Jun 02, 2025
AgiMo: DFG funds new Collaborative Research Center on agile mobility
Professor Regine Gerike, spokesperson of the SFB/TRR 408 “AgiMo: Data-driven agile planning for responsible mobility” with researchers from the Collaborative Research Center and the Rector of TU Dresden, Prof. Ursula Staudinger
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for the Collaborative Research Center SFB/TRR 408 “AgiMo: Data-driven agile planning for responsible mobility” at TU Dresden and TU Munich. This is the first interdisciplinary research program in systemic transportation research.
Prof. Regine Gerike, spokesperson of the SFB/TRR 408, presents the Collaborative Research Center “AgiMo: Data-driven agile planning for responsible mobility”.
The research program on data-driven agile planning for responsible mobility pursues an integrated approach on the mobility planning of the future. There are four objectives defined by the researchers: (1) A new set of consistent scientific mobility planning methods are to be developed, including behavioral data and models as well as methods for planning and managing transportation systems and mobility services. Different modes of transport, from walking to motorized traffic, are to be considered. (2) In addition, new modular metrics for responsible mobility are to be generated and integrated into future planning methods on the basis of the so-called “4F principles” (function, form, fairness and forever). (3) Furthermore, the researchers want to embed the new planning methods into the open data AgiMo Digital Twin that provides up-to-date network-wide assimilated mobility data and the models for generating this data with fast turnaround. (4) New participatory planning methods based on the technical outcomes from the AgiMo Digital Twin are to be developed to create future scenarios for responsible mobility that are technically well-grounded and at the same time represent stakeholder preferences.
For the first time, a multidisciplinary network of transport researchers from high-ranking research institutions is thus committing itself to mobility planning of the future in a coordindated programme funded by DFG. The applicant universities TU Dresden and TU Munich are the two largest academic centers for transportation research in Germany. Together with the partner institutions TU Berlin, TU Braunschweig and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the consortium combines experience and innovative strength to realize this demanding and unique program.
Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger applauds the multidisciplinary team of transport researchers.
Professor Regine Gerike, Dean of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences and spokesperson for the CRC, has an ambitious view on the research project: “The Collaborative Research Center is a milestone in mobility research. I am confident that we will significantly advance research into integrated mobility planning with this excellent research network.”
The DFG has approved funding of 12.7 million euros for the entire consortium for the four-year funding period.
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TUD Dresden University of Technology
„Friedrich List“ Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Dean and spokesperson for the CRC/TRR 408
Prof.in Regine Gerike