019/12/next-steps-mobility-pricing/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1765678964.jpg)
The Federal Council has taken note of the mobility pricing impact analysis for the Zug region.
Improving urban mobility with transit centric on-demand services
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
![CleverShuttle](/en/info/news/2019/12/11-improving-urban-mobility/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.977611447.jpg)
IVT-Seminar with Professor S. Samaranayake, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
How many cars are too many? Recent results in the light of automated vehicles
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- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
![Indonesia traffic](/en/info/news/2019/12/10-too-many-cars/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1673182961.jpg)
ISTP Colloquium with Professor K.W. Axhausen about the key dilemma of today’s transport policy that too many cars are fighting for the limited road space.
Borderland urbanism: Infrastructure for fragmented cities
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- Past Events
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
![Minecraft building](/en/info/news/2019/11/26-borderland-urbanism/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.77083937.jpg)
ISTP Colloquium with Dr Deljana Iossifova, School of Environment, Education and Development of the Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester.
Methodologies and tools for traffic signal control
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
![Traffic light](/en/info/news/2019/11/26-traffic-signal-control/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1077334629.jpg)
IVT-Seminar with Dr. Thomas Riedel from Verkehrs-Systeme AG.
This is how road networks determine traffic capacity
- News
- IVT
- Mobility
- Urban design
![Shinkuju City, Tokyo](/en/info/news/2019/11/road-networks-determine-traffic-capacity/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.720922069.jpg)
ETH researchers have shown that we can use the structure of urban road networks to predict their traffic capacity.
Best new researcher
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- IVT
- Awards
- Mobility
![ICSC awards](/en/info/news/2019/11/best-new-researcher/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.277854653.png)
Mohsen Nazemi has been selected as best new researche at the International Cycling Safety Conference in Brisbane.
Can corporate forest policies achieve global conservation objectives?
- External
- Past Events
- Environmental sciences
![Autumn in the forest](/en/info/news/2019/11/19-corporate-forest-policies/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.73781077.jpg)
ISTP Colloquium with Professor R. Garrett from Social and Political Science and Environmental System Science at ETH Zurich.
How the road network determines traffic capacity
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- IVT
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
![Paris](/en/info/news/2019/11/road-network-traffic-capacity/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.371920519.jpg)
ETH researchers have shown that we can use the structure of urban road networks to predict their traffic capacity.
Biggest increase in domestic heavy transport for 20 years
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- External
- Mobility
![Goods transport performance by road and rail](/en/info/news/2019/11/heavy-transport-performance-increase/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1859489811.png)
The transport performance of goods transport rose by 2.1% in 2018 compared with the previous year. Growth in road transport was 2.5% and in rail transport 1.4%.
Are integrated infrastructure networks governable in contemporary city regions?
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- Past Events
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
![Government building design](/en/info/news/2019/11/14-integrated-infrastructure-networks/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.783322004.jpg)
NSL Colloquium with Professor M. Neuman from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster.
The Federal Council prepares policies for an increased traffic relocation
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- External
- Press release
- Mobility
![Truck parking](/en/info/news/2019/11/policies-traffic-relocation/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.625791545.jpg)
Swiss transport policy aims towards traffic relocation from road to rail for transalpine heavy traffic.
Street Art and Urban Planning: The case of informal settlements in Bogotá
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- Past Events
- Urban design
- Architecture
![Street art](/en/info/news/2019/11/12-street-art-urban-planning-bogota/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.659771189.jpg)
ISTP Colloquium with Andrés Sepúlveda from the El Bosque University in Bogotá, Colombia.
Understanding traffic capacity of urban networks
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- IVT
- Publications
- Mobility
- Urban design
![Judge Harry Pregerson interchange, Los Angeles](/en/info/news/2019/11/traffic-capacity-urban-networks/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.277519073.jpg)
Billions of vehicle observations from more than 40 cities show how road and bus network topology explains around 90% of the empirically observed critical point variation.
Big events as catalysts
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- IVT
- Mobility
- Urban design
![Olympic rings](/en/info/news/2019/11/05-big-events-catalysts/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1587489787.png)
Prof. em. P. Bovy from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne about big events as catalysts for more sustainable metropolitan mobilities.
