Past projects
Sponsor: ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC), BMBF
Project Partners: Chalmers University of Technology, City of Gothenburg, City of Munich, City of Stockholm, Lindholmen Science Park (CLOSER), RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB, SINTEF AS, The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA), University of Westminster
Contact: Dr. Sven-Thomas Graupner, Dr. Jens Schade
Duration: April 2021 – March 2024
The overall objective of the GeoSence project is to design, test and evaluate geofencing concepts and solutions for specific applications that can contribute to improvements in traffic flow, safety and air quality in cities. Geofences are virtual (statically or dynamically defined) geographical boundaries that can be used to automatically detect when mobile objects (such as vehicles, people, containers, etc.) enter or leave these areas. GeoSence is a unique European collaboration on geofencing for traffic management and planning. In total, GeoSence will involve 10 project partners, 8 support partners and a broad partner network.
In order to achieve the project goals, experiences from previous and ongoing geofencing initiatives will be evaluated. Furthermore, new ways for the successful deploying of geofencing technologies will be proposed. In order to assess and evaluate the implemented measures, acceptance studies will be carried out in addition to behavioural analyses, potential and impact studies.
Among other things, the Chair of Traffic Psychology at the Technical University of Dresden will as a Work Package leader (WP2 "Envision & user acceptance") investigate the conditions of acceptance of various geofencing applications in the urban mobility sector. Furthermore, concrete recommendations for increasing acceptance and effectiveness of these solutions will be derived in order to increase the probability of introducing such measures.
In addition to tools for implementation, GeoSence will also develop and propose approaches to scale-up and for other relevant issues (e.g. standardisation). In the end, GeoSence will provide a strategic implementation guide to further facilitate the dissemination of this innovative technology in Europe and support decision-making processes by integrating geofencing.
Further Informationen: GeoSence Website
Sponsor: BMDV
Partners: Freistaat Bayern, BMW, MAN, PTV, Siemens, SWM, UPS, 3DMS, Trafficon, TTS, KIT, TUM
Contact: Dr. Jens Schade, M. Sc. Christina Gögel, M. Sc. Kevin Andrew Harkin, M. Sc. Marie Kühn
Duration: Jan. 2021 – Jun. 2023
In the future, vehicles will also be able to drive automatically in metropolitan areas and cities. In TEMPUS, effects of automated vehicles (AV) on efficiency and safety and the acceptance of other non-motorized road users and citizens will be investigated by extensive driving tests in the real Munich road network. The project is realized by several project partners from the areas of local authorities, industry, SMEs and research (Free State of Bavaria, BMW, MAN, PTV, Siemens, SWM, UPS, 3DMS, Trafficon, TTS, KIT, TUD, TUM) and funded by the BMVI (Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure).
In this context, the Chair of Traffic Psychology at TU Dresden is involved in analyzing the conditions of acceptance of automated vehicles among different target groups and is also researching the interaction and communication between automated/connected and other road users.
On the one hand, a quantitative acceptance survey in a pre/post design among the inhabitants of the test area will be conducted so that representative statements on the acceptance of automated and connected driving within the population can be concluded. This is accompanied by participatory formats (citizen information events, workshops, focus groups). On the other hand, an analysis and optimization of communication and interaction processes in urban mixed traffic between AV and vulnerable road users (VRU) such as pedestrians and cyclists will take place with regard to objective and subjective traffic safety as well as traffic quality.
Sponsor: BMI
Partner: Chair of Landscape Engineering
Contacts: Dipl.-Ing, Dipl.-Psych. Christoph Schulze
Duration: October 2021 - September 2023
The built environment shall be designed, constructed and managed to facilitate orientation. Orientation means to find one's way and to reach one’s destination, avoiding hazardous obstacles.“ (ISO 21542:2021-06, S. 11).
Supportive measures for information and wayfinding shall be provided in a format that is accessible to people with sensory impairments. Accessibility for persons with vision impairment of a complete route, for example from home to a specified destination, includes mostly more than one supportive system. The supportive function of different, following supportive measures for information and orientation has not been well described so far. The research project investigates generalizable criteria for this issue and aims to open them up for the evaluation and design of the built environment.
