Current Projects
Here is a brief overview of the current projects at the Chair, click for more details:
- OpenTrafficCam_live (Open Source Framework for Video Based, Automateted Collection and Analysis of Traffic Data)
- MobiKon-Leipzig – „Mobility Concept for the extended city center of Leipzig“ with associated communication concept
- The Infrastructure-Safety-Improvement-Potential - An adequate road safety indicator for road infrastructure?
- Road safety analysis of turbo roundabouts in Germany
- Urban accidents between pedestrians and cyclists
- TEMPUS (Test Field Munich: Pilot Test Urban Automated Road Traffic)
- LBS2ITS: Curricula Enrichment delivered through the Application of Location-based Services to Intelligent Transport Systems / LBS2ITS
- Kompass – Development and Change Processes of Everyday Mobility in Regional Future Labs
-
NaMAV - Sustainable Mobility and Urban Quality through Transport Automatisation
- NRVP 2020 - Evaluation of the influence of road safety on route choice while cycling, using a pseudo-representative sample of GPS data (SiRou)
- Traffic safety at pedestrian crossings
- Updating the calculation methods for the capacity of roundabouts
- Adaptation and application of the procedure for the safety assessment procedures of urban thoroughfares
- S@MPler: Integrated education based on sustainable urban mobility projects
- Development of operational criteria for pedestrian crossing systems with different default settings
- Requirements for urban transport demand models
- Multi-modal optimisation of road space in Europe (MORE)
- TRAVELVIEWER: Site collection of data in the city of Dresden
- Mobility concept for the main campus of TU Dresden
- Evaluation of SrV 2030 to achieve the model-split values of the Leipzig City STEP VöR
- Master plan campus design for TU Dresden
- Pilot study: right turn on red for cyclists.
- Traffic safety at public transport stops
- Acceptance and road safety of cycling in mixed traffic with motor vehicles on inner-city main roads
- NRVP 2020 - Cycling and walking on shared and independent paths
- Effects of recongnisability and access design on the traffic safety of roundabouts on rural roads
- Promoting safe walking and cycling within a multimodal transport environment (ISAAC)
- Active mobility: Better quality of life in metropolitan areas
- Research Information System (FIS) for mobility and traffic - (LOS2)
- Mobility in Cities – SrV 2018
- Factors influencing the quality of transport demand models in passenger transport
Project Name |
OpenTrafficCam_live (Open Source Framework for Video Based, Automateted Collection and Analysis of Traffic Data) |
Sponsor | Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) |
Cooperation Partner(s) | platomo GmbH Chair of Photogrammetry (TU Dresden) |
Duration | 01/2022 to 12/2024 |
Goals |
Automated object recognition is now standard in many economic sectors, also due to the rapid development of computer technology and machine vision. Road traffic, on the other hand, is often surveyed manually with great effort, which is why suitable data bases are sometimes lacking for research and planning. In a preliminary study, the development of a prototype of the OpenTrafficCam showed that powerful and freely available algorithms can also be made available for traffic experts. The goal is to further develop tools for data protection-compliant, automated recording and analysis of road traffic movements to market maturity. A new multi-camera system and updated AI algorithms will improve the detection of all vehicle classes as well as pedestrian and bicycle traffic, enabling a variety of common traffic analyses. |
Contents |
In the project software and hardware of the system developed in the previous feasibility study are optimised, data protection concepts are developed, the open-source camera system is modularised and made online-capable, and image data sets are annotated, with which own AI models are trained, implemented and published. In cooperation with traffic software developers, engineering consultancies, cities and federal institutions, OpenTrafficCam is being tailored to practical applications in the transport sector. |
Links |
Project on ministry website |
Contact Person(s) |
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Bärwolff |
Project name | Design of transport networks in built-up areas |
Client | Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation partner(s) |
|
Duration | 09/2021 to 05/2024 |
Goals |
The goal of the project is the development of a consistent and transferable method for designing transport networks within built-up areas for cars, road-based PT, cyclists, and pedestrians, which integrates the requirements of network design and road space planning. |
Content |
The first step is a literature analysis to outline the national and international status of road network design, based on which the requirements of urban transport networks are systemized. To enable statements on the possibilities and limitations of the current ‘Guidelines for Integrated Network Design’ (RIN) method, the RIN method is to be applied to urban transport networks and the results are to be discussed with planners. The analysis of the application of RIN then is the basis for developing a suitable method for designing transport networks in built-up areas. Herein, a mode-specific and a mode-comprehensive approach are combined. The results are to be adapted for the utilization in the rulebook of the Road and Transportation Research Association (FGSV), to demonstrate options for planners and to give indications on the functional structure and on the design options of network sections in built-up areas. |
Links | |
Contact person(s) |
Project name | Safety and possible applications of Protected Intersections |
Client | Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) | Mobycon |
Duration |
11/2021 to 06/2023 |
Goals |
The goal of this research project is to identify the design characteristics of Protected Intersections, to analyse their impact on traffic safety, perceived safety and the behaviour at Protected Intersections and to compare them to conventional intersections. From this, recommendations can be derived on safe design and operational conditions, which will contribute to the technical rulebook. |