A beautiful model to play with
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- IVT
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
![Schoenenwerd island](/en/info/news/2019/11/vision-zurich-lake-region/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.95701035.jpg)
Underground railway and cycling path on the former railway tracks – a vision for the Zurich lake region.
Foreign aid and subnational variation in state capacity: Evidence from Colombia
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- Past Events
![The Las Lajas Sanctuary in the southern Colombian Department of Nariño](/en/info/news/2019/10/29-colombia-state-capacity/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.64408862.jpg)
ISTP Colloquium with Dr. S. Ziaja from the German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn.
AMoDeus and eqasim: Fleet control with behaviourally responsive agents
- Past Events
- IVT
- D-MAVT
- Behavioural sciences
- Computer and information technology
![eqasim](/en/info/news/2019/10/27-amodeus-and-eqasim-workshop/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.433863720.jpg)
MATSim Workshop at ITSC2019, the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference in Auckland, New Zealand.
A digital railway system, and what it means for operators and users
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- Past Events
- Mobility
![Futuristic train interior design](/en/info/news/2019/10/22-digital-railway-system/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1523030760.jpg)
Professor F. Corman's talk at the ETH Risk Center Seminar Series on digital transformation.
The railway operations laboratory is closing down
- News
- IVT
![Railway operations laboratory](/en/info/news/2019/10/ebl-shutdown/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.951135244.jpg)
The railway operations laboratory (EBL) is closing down by 31.12.2020.
Taxes, subsidies or regulation: Why have Britain's carbon emmissions from electricity halved?
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- Past Events
![Anglesey coast](/en/info/news/2019/10/15-britain-carbon-emmissions-halved/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1024345850.jpg)
ISTP Colloquium with Dr Ian Staffell from the Imperial College London.
Climate change endangers rail, roads, and electrical power supply
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- External
- Mobility
![Rock fall from the right](/en/info/news/2019/10/climate-change-rail-roads/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1215626231.png)
The number of heat waves, rock falls and avalanches is increasing through climate change, so are the damages to rail and roads.
Speed decreases further
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- IVT
- Mobility
![Cetnral Zurich](/en/info/news/2019/09/speed-decreases-further/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.913635682.jpg)
More traffic in combination with reduced speed. This is Kay Axhausen's forecast after the big crash.
Algorithm-based design for line and timetable variants
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- IVT
- Awards
- Mobility
- Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme MSc
![Prix LITRA](/en/info/news/2019/09/prix-litra-amstutz/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1896723297.png)
Joël Amstutz wins the 2019 Prix LITRA for his Master's Thesis about algorithm-based design for line and timetable variants for long-distance trains in Switzerland.
Time-use, travel and shopping behavior
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Economics
- Doktorat D-BAUG
![Neon Reklame](/en/info/news/2019/09/24-time-use-travel-shopping-behavior/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1121488531.png)
Public dissertation presentation by B. Schmid about time-use, travel and shopping behavior: Results of a multi-stage household survey.
Future Cities: Actions
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- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
- Architecture
![Future Cities: Actions](/en/info/news/2019/09/24-future-cities-actions/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.958103096.jpg)
Future Cities: Actions is an annual conference organised by the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), a programme under the Singapore-ETH Centre.
In the next few years, there will be more automation in mobility
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- IVT
- Mobility
![Road bridge in Chiba, Japan](/en/info/news/2019/09/more-automation-in-mobility/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.2015918469.jpg)
Anastasios Kouvelas in an interview about possible views on the future of our daily traffic behaviours.
Effects of the autonomous bus on the railway system
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Doktorat D-BAUG
![Autonomous shuttle Navya by Postauto AG](/en/info/news/2019/09/16-autonomous-bus-effects/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1515183231.jpg)
Public dissertation presentation by M. Sinner about the effects of the autonomous bus on the railway system.
Congestion-aware operation of mobility-on-demand systems
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme MSc
![Ride-sharing](/en/info/news/2019/09/16-congestion-mobility-on-demand/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.449143177.jpg)
The thesis explores how a centrally operated fleet of automated vehicles can significantly reduce congestion if controlled intelligently.