Sponsor: BMDV, mFUND
Contacts: Dr. Madlen Ringhand, Dipl. Psych. Juliane Anke
Duration: June 2021 - June 2022
With the legislation allowing the use of light electric vehicles in Germany, another means of transport is now present in the traffic environment - the e-scooter. So far, little differentiated data is available on the use of these vehicles. In particular, the choice of routes and thus possible points of conflict with bicycle traffic are relevant in terms of urban and traffic planning. In contrast, access to the e-scooter use data via operators is still severely restricted.
The core objective of the "ScoNe" project is a feasibility analysis of the usability and usefulness of data that are available or easily obtainable from e-scooter operator systems (typically start and end points of routes) in order to map the routes traveled by the users with sufficient accuracy.
Both the accessibility, usability of the data and their quality for routing will be examined. Furthermore, exemplary encounter and conflict points with bicycle traffic will be derived and the usefulness of the data will be evaluated by comparing it with actually driven routes.
For further information please visit: Projektseite ScoNe
Contact: Madlen Ringhand
Sponsor: German Insurers Accident Research (UDV)
Contacts: Dipl. Psych. Juliane Anke, Dr. Madlen Ringhand
Duration: June 2021 - May 2022
Since the regulation on light electric vehicles came into force in Germany in June 2019, e-scooters can be used by renting and/or purchasing them. Due to the relative novelty, prevention work in this area is still in its infancy.
This project aimed to describe requirements for prevention activities for e-scooter use.
A literature review was conducted to identify prevention needs against the background of existing measures regarding e-scooter use and the basics of prevention strategies. An online survey and focus group interviews with frequent e-scooter users complemented the approach, gaining further insights into prevention content and design.
Based on the findings, a prevention matrix was created, available as an overview and guideline for practical prevention work on e-scooter use.
More information and downloads:
www.udv.de/praeventionsmassnahmen-fuer-die-e-scooternutzung
Contacts: Juliane Anke Madlen Ringhand
Sponsor: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Projectpartner: Professur für Verkehrsökologie (TUD)
Contact: MSc. Lisa-Marie Schaefer
Duration: Oct. 2020 - Nov. 2022
In order to meet the high demand for transport in urban areas of Georgia - especially in the capital Tbilisi - and at the same time reduce pollutant emissions, it is necessary to expand public transport and infrastructure for cycling and walking. In addition, routes for active modes of transport should be made safer in order to increase their attractiveness. These long-term goals can only be achieved if professionally trained experts from different disciplines work together on the basis of clearly defined objectives and responsibilities to advance sustainable urban mobility.
In order to create a reliable data basis on the current mobility situation in Georgia, a baseline study will be carried out in the project. This is based on the SrV ("System of Representative Travel Surveys") developed at the TUD and established in Germany, that will be adapted to the national context. Through cooperation with local experts and training of interviewers on site, the local initiative will also be supported in the implementation so that the survey can be carried out at regular intervals in the future by the local experts.
At the same time, a network with Georgian experts is established and thematic synergies in the courses offered by the local universities "Georgian Technical University" and "Kutaisi University" are being worked out. Finally, a new series of lectures on the topic of "Urban Mobility" will be compiled and integrated into the existing course syllabus. A first run will take place in the summer semester of 2022 and will be evaluated afterwards.
Sponsor: European Union HORIZON 2020
Project Partners: Instituto di Studi per l'integrazione dei Sistemi (IT), Fundacio Privada ERSILIA (ES), Université Gustave Eiffel (FR), Zilinska Univerzita V Ziline (SK), Osborne Clarke (GB)
Contact: Dr. Jens Schade, M. Sc. Lisa-Marie Schaefer
Duration: Dec. 2020 – Nov. 2022
REBALANCE investigates a possible paradigm shift in the transport sector. New values associated with mobility seem to be emerging in society, today; the project aims to identify them in order to integrate them into public policy. An ambitious collaborative intellectual exercise will be carried out that will mobilize a large multidisciplinary group of thinkers internationally. This group brings together philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, geographers and lawyers in an unusual composition. These considerations will be incorporated into the draft of a manifesto for a new culture of mobility. This manifesto, which expresses the common values and aspirations of European citizens, aims to influence the fundamental elements of European transport policy and to provide a basis for changing the way people think about mobility and transport policy decisions.
The Chair of Transportation Psychology participates in the project in particular by developing a value-based macro-framework for European mobility culture, discussing it in discussion with other experts and further adjusting it in the course of the project.
This project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101007019.