Content |
As a first step, international findings and rulebooks are analysed and design characteristics of Protected Intersections are identified. Furthermore, Protected Intersections in the Netherlands are examined and compared with conventional intersections in the Netherlands as well as with intersections in Germany which share certain design characteristics with Protected Intersections. The focus of this examination is placed on cyclists, while also including the needs of other road users (pedestrians, drivers, service operators, etc.). |
Links | |
Contact Person(s) |
Project name | |
Client | City of Leipzig |
Cooperation Partner | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
Duration | 01/2020 to 05/2021 |
Goals |
Leipzig is one of the fastest growing German cities - it is expected that by 2035 it will have more than 650 000 inhabitants. In order to preserve and further improve the urban quality of life for the future, the "Urban spaces concept for the extended city centre" was started in 2017 with a broad public and stakeholder participation. Adding to previous work and participation concepts, the mobility concept for the extended city center of Leipzig (MobiKon-Leipzig) looks at the choices of modes of transport and the rising demands to Leipzig's streets and squares. It is a part of the promotion scheme "MobilitätsWerkStadt 2025" and looks at the following research questions:
A transformation process is beginning - a desirable result would be to create acceptance among the inhabitants of Leipzig for sustainable mobility and its possibilities for making Leipzig future-proof as well as to prepare for discussions on suited measures for the extended city centre. |
Content |
In cooperation with TU Dresden as the scientific partner and further stakeholders, a mobility concept is being created and discussed. The goal within the first phase is to create the basis for the implementation of the mobility concept, to preserve a productive, yet friendly and healthy city and to prepare it for the manifold challenges of the future. The included communication concept aims to spread information on the transport related developments in the area of the project: it enables discussions, supports the participation of the general public and therefore creates transparency on the development of the project. |
Links | Website of the project by the City of Leipzig Information on the promotion scheme by the BMBF |
Contact person(s) |
Project Name | The Infrastructure-Safety-Improvement-Potential - An adequate road safety indicator for road infrastructure? |
Client | Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) | PTV Transport Consult GmbH |
Duration | 06/2021 to 04/2023 |
Goals | The aim of this research project is to develop a procedure for monitoring the development of road safety in addition to accident and casualty statistics. The main focus is on what a survey concept for such a procedure could look like. Parallel to this, further application possibilities for the use of the SPI concept are to be examined. |
Contents |
In the project, a database of safety-relevant traffic, infrastructure and operational characteristics of the road network that can be used as safety indicators will be created. Through interviews and workshops with experts, but also by analysing extensive data on known safety-relevant features of road infrastructure and operation from previous research projects, one or more safety indicators will be selected for a Germany-wide safety monitoring. These will also serve to develop a methodology for network segmentation, sampling and aggregation into a higher-level safety indicator. Finally, the developed concept will be tested on a part of the German road network. |
Contact Person(s) | Dipl.-Ing. Martin Bärwolff +49 (0)351 463 366 61 Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Medicus +49 (0)351 463 366 17 |
Project Name | |
Client | Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
Chair of Transportation - Planning and Management at Ruhr-University Bochum |
Duration | 07/2021 to 07/2023 |
Goals |
The aim of this research project is to analyse infrastructural and operational influences on road safety and the perception of safety at turbo roundabouts and to derive recommendations for safe design and traffic control that will be incorporated into the technical regulations. To this end, significantly more case studies of this relatively new type of intersection are to be investigated than was possible in previous studies. One focus will be on the safety of level crossings for non-motorised road users. Comparative evaluations with other types of intersections will also be carried out. |
Contents |
In order to answer the questions, existing findings from Germany and abroad will be evaluated, the majority of existing turbo roundabouts in Germany will be comprehensively documented and analysed with regard to the occurrence of accidents. In addition, in-depth behavioural and conflict analyses will be conducted over longer periods of time at selected turbo roundabouts, as well as a survey of road users. |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name |
TEMPUS (Test Field Munich: Pilot Test Urban Automated Road Traffic) Sub-project "Traffic Culture |
Sponsor | Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
City of Munich |
Duration | 01/2021 to 06/2023 |
Goals | In the near future, vehicles will also be able to drive automatically in metropolitan areas and cities. In TEMPUS, the traffic effects of automated vehicles on performance and safety and the acceptance of other non-motorised road users are being investigated on the basis of extensive driving tests in the real Munich road network. The research field "Quality and Safety in Road Traffic" of the Chair of Integrated Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering is particularly involved in researching the interaction between non-motorised road users and automated/networked vehicles. |
Contents | In this sub-project, the communication and interaction processes in urban mixed traffic between automated vehicles and vulnerable road users (VRU), such as pedestrians and cyclists, are analysed with regard to objective and subjective traffic safety and traffic quality. |
