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Projects with participation of members of the
institute
DisLog - Resource efficient distribution logistics for urban areas with electric delivery vehicles (2013-2016)
Electric mobility offers new chances to reorganise urban
delivery more economic, transport efficient and ecologic. The main
barriers for the implementation of electric vehicles in inner cities
are the limited range and high acquisition costs.
Up to now the knowledge about electric vehicles with payload in the range 500 kg up to 6500 kg for urban logistics is limited.
The possibilities of electric mobility and its potential advantages in
terms of economic, transport and environmental aspects are hardly
investigated and tested. Concepts and calculations about an
economically reasonable operation of electric vehicles are almost not
existing. The goal is not higher but lower cost compared to standard
vehicles (based on total costs of ownership TCO).
Funded
by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
REMON - Real Time Monitoring of Urban Transport – Solutions for Traffic Management and Urban Development in Hanoi (2012-2015)
Due to its rapid urbanisation and the booming motorisation since the
early 1990s, Hanoi suffers severe traffic congestions. The REMON
project focuses on transport related emissions and energy consumption
in Hanoi, Vietnam. It achieved the following results:
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Pilot of a real-time traffic information system for public
(Traffic Viewer, app) and experts (i.a route and intersection
monitoring, TPEG), based on GPS data from taxis, buses and smartphones
- In-depth analysis of the traffic situation in Hanoi
- Transport demand model and urban growth model of Hanoi
- Monitoring of land use changes (1970-2014)
- Open source GIS and expert system for geo data management, implemented at Hanoi Urban Planning Institute (HUPI)
- In-depth analysis of national and local policies on climate
protection, traffic congestion, transport management and traffic safety
- Strategic recommendations in transport management and urban planning to reduce traffic-related emissions and energy consumption
- Study on transit-oriented development in Hanoi, elaborated
in close collaboration between AS&P and Hanoi Urban Planning
Institute (HUPI), ready to be further elaborated and implemented by HUPI
- Contribution to Circular of Ministry of Transport for the use of GPS data for public and scientific purposes
- Involvement of PhD and Master students in the project as well as completion of PhD and master theses
The REMON project is a well-adapted, demand-oriented, collaborative
research and development project. Developing the real-time traffic
information system, the digital street map and the REMON-GIS, the
project partners pursue the „high-tech, low cost“-approach. Within the
project, the strategic recommendations are as important as the
technical developments. The project elaborated sound solutions for
Hanoi. The research results are ready to be adapted and developed
further for other Vietnamese urban areas.
Sustainable Urban
Development in Future Mega Cities – Lessons from Hefei China (2011-2012)
China’s
urban population will exceed the number of 900 million in 2030,
compared to nearly 600 million in 2008. Rising demands for energy, land
as well as mobility in urbanized areas are part of the urbanization
process, leading to increasing air pollution, resource depletion and
congestion. This research project focuses on integrated urban and
transport planning. Although the urban structure of Chinese cities is
still influenced by traditional transport means, namely bicycle and
walking, motorized transport means are noticeably leaving their mark on
the urban structure. Suburbanization and increasing daily travel
distances are elements within the urbanization process. Funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
Real
Time Monitoring of Urban Transport - Solutions for
Transport Management and Urban Planning in Hanoi (Internationale
Zusammenarbeit in Bildung und Forschung im Rahmen des
„Deutschland-Jahres in Vietnam“) (2010-2011)
Rapid
urbanisation and the increasing size of metropolitan regions proof to
be serious challenges for urban transport and urban planning. Like many
other cities in development countries, Hanoi suffers severe traffic
congestion due to its rapid urbanisation and the booming motorisation
since the early 1990s. Generally, it is difficult to evaluate the
effectiveness of previous policy and planning control.