Sponsor: BMBF
Project Partners: TU München, TU Chemnitz, Uni Ulm, DLR, AIST (JP), Keio University (JP), University of Tsukuba (JP), University of Kumamoto (JP), University of Tokyo (JP)
Contact: Daniel Eisele, M.Sc., Christina Gögel, M.Sc., Prof. Dr. Tibor Petzoldt
Duration: Sep. 2019 – Aug. 2022
For automated driving, it is crucial that different technologies ensure the same functionalities worldwide. This project therefore focuses on the investigation of people as road users in an international setting. Within the context of cultural differences between Japan and Germany, questions arise regarding the communication of automated vehicles with surrounding traffic, ways to inform, train and educate future users, and the interaction between the driver and the automation.
The project aims at investigating different interaction strategies of automated vehicles (including external displays) with other road users, different strategies for training and educating future drivers on automated driving, and cognitive processes of drivers during transitions between different levels of automation.
Sponsor: BMBF
Project partners: Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development
Contact: MSc. Lisa Zwicker
Duration: Aug. 2019 - Juli 2022
As part of the project "Car-free City of the Future - The Week of Good Living", a densely populated district of Dresden is planned to be kept car-free for one week. This measure will inevitably have an effect on all residents of the affected district. Those who have used their car so far (and parked in the affected area) will have to change their plans or change to other means of transport. Even for those who have not yet used a motorised vehicle, the changes in the traffic area may subjectively open up new possibilities (e.g. by changing their perception of safety, which could be the basis for using a bicycle). How the affected citizens deal with the measure is to be investigated in comprehensive surveys (online, on site). At the same time, in addition to the short-term change in behaviour in immediate reaction to the current measure, it is above all of interest to what extent long-term established, habituated behaviour patterns (the use of the car) can be changed by experience during the measure (e.g. the "forced" use of other means of transport).
For this purpose, a longitudinal monitoring of a smaller sample of affected citizens is planned.
Sponsor: NRVP 2020 / BMDV
Project partners: Stadtreinigung Hamburg, Chair of Transport Ecology (TUD), Chair of Assessment and Intervention (TUD)
Contact: Dipl.-Verk.wirtsch. Angela Francke
Duration: Sep. 2019 - Jul. 2022
The effectiveness of grit and de-icing agents used today to reduce the risk of cyclists falling on snow and slippery roads has many limits and often does not lead to optimum results. On the contrary, both on icy roads and after snow has thawed, many cyclists tend to perceive gravel or chippings as an additional safety risk, especially as their removal can take quite some time. New grit or de-icing agents could provide a solution. Within the framework of this research project, the use of alternative de-icing and dulling agents for winter road clearance services specific to cycle traffic will therefore be tested for the first time.
The project will be carried out by Stadtreinigung (city cleaning) Hamburg (SRH), and Technische Universität Dresden will provide scientific support for the project. In addition to a nationwide survey of municipal cycling officers to investigate current procedures and their limits, cyclists will also be interviewed online and on site to cover requirements from the user's point of view. In addition, the environmental impact of the grit used is examined in the course of a life cycle analysis. The gritting materials, which passed a first practical test on non-public test paths in winter 2020/2021, will be tested in winter 2021/2022 on selected cycle paths in public spaces. An on-site survey of cyclists with regard to their suitability for the user is also planned for these test tracks.
The result of the project will be an overview of possible alternatives to chippings as well as the expected environmental impacts and costs. The survey of cyclists will also provide information on obstacles and reasons for not using the bicycle in winter.
The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) as part of the National Cycling Plan 2020.
Fördergeber: NRVP 2020 / BMDV
Projektpartner: Chair of Industrial Design Engineering (TUD)
Ansprechpartner: Dipl. Psych. Juliane Anke
Laufzeit: Sep. 2019 - Aug. 2021
The group of cyclists is made up of different types who differ in behaviour and needs. They all face challenges in everyday cycling. Long-drawn-out gradients or an accumulation of traffic lights are only examples. The project focuses on answering practical questions such as "How can a gradient be fun?" or "Where to put the kinetic energy when stopping at red lights?
The German National Cycling Plan (Nationaler Radverkehrsplan NRVP) project is developing a gamification approach to increase the use of the bicycle by increasing user motivation. Gamification can be understood as "the use of game design elements in other contexts". The aim is to develop a small, integrated infrastructure solution that can be played directly by the cyclists on-site.