Links |
Project on the pages of the Chair of Traffic Psychology |
Contact Person(s) |
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Bärwolff |
Project name | |
Sponsor |
European Union – Erasmus+ : Capacity Building in Higher Education |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
|
Duration | 01/2021 to 01/2024 |
Goals |
Sri Lanka faces many transportation challenges. Constraints such as timely access to modern technology and the lack of appropriately trained personnel have contributed to increasing social, economic and environmental concerns around road safety, pollution and transport inefficiencies. The project will address these issues through enrichment of the university curricula. Specifically, the integration of Location-based Services (LBS) into Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). |
Content |
LBS deliver information based on the location of objects. Smart transportation is therefore an ideal LBS application since it is based on locating people (e.g. using smartphones) and objects (e.g. cars, trains, etc.). As LBS evolve rapidly, there is an increasing need to train the next generation of skilled professionals who can leverage these new capabilities. This is important for Sri Lanka, where population growth and resource constraints demand the urgent use of emerging technologies to secure the safety and sustainability of their society. This level of education is in its infancy and cannot rapidly deliver the knowledge inputs required to change transport management decision-making. LBS2ITS is based on a consortium of three EU and four Sri Lankan Universities. It will build a fully immersive and integrated teaching and learning experience. The outcome will be a digital learning environment supporting synthetic and real-world learning experiences encouraging self-paced learning modules for both teacher and students. It will contain digital resource kits for interaction with modern equipment, continuous assessment and two-way feedback. Webinars and virtual experiences will underpin real-world Problem-based Learning (PBL) scenarios. A key novelty will be inclusion of industry representatives and external experts in the advisory groups. These will support our dissemination and quality control initiatives, the relevance of the PBL and student learning outcomes. Mentorship and a focus on cultural awareness, gender equity and social parity will govern our principles for curricula enrichment. |
Links | |
Contact Person(s) |
Project name | Kompass – Entwicklungs- und Veränderungsprozesse der Alltagsmobilität in regionalen Zukunftslaboren |
Sponsor | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
|
Duration | 01/2021 to 12/2023 |
Goals |
The goals of the Kompass project are to develop evidence-based options for sustainable mobility by using a unique MiD/SrV database which has for the first time been harmonized and completed with external variables, in order to achieve better availability of mobility especially for economically marginalized groups. The following results are expected:
|
Content |
Changing the transport system is something that is discussed a lot, with hopes of achieving sustainable everyday traffic. However, the debate often gets lost in partial solutions or settles on single elements like cycling, car sharing or new types of mobility. A lot of the time, already available suitable data is misregarded or not processed in an integral and practice-oriented way. Additionally, mobility is too often viewed as detached from its causes. Also, the current situation with the pandemic shows how events that break with trends have an enormous effect on the mobility behaviour in people's everyday lives, which can also have long-term effects. These are the deficits which are addressed within the Kompass project, it also enables an extensive analysis and brings research and practice closer together. The central research question is about the strategic orientation of mobility measures in regional-specific future labs for selected target groups, which in data analyses have proven to be especially promising in terms of their potential for behavioural changes, or are especially relevant because of their group size or are believed to be especially vulnerable in terms of potential exclusion from mobility. The TU Dresden is the institution responsable for Mobility in Cities - SrV and infas as well as it is the three-time contractor for Mobility in Germany (MiD) and therefore it has extensive methodical and factual knowledge on the data stocks. These are to be longitudinally re-harmonised, collected and evaluated. Based on this, a content analysis will provide a time series, data on environmental factors and it will be the starting point for different scenarios and recommendations for action. This approach is expanded with laboratory-specific impact models which include traffic-external impact factors and thus make visible which changes in transport are supply-induced and which ones are influenced by other factors. The results are to be reflected and further developed in future labs with two practice partners. The practice partners are the Rhine/Main Regional Transport Association (RMV) with the urban space Frankfurt/Rhine-Main and the Bavarian Ministry of Housing, Building and Transport. |
Links | |
Contact Person(s) | PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Rico Wittwer +49 351 463-34232 |
Project Name | NaMAV - Sustainable Mobility and Urban Quality through Transport Automatisation |
Sponsor | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
Cooperation Partner(s) | TU Berlin, Institute of land and sea transport systems - Transport Systems Planning and Transport Telematics; City of Leipzig Office for Tranport and Civil Engineering |
Duration | 11/2020 to 08/2023 |
Goals |
The goal of the NaMAV project are:
|
Contents |