As a society, we have to ask ourselves how to distribute current capacities to the users
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- IVT
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
![Singapore Skyline](/en/info/news/2019/09/society-capacity-users/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.411014062.jpg)
Kay Axhausen about collaboration with other disciplines, and about funding road infrastructure for autonomous cars in Switzerland.
International Rail and Mobility Conference
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
![nextRail19 - Logo](/en/info/news/2019/09/12-14-international-rail-mobility-conference/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.614911415.png)
nextRail19 - Symposium and seminar: Agile models for railway system planners and managers.
The mobility of youth and children in Switzerland 1994 - 2015
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- External
- Mobility
![Indian schoolbus](/en/info/news/2019/09/mobility-children-switzerland/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.734952635.jpg)
Swiss youth and children use public transportation more frequently than they used to twenty years ago. They also walk more and bike less.
ETH Week 2019
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- Past Events
- Mobility
![The Solar System - A Subway Map](/en/info/news/2019/09/08-eth-week-mobility/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.878003068.png)
ETH Week 2019 is all about Mobility involving a close collaboration with the Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research (SCCER-Mobility).
Operation optimization and smart management for high-speed railways
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
![Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station](/en/info/news/2019/08/26-smart-management-high-speed-railways/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1880212642.jpg)
Joint seminar with the Research Center for Rail Smart Transportation Organization from Tongji University Shanghai.
Traffic management in the era of connected and autonomous mobility
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
![Makkasan interchange, Bangkok](/en/info/news/2019/07/29-traffic-management-workshop/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1729785204.jpg)
Workshop with Prof. J. Haddad, Dr. A. Kouvelas, Prof. J.C. Muñoz, Dr. M. Ramezani, and Dr. J. Casas.
The Innisfil experiment: Replacing public transit with Uber
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- External
- Mobility
![Highway 17 near Bissett Creek, Ontario, Canada](/en/info/news/2019/07/replacing-public-transit-with-uber/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.708504837.jpg)
Ridership is high and there’s plenty of work for drivers, but success has come at a cost to this Ontario town.
Carsharing helps to save energy - But only if services are regulated
- News
- IVT
- Mobility
![Carpooling](/en/info/news/2019/07/sharing-is-saving/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.265893453.jpg)
Summary of the research project Sharing is Saving from NRP Energy, the National Research Programmes 70 and 71.
Are autonomous cars leading to more traffic?
- News
- IVT
- Mobility
![Interchange](/en/info/news/2019/07/increasing-autonomous-traffic/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1461323506.jpg)
Professor A. Hermann from the University of St. Gallen contradicts the study from ETH: Future traffic responds differently.
Decrease of greenhouse gas emissions in the federal administration
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- External
- Press release
- Mobility
![Cyclists of the Swiss armed forces staff in Berne](/en/info/news/2019/07/decrease-greenhouse-gases-federal-administration/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.332558954.jpg)
The Swiss Federal Council passed the Federal Administration Climate Package bill.
Transport demand models: A spatial perspective
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Doktorat D-BAUG
![1948 San Francisco trafficways plan](/en/info/news/2019/07/01-transport-demand-models/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1596779711.jpg)
Public dissertation presentation by G. Sarlas about the spatial perspective on transport demand models.
The role of shared mobility in an integrated transport system
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Doktorat D-BAUG
![Smart mobility](/en/info/news/2019/07/01-shared-mobility/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.456343715.jpg)
Public dissertation presentation by H. Becker about integrated transport systems and shared mobility.
Parking and land access
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
![VW Beetle](/en/info/news/2019/07/01-parking-and-land-access/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1927998527.jpg)
IVT-Seminar with Professor S. Le Vine from the Imperial College London about parking and land access in the context of autonomous driving and ridehailing.
Measuring accessibility in infrastructure-poor regions
- Past Events
- IVT
- Mobility
- Spatial planning
![Desert bus](/en/info/news/2019/07/01-accessibility-infrastructure/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.786813645.jpg)
IVT-Seminar with Professor A. Paez from the McMaster University in Hamilton.