Based on user data, prototypical users (personas) for an illustrative problem situation will be developed. Based on this, different gamification mechanisms are assigned to the personas, which are implemented in a technical prototype. The prototype will then be deployed at a selected section of the cycling infrastructure and evaluated in terms of its effectiveness.
Sponsor: Unfallforschung der Versicherer (GDV)
Contacts: Dr. Madlen Ringhand, Dipl. Psych. Juliane Anke
Duration: Nov. 2019 - Sept. 2021
Since the regulation on very small electric vehicles came into force in June 2019, so-called e-scooters can be used by renting and/or purchasing them. At present, however, no reliable data is available regarding the road safety of e-scooters in Germany.
The aim of the project is to methodically investigate various aspects of e-scooter use, e.g. conflicts with cyclists or pedestrians, used road areas and the users' knowledge of the rules. With the help of tablet-based on-site surveys and on-site observations in Dresden and Berlin, the above-mentioned aspects, as well as the characteristics of the users will be examined in the field.
The findings will allow an estimation of the effects of e-scooter use on road safety.
Further information: www.udv.de/Verkehrsverhalten-e-scooter-fahrer
Contacts: Madlen Ringhand Juliane Anke
Sponsor: Federal Highway Research Institute
Project partner: Chair of Road planning and Road Design
Contact: Juliane Anke
Duration: April 2018 – December 2021
The research project examines how longitudinal markings on rural roads affect safety-related aspects of driving behaviour and thus road safety during the day and at night. With data collection by a simulator study and validating real traffic surveys, it will be quantified how longitudinal markings on rural roads influence daytime and nighttime traffic safety. Taking into account the influence of different road types, cross-sections, markings and boundary conditions, the effect of road markings on safety-related behaviour is determined.
Sponsor: Federal Highway Research Institute
Project partner: Rapp Trans (DE) AG, Berlin, as well as Rapp Trans (CH), Basel
Contact: Dr. Jens Schade, M. Sc. Lisa Zwicker
Duration: October 2018 – February 2020
The amount of (partly) automated vehicles in motorised traffic will increase steadily in the years ahead, which leads to altered demands on the communication between road users. Therefore, the focus of the project is on assessing in which areas and in which way the contact with each other will or should develop.
In the first step of the project, existing communication constellations on highways, country roads and in urban traffic shall be described systematically. Furthermore, it will be differentiated between formal and informal, verbal and nonverbal and technological and gesture-based communication. Communication processes will be evaluated, for drawing a comprehensive picture of the interaction strategies in traffic.
In the second step, these results will be evaluated with regard to the future stage of mixed traffic with partly or fully automated vehicles. Is it possible and/or necessary to transfer the described forms of communication onto mixed traffic? Are there changes that need to be made? Can single strategies be omitted or are there even new communication means that need to be designed?
In the context of the project, among literature analysis, theoretical considerations and qualitative evaluations, a stakeholder workshop will be planned. The workshop shall help analysing results critically, assessing fields and conditions of use, as well as formulating recommendations for need for action.
Sponsor: NRVP 2020 / BMDV
Project partner: Chair of Transport Ecology
Contact: Dipl.- Verk.wirtsch. Angela Francke, MSc. Lisa-Marie Schaefer
Duration: September 2018 - August 2020
Mobility means daily participation in society. The bicycle provides an opportunity to cover distances in a cheap, active and self- determined way. Barriers to using the bicycle are factors like distances and comfort, whereas initial studies have shown that people with a migration background also reflect on culture and socialization. According to mobility surveys, immigrants do not consider using the bicycle as often as people without a migration background do it.
The aim of the project is to improve the chances in mobility and social participation of the target group (immigrants from the numerical most important countries of origin) and to address the barriers in bicycle use directly. Therefore, by using participative research approaches, the target group takes part in the explorative phase of the project by being involved in creating hypotheses.
Together with participants and people with a migration background, the research questions are developed close to the need. This occurs in line with a qualitative analysis, examining the cycling initiatives in Germany related to its criteria of success (10 initiatives with ca. 50 interview partners). In a quantitative survey throughout Germany (ca. 1000 interviewees) the hypotheses will be examined and finally qualitative and quantitative results will be synthesized. Based on results of individual mobility requirements with reference to different countries of origin, spatial-structural conditions and effects of already existing offers, suggestions about effective cycling interventions will be given, especially for the target group.