The basis of the NaMAV Sustainable Mobility and Urban Quality through Transport Automatisation Project is the hypothesis that automated vehicles of the leves four and five will become present in urban space, that they come with considerable opportunities as well as risks and that urban and transport planning should prepare for such scenarios of transport automatisation and actively shape them. The NaMAV project works with the City of Leipzig as an active practice partner to develop concepts for an anticipatory utilisation of possible opportunities as well as the minimisation of risks of future traffic systems with a higher rate of automatisation. In order to reach these goals, NaMAV develops deployment scenarios for highly and fully automated vehicles on the example of the city of Leipzig. The effects of selected scenarios are then modelled with the transport simulation software MATSim (www.matsim.org)(TU Berlin) and evaluated on their effects on sustainable mobility. Hence, recommendations for the city of Leipzig and other local authorities are derived and finally, the findings are used to formulate generalisable recommendations on how to transfer the findings to other cities and municipalities in Germany. As a result of the project, customized deployment scenarios of automatised traffic are made available to the city of Leipzig; these will be evaluated on their effect on promoting sustainable urban mobility in the target year 2035 and specific steps and recommendations on the implementation will be derived. The MATSim traffic model of the city of Leipzig as well as the model configurations and adaptations for the use of autonomous vehicles will be made available on a public server after the project so that they can be used and further developed for free by the city of Leipzig and others. Within the NaMAV project, generalisable recommendations on sustainable urban mobility are established which will be deployed in Leipzig; additionally they will also help facilitate the acces to mobility, reduce motorised traffic and mitigate negative effects on the environment. |
Links | |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name | Traffic Safety at Pedestrian Crossings |
Client |
German Insurers Accident Research (UDV) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
PTV Transport Consult GmbH |
Duration | 06/2019 to 10/2021 |
Goals |
The objectives of this project are the updating of application criteria and the derivation of design recommendations for pedestrian crossings. The crossing systems to be investigated are central islands, pedestrian crossings, and pedestrian light signal systems as well as combinations of such systems. |
Contents |
Within the framework of this research project, current findings from regulations and research (national and international) on the use and traffic safety of pedestrian crossing facilities will be evaluated. Subsequently, 360 pedestrian crossing systems in different cities will be selected for the analysis of accident events. For a detailed analysis of these accident events, video observations will be made at 100 of the crossing facilities in order to account for exposure variables (e.g. traffic volumes, vehicle speeds). Within the scope of the video observations, possible conflicts between crossing road users and road users in longitudinal traffic will be systematically evaluated in order to investigate in more detail the safety problems identified in the accident analysis and to obtain information on typical conflict situations. In the last step of the project, nine crossing points will be selected at which particularly vulnerable persons will be specifically observed with regard to their traffic behaviour in order to obtain specific information on the behaviour and problems of these persons. As a result of the study, recommendations for practice and a possible need for adaptation of the regulations including StVO and VwV-StVO will be established. |
Contact Person(s) | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Regine Gerike +49 (0)351 463 365 01 Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Medicus +49 (0)351 463 366 17 |
Project Name |
Updating the calculation methods for the capacity of roundabouts |
Client | Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
Chair of Transportation - Planning and Management at Ruhr-University Bochum |
Duration | 03/2019 to 08/2021 |
Goals |
The aim of this research project is to update the existing calculation methods for the capacity of roundabouts and to test the applicability of new calculation approaches. |
Contents |
In this research project, existing findings in Germany and abroad are evaluated and research is conducted on possible survey points and traffic surveys at selected roundabouts. On this basis, calculation models are created, which are validated and supplemented by means of microsimulation. As a result, on the one hand, new findings on the capacity of roundabouts, taking into account the influences of all types of road users as well as the interactions between the individual access roads, are made available for research and, on the other hand, practice-oriented procedures for capacity determination of small and two-lane roundabouts (e.g. for the HBS) are developed. |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name |
Adaptation and application of the procedure for the safety assessment of urban thoroughfares |
Client |
Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) | PTV Transport Consult GmbH |
Duration | 06/2019 to 06/2021 |
Goals |
The aim of this research project is to develop characteristic values for the inner city chapter of the Handbook for Traffic Safety (HVS) on the basis of an analysis collective for main thoroughfares and the findings on urban roads from relevant literature. |
Contents |
In this research project, existing findings will be evaluated, primarily in Germany, and multi-criteria accident analyses (accident models) will be carried out at selected locations. These results will be compared with the findings from the literature and other regulations, and coordinated indicators for GUKR, adjustment factors, and supplements will be determined. These key figures are continuously checked and adjusted during the project with regard to their relevance for the overall result. Based on these key figures, the draft of a closed HVS procedure for the inner city area will be developed, including the provision of text modules and forms. In addition, a collection of examples will be prepared to illustrate the range of possible applications. |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name | Development of operational criteria for pedestrian crossing systems with differing baseline configurations |