Therefore,
Floating Car Data (FCD) offers new opportunities. Transport and urban
planning interventions and projects can be improved with the help of
FCD .Remote sensing supports FCD and enables the evaluation of
transport networks and land use with high spatial as well partially
temporal resolution. Both instruments serve as a basis for developing a
sustainable transport and urban planning. The main objective of REMON,
which is sponsered by Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF),
is to establish a bi-national network of science, politics and
business.
In
workshops and summer/winter schools in Hanoi and Berlin, more
opportunities for cooperations and research activities will be
determined.
Opportunities and risks for the introduction of
a traffic monitoring system based on Floating Car Data (FCD) in Hanoi,
Vietnam (2010-2011)
The
aim of the study is to identify the type, scope and potential of a
suitable vehicle fleet for a Floating Car Data (FCD) systems.
Furthermore,
the economic, administrative and political context in Hanoi and Vietnam
will be examined and described. The analysis is relevant for the
introduction of a FCD system. The information is gathered by
means of literature review, expert interviews and on-site surveys.
Crossborder
Cooperation Practices, ‘Mediascapes’ and Relative
(Un)Familiarity in the Finnish-Russian and Finnish-Estonian Contexts (2010-2014)
Funded
by the European Science Foundation (EUROCORECODE) and Academy of
Finland.
Binnen_Land
- Logistical integration of inland vessel and city port: Elements of
intelligent transport networks and nodes for freight (2008-2012)
Funded
by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi),
the research project Binnen_Land aims at making inland ports not only
an integral part of intelligent transport chains, but also a
sustainable part of them. It aims to ensure the functionality of the
economy (discharge of road and rail, hinterland connections) and the
logistical supply of cities with minimal impact on humans and the
enviroment. Doing so, it focusses on preserving port locations, even
though long term conditions might change.
OMEGA -
Mega Urban Transport
Projects: Lessons for Decision-Makers (2007-2010)
This project
critically examines thirty international
experiences in the planning, appraisal and evaluation of Mega Urban
Transport Projects (MUTPs) and their impacts in the developed world.
Its overall aim is to ascertain what constitutes a
successful project in the context of a fast changing world
in which visions of sustainable development are increasingly
coming to the fore as a basis for assessing future development. The
project which commenced in October 2006 has set out a core 5-year
research programme, and assembled a worldwide network of ten university
partners to collaborate on the research. OMEGA is fundet by "Volvo Research and Educational Foundations"
(VREF).
METRASYS
- Sustainable Mobility
for Mega Cities (2008-2013)
The
central idea of the project is to develop and implement sustainable
mobility concepts for cities and regions with high dynamic
growth. Additionally, the scientific objectives of METRASYS is
to
acquire wide knowledge about energy-efficient structures for the
sustainable development of future megacities. The project pursues an
interdisciplinary approach and integrated approaches of the spatial
planning, transport, engineering and political sciences in order to
contribute to the mitigating of global climate change.
METRASYS
is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
as part of the scientific program "Research
for Sustainable Development of the Mega Cities of Tomorrow –
Energy and
Climate Efficient Structures in Urban Growth Centres".
JuMo - Jung und Mobil (Young and
Mobile) (2005-2006)
"Jung
und Mobil" combines a number of research projects on youth mobility. In
context of this project, the action-spatial behavior and time use of
individuals are brought to the fore. For the empirical acquisition of
time use and ways, new survey methods and technologies have been used.
Therefore, the time is taken by specific developed electronic
questionnaires and the paths with the help of satellite positions
(GPS). So far, two major empirical studies were conducted. The first
study, sponsored by the German Aerospace Center (DLR),
investigated the action space and time use of 300 young adults from 11
different secondary schools in Berlin and Brandenburg. In the second
study, funded by the European Union (EU) INTERREG IIIA, the individual
space-time patterns of about 120 students as function of spatial and
social situation were in the foreground. More precisely, the project
wants to determine to what extent cross-border interactions play a role
in the daily lives of young people in the border region of Poland and
Germany. Other projects on these issues are in preparation.
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