The project is sponsored by the Ministry of traffic and digital infrastructure (BMVI) from the resources for implementation of the national cycling plan.
Sponsor: ECSEL (Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership) – Funding initiative (Call-2016-1/ RIA)
Project partner of the subproject: Dresden Institute of Automobile Engineering, Chair of Automobile Engineering
Contact: Dipl. Psych. Madlen Ringhand
Duration: December 2018- April 2020
The EU-project investigates the advancement of fail-safe electronic components, systems and architectures for highly and fully automated driving, to make future mobility more secure, more efficient, affordable and end-user acceptable.
In the subproject “Energy supply, communication and traffic behaviour of partly automated and fully automated vehicles”, the Chair of Automobile Engineering will develop road user behaviour models for a stochastic traffic simulation. These models are supposed to assess the gain in safety and the road risk of new concepts of fully automated driving.
For validating the developed behaviour models, a study with test persons in a driving simulator will be conducted by the Chair of Traffic and Transportation Psychology. Within the context of the project a driving environment, which helps to investigate driving behaviour at urban intersections, shall be developed based on the underlying literature. By considering different driver states, driving tasks and (time sensitive) road situations, the gathered objective and subjective data provide detailed information about human driving behaviour. Therefore, the provided data allow a comparison with the data of the road user behaviour models within the traffic simulation.
Sponsor: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Project partner: TU Berlin
Contact: Dr. Jens Schade, M. Sc. Pascal Friebel
Duration: July 2017 – June 2020
The development of autonomous steered vehicles proceeds at high speed and will change the mobility of people in the future. Compared to fully automated individual vehicles, using autonomous steered buses in public transport (ÖPNV) provides a rapid perspective for realisation, because routes can be chosen specially and released individually.
The use of automated elements of public transport contributes decisively to the strengthening of public mobility and social participation, especially in rural regions with limited transport connection. Furthermore, the consequences of individual mobility like car orientated structures or urban sprawl can be dammed and climate policy goals can be reached more likely by combining individual drives.
The popularity of such an innovative transport system depends decisively on the acceptance of potential passengers, transport companies, vehicle manufacturers, agencies of the ÖPNV and other road users. Because of that, the user acceptance of different user groups will be measured and analysed in the context of an evaluation concept in a pre/ post-design. From that, important implications for improving acceptance and reducing barriers from user perspective can be derived. Thus, a sustainable integration of automated elements of public transport in future mobility concepts can succeed.
The aim of the collaborative project is to examine
- Conditions for using autonomous driving operation forms in public transport of rural regions
- Opportunities for creating and managing the user acceptance and
- Scenarios and effects of autonomous operation forms, referring to financing routines of the public transport
and to derive predications about transferability for a potential broad application in Germany. The most important element is the integration of a test driving operation of autonomous driving minibuses in a rural region, for exploring the conditions and parameters for acceptance examination and evaluation of transferability in a real environment.
Auftraggeber: Stadt Herne
Ansprechpartner: Juliane Anke
Laufzeit: Juni 2019 – September 2019
Ziel des Projektes ist es, Implikationen für die Radverkehrsinfrastruktur in der Stadt Herne abzuleiten, um diese gezielt an die Wünsche und Bedürfnisse der Bürger anpassen zu können. Dafür werden innerhalb des Projektes Anforderungen, Hemmnisse und Hindernisse beim Radfahren durch eine verkehrspsychologisch begründete Motivationsanalyse untersucht.
Auf Basis einer Vor-Ort-Recherche wird im Projektverlauf eine Online-Umfrage konzipiert und umgesetzt, die direkt auf die Stadt Herne und ihre Einwohner zugeschnitten ist. Dabei sollen Radfahrer aller sozio-ökonomischer Schichten, Altersstufen und Geschlechter abgebildet werden. Aus den gewonnenen Daten werden anschließend Handlungsansätze und Empfehlungen abgeleitet.
Den Projektrahmen bildet das Handlungsfeld „Radverkehr fördern“ aus der Gesamtstrategie Masterplan klimafreundliche Mobilität der Stadt Herne. In diesem Rahmen fließen die Projektergebnisse auch in das zu entwickelnde Radverkehrskonzept der Stadt Herne ein.
Sponsor: National Cycling Plan / Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Project partner: Chair of Transport Ecology (TUD)
Contact: Dipl.-Verk.wirtsch. Angela Francke
Duration: July