Client |
Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
Büro für Stadt- und Verkehrsplanung GmbH (BSV) |
Duration | 01/2019 to 07/2021 |
Goals |
The aim of this research project is to derive recommendations for the use of pedestrian crossing systems (F-LSA) with different control methods. According to RiLSA, the control methods to be considered are:
|
Contents |
On the basis of already existing findings in Germany and abroad, surveys on the use of and experience with the various control options for F-LSA in municipalities and road construction administrations are being conducted. Subsequently, video observations and speed measurements on F-LSA as well as traffic tests as before/after investigation on F-LSA were carried out. As a result of the investigations, recommendations for the use of F-LSAs with different control procedures are to be determined and prepared for updating the RiLSA as text modules in order to ensure the targeted use of the different control variants in practice. |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name | Requirements for urban transport demand models |
Sponsor |
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
|
Duration | 11/2017 to 07/2019 |
Goals |
The aim of this research project is to develop recommendations for the creation and application of transport demand models in municipalities and regions, to provide checklists for recording the requirements, to create a template for a service description, to select suitable quality measures that have to be proven during model creation, and to develop guidelines for the documentation of transport demand models. |
Contents |
Transport demand models are an important tool for transport planning. They are used in cities and regions to reconstruct existing conditions in a transport network (analysis of the current state) and to estimate the effects of future developments or planned transport measures. In this way, transport demand models are used to prepare transport planning, operational planning, transport technology and transport policy decisions. A transport demand model is a model that uses as input variables the transport supply, settlement structure and behavioural parameters in a study area and, based on this, models all traffic-relevant decision-making processes of people that lead to changes in location. In passenger transport these decisions include the choice of activities, the choice of destination, the choice of means of transport, the choice of departure time and the choice of route. The primary results of a transport demand model include matrices of supply quality (characteristic matrices), transport demand matrices, traffic volumes on network elements and routes as well as characteristics of traffic volume (passenger kilometres, vehicle kilometres, passenger hours, lost time). These primary results can be used as input for further model calculations, which then determine, for example, noise and pollutant emissions or ticket revenues. |
Contact Person(s) | Dipl.-Ing. Robert Simon +49 (0)351 463 423 80 |
Project Name | Multi-modal optimisation of road space in Europe (MORE) |
Sponsor | H2020 funded by European Commision, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brüssel, Belgium |
Cooperation Partner(s) | Europäisches Forschungs- und Städtenetzwerk |
Duration | 09/2018 to 08/2021 |
Goals | The primary aim of MORE is to develop and implement procedures for the comprehensive co-design of urban main road corridor infrastructure feeding the European TEN-T network, to accommodate their current and future multi-modal and multi-functional requirements; and to address severe problems of congestion, sustainability, noise, air pollution, safety, security, etc., in situations where building new roads is not an option. And in such cases to enable city authorities to make the best use of available road-space, by optimally allocating the available capacity dynamically, in space and time; taking advantage of advances in big data and digital eco-systems, and in new vehicle technologies and operating systems, in materials and construction technologies, and in dynamic traffic signing and lane marking capabilities. |
Contents |
The primary aim is achieved by comprehensively assessing the needs of all road user groups - and of those who live, work and visit the area – drawing on existing knowledge and extensive stakeholder engagement, to establish design criteria. Key performance indicators will be developed to define and measure the degree to which a road is operating satisfactorily, and to set out design requirements when performance is sub-standard. Four web or computer-based tools will be developed to assist in the road-space reallocation design process, covering: option generation, stakeholder engagement, micro-simulation of road user behaviour, and a comprehensive, multi-modal appraisal tool. |
Website | https://www.roadspace.eu/ |
Contact Person(s) | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Rico Wittwer +49 (0)351 463 341 32 |
Project Name | TRAVELVIEWER: Site collection of data in the city of Dresden |
Sponsor | Trivector Traffic AB |
Cooperation Partner(s) | Trondheim, Copenhagen, Ferrara/Reggio Emilia, Dresden |
Duration | 09/2018 to 09/2020 |
Goals | The primary aim of TRAVELVIEWER is to better understand of how travels are made to effectively work towards a behavioul change towards more sustainable transport. |
Contents |
For achieving this aim a first version of TRAVELVIEWER will be developed in 6 languages. Within the project, an already existing data collection app TRavelVU should be improved for European use. Both TRAVELVIEWER and TRavelVU is going to be tested in for different demonstration sites in Europe. The project will provide ilustrative examples of how TRAVELVIEWER improves the understanding of travel behavour and how this practically can be used to support the shift to low carbon transport. Dresden takes part in the project with testing the app and providing guidance for developing a dashboard. A specific recruitment technique will be developed and tested in the demonstration site of Dresden. The results are compared to the other demonstration sites as well as methodological comparisons will be carried out of both the data itself and in terms of the quality of recruitment across the sites. |
Website | https://en.trivector.se/article/travelviewer-data-for-low-carbon-sustainable-transport-systems/ |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name | Mobility concept for the main campus of TU Dresden |
Client |
University management (Dec. 4) |
Duration | 01/2019 to 12/2019 (optional: bis 12/2020) |
Goals |
The aim of the project is to develop a mobility concept for the main TU Dresden campus to ensure accessibility for all demand groups. |
Contents |
The development of a mobility concept for the main TU Dresden campus is based on the considerations for the future development of the campus area already outlined in the Master Plan Campus Design. The Master Plan Campus Design has far-reaching effects and close interactions on the topic of mobility. Future accessibility requirements relate to both the inner and outer development of the main campus in the southern suburbs of Dresden. The effects of a mobility concept can only be meaningfully assessed on the basis of an integrated target concept that is supported by all actors and affected groups as far as is possible. An indispensable basis for the development of an integrated mobility concept is the derivation of the qualified parking space requirement for the Technische Universität Dresden (students, employees, visitors) with special attention to the concerns of the resident population for the analysis and forecast horizon (2028/2030). The derivation of the qualified parking space requirement should be based on a mathematical procedure. The conceptual measures for the TUD space and the public transport area are to be transformed into a mobility concept with special emphasis on the promotion of inter- and multimodality. |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name | Evaluation of the SrV 2030 to achieve the modal-split values of the Leipzig City STEP VöR |
Client | City of Leipzig |
Duration | 03/2019 to 12/2019 |
Goals |
The aim of the project is to determine a necessary or desirable group-specific mobility behaviour to achieve the modal split requirements for the MIV according to STEP VöR. The aim is to identify (target) groups that are likely to change their behaviour compared to today and which are most likely to react to measures to support behavioural changes. |
Contents |
Against the background of the objectives described above, the study to be prepared on Leipzig mobility behaviour in 2030 has the following tasks:
|
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name | Master Plan Campus Design for TU Dresden |
Client |
University Management |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
Institute of Landscape Architecture, Dezernat 4 (Liegenschaften, Technik und Sicherheit) |
Duration | 01/2019 to 12/2019 |
Goals |
The Institute of Landscape Architecture, the Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic and Department 4 (Real Estate, Technology and Safety) were jointly commissioned by the Rectorate to develop a master plan for the exterior spaces of the TU Dresden campus. The project aims to develop an overall concept for the future development of the open spaces on the campus. Some of the ideas are to be implemented by the 200th anniversary of the university in 2028. |
Contents |
As a first processing step, a comprehensive analysis of the outdoor spaces on the campus has been elaborated and already completed by the participating institutes of TU Dresden. This includes not only the inventory and evaluation of the open spaces for historical development, infrastructure, vegetation, equipment and urban technology, but also the determination of the need for open spaces as a place of research, learning, work and leisure. This is followed by a phase of development and discussion of spatial-design scenarios, with which the planning office Karres+Brands from the Netherlands was commissioned. These scenarios, in turn, are discussed and concretised in many meetings with various participants (project-accompanying workgroup; see project information below). The different spatial and design scenarios developed will be presented to the university public for discussion. Taking into account the results of the discussions, an initial overall concept for the campus exterior will be developed by the end of 2018, which will serve as a basis for more detailed planning and future implementation measures. In 2019, work on the Campus Design Master Plan will be continued (including 19 starter projects), the implementation of which will be intensively supported by the institutes involved in the project. |
Website | https://tu-dresden.de/bu/architektur/ila/forschung/masterplan-campusgestaltung-1 |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name | Pilot study: right turn on red for cyclists |
Client |
Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
PTV Transport Consult GmbH |
Duration | 01/2018 to 04/2020 |
Goals |
The aim of the study is to determine, on the basis of a pilot study in 9 German cities, the effects and expediency of a regulation that allows cyclists to turn right at red lights. In addition to the legal aspects, traffic flow, traffic behaviour and traffic safety are to be evaluated. |
Contents |
On the basis of a research of relevant regulations and rules as well as a national/international literature search, relevant findings will be prepared which concern future implementations of right turns for cyclists at red lights. In parallel, different designs of entrances and exits at LSA junctions will be combined in a typification, and a concept for the design of a traffic sign will be developed. In close cooperation with the cities participating in the pilot project, examples of traffic situations will be identified and behavioural observations will be made before/after the installation of the new traffic sign for cyclists. The surveys will be evaluated in terms of indicators for the assessment of traffic safety and traffic flow. Finally, recommendations will be made with regard to a possible implementation of the regulations in terms of design, traffic engineering, and traffic law aspects. |
Website | https://www.bast.de/BASt_2017/DE/Presse/Mitteilungen/2019/01-2019.html |
Contact Person(s) | Dipl.-Ing. Bettina Schröter +49 (0)351 463 366 99 |
Project Name | Traffic safety at public transport stops |
Client |
Insurers' Accident Research (UDV) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
PTV Transport Consult GmbH |
Duration | 10/2016 to 08/2019 |
Goals |
The aim of this study is to derive requirements for the design and operation of road space situations with stops, supplemented by general approaches to measures (including training, traffic education, campaigns, operational safety of public transport). |
Contents |
Within the framework of this research project and based on literature analysis, the accident occurrence at bus stops will be evaluated on a statistical level (special features and temporal developments will be identified) and on a network level (analysis of conflict constellations for different accident types in the bus stop area with regard to time, type of participation, age groups, environment, accident severity, location, and other attributes of the road and accident data set). In the macroscopic analysis, 2,000 THS in six major cities (Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Munich) will be surveyed with regard to type, operation, road cross-section, location, and further design features on site (including photo documentation, recording of design features via a HS profile). From the data set of the macroscopic analysis, a total of 100 THS are selected in pairs for the detailed analysis. This serves to compare the accidentally loaded and accident-free HS of a type, taking into account relevant accident situations. In the behavioural analysis, the occurrence data of MIV and nMIV as well as qualitative and quantitative behavioural parameters such as lines of movement of the nMIV, speeds of the MIV and acceptance of traffic rules by all road users are determined from video observations. In the conflict analysis quantifiable conflict parameters such as post-encroachment time (PET) are determined from the trajectories of potential conflict opponents (nMIV, MIV, public transport). The aim is to identify and describe critical behaviour. Finally, the synopsis provides a comprehensive interpretation of the results of all levels of analysis. This enables the current need for action to be evaluated in practice and approaches to measures to be derived. |
Contact Person(s) | Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Medicus +49 (0)351 463 366 17 |
Project Name | Acceptance and road safety of cycling in mixed traffic with motor vehicles on inner-city main roads |
Client |
Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
PTV Transport Consult GmbH |
Duration | 05/2017 to 04/2019 |
Goals |
Evaluation of the objective safety of the guidance of cycle traffic in mixed traffic under different traffic and design boundary conditions; causes for the arrangement of different mixed traffic guidance systems and their acceptance; Update of FGSV regulations |
Contents |
In the research project, existing findings in Germany and abroad will be evaluated; accident analyses will be undertaken, taking into account exposure (survey of the traffic volume of bicycle and motor vehicle traffic at up to 150 points); surveys on acceptance and safety-relevant behaviour as well as driving on 20 different sections will be conducted. In addition, surveys of road users and a pilot study on route selection will be carried out against the background of the acceptance of different forms of guidance for cycle traffic. As a result, typical accident situations as well as accident-favouring behaviour and boundary conditions will be assigned to the examined forms of guidance. These are compared with the current recommendations of the regulations as well as legal and operational requirements. In this way, the current need for action can be evaluated in practice and approaches to measures derived. |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name |
NRVP 2020 - Cycling and walking on shared and independent paths |
Sponsors |
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) |
Cooperation Partner | LISt Gesellschaft für Verkehrswesen und ingenieurtechnische Dienstleistungen mbH |
Duration | 11/2016 to 04/2019 |
Goals |
The research project is intended to close the gaps in knowledge about the joint guidance of bicycle and foot traffic on independent paths and to specify and define areas of application for paths with different loads. Aspects of traffic safety, comfort and traffic flow are to be evaluated, taking into account the effectiveness of different ways of separating the different types of transport. |
Contents |
The research project will evaluate existing findings in Germany and abroad, carry out a municipal research to identify investigation routes, carry out accident analyses (accident data from the police and surveys of injured cyclists and pedestrians in hospitals) and conduct surveys on safety-relevant behaviour and traffic quality for 30 different route segments. In addition, road users are interviewed during the surveys. As a result, a draft for a generally valid guideline for the design of independent cycle paths and footpaths will be presented. |
Website | https://nationaler-radverkehrsplan.de/de/praxis/nrvp-2020-rad-und-fussverkehr-auf-gemeinsamen-und |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name |
Effects of recognisability and access design on the traffic safety of roundabouts on rural roads |
Client |
Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
Cooperation Partner(s) | Chair of Road Planning and Road Design
Chair of Traffic and Transportation Psychology (TU Dresden) |
Duration | 05/2017 to 08/2019 |
Goals |
The aim of this research project is to provide a solid basis for increasing the traffic safety of rural roundabouts, in particular the design of access roads and the roundabout island, taking into account possible deficits in recognisability. |
Contents |
In this research project, existing findings in Germany and abroad are evaluated, macroscopic and microscopic accident analyses are carried out, surveys on speed and driving behaviour as well as perception-psychological investigations are conducted for selected examples. As a result of the investigations, factors that are favourable to accidents are to be determined and design recommendations made in order to increase traffic safety at rural roundabouts. |
Contact Person(s) |
Project Name |
Promoting safe walking and cycling within a multimodal transport environment (ISAAC) |
Cleint | Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
|
Duration | 09/2016 bis 05/2019 |
Goals |
|
Contents |
The project "Promoting safe walking and cycling within a multimodal transport environment" is funded by the Association of European Road Transport Authorities (CEDR). First, motivational factors or obstacles that, respectively, motivate or discourage people to walk and cycle will be researched. A typification is to be carried out, which relates the identified factors to typical groups of people, sizes of environment, city characteristics, etc. Subsequently, implemented measures to support walking and cycling in European cities will be researched, assigned to the previously found factors and evaluated with regard to their safety aspects and comfort. From this, constraints for the feasibility of the individual measures are to be developed and brought into connection with typical urban characteristics. On the basis of these data, an internet-based tool will be developed which, depending on their characteristics, will suggest suitable measures to cities to promote walking and cycling, provide examples of good implementation, and point out potential target groups that require special attention. |
Website | |
Contact Person(s) | Prof. Regine Gerike +49 351 463-36501 |
Project Name |
Active mobility: better quality of life in metropolitan areas |
Client |
Federal Environment Agency (UBA) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
|
Duration | 08/2016 bis 09/2019 |
Goals |
|
Contents |
The research project "Active Mobility: Better Quality of Life in Metropolitan Areas" is funded by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and consists of three components:
The first component, "Survey of Motivating Factors", is intended to investigate the research question of which key factors serve to integrate active mobility into everyday life. In this regard, a representative quantitative survey will be conducted, the results of which will be verified by further qualitative surveys. Based on this, options for action to strengthen active mobility for the federal, state, and local governments will be derived. The second content component is based on a dialogue-oriented approach. It comprises the preparation of the basic outlines of a nationwide foot traffic strategy, which is to pursue the following objectives:
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the bicycle, the International Cycling Conference 2017 was held in the "birthplace" of the bicycle in Mannheim. The event from 19 - 21 September 2017 was prepared, held and followed up within the framework of the third content component. The International Cycling Conference is a conference with an international and interdisciplinary orientation comprised of approximately 120 to 150 participants. |
Contact Person(s) | M.Sc. Caroline Koszowski +49 351 463-35333 |
Project Name | FIS - Research Information Systems (FIS) for mobility and traffic - LOS 2 und LOS 6 |
Client |
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
|
Duration | 01/2016 bis 12/2018 (optional 2019) |
Goals |
|
Contents |
The Research Information System (FIS) for Mobility and Transport is a research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) to establish an internet-based knowledge platform. Within the scope of the project phase 01/2016 to 12/2018 the supervised topics were maintained and processed in terms of content. In particular, scientific publications were researched, compiled and synthesized with regard to their political relevance. If required, the FIS topics can be supplemented by optional assignments with additional content in the form of new knowledge maps. During the project period the topics of LOS 2 and LOS 6 are dealt with. These cover the areas "Passenger Transport" and "Integrated Mobility Supply in Urban and Regional Areas". |
Website | |
Contact Person(s) | M.Sc. Fabian Heidegger +49 (0)351 463 36508 |
Project Name | Mobility in Cities – SrV 2018 |
Client |
Municipalities, transport associations and transport companies, as well as partial funding from the German federal states |
Duration | 05/2016 bis 12/2020 |
Goals |
|
Contents |
|
Website | www.tu-dresden.de/srv |
Contact Person(s) | Dr. Frank Ließke +49 (0)351 463 366 68 |
Project Name | Factors influencing the quality of transport demand models in passenger transport |
Cleint |
German Research Foundation (DFG) |
Cooperation Partner(s) |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Friedrich, Chair of Transport Planning and Traffic Management Technology, University of Stuttgart |
Duration | 10/2015 bis 10/2019 |
Goals |
The overarching question of the research project is: "What quality must transport demand models have in order to be useful for the purposes of transport planning and transport technology? |
Contents |
The research project will first answer the question of which parameters can be used to describe the quality of transport demand models and how these can be extracted from the individual model levels. Based on this, it will be investigated how the influence of different model parameters on the quality of a transport demand model can be determined. This will then be quantified for selected parameters (e.g., accuracy of structural and behavioural data, spatial segmentation and transport demand) and for model assumptions to replicate the decision-making processes of transport users. As a result, application-differentiated minimum requirements for modelling, data supply, model calibration and validation will be formulated. |
Contact Person(s) | Dipl.-Ing. Robert Simon +49 (0)351 463 423 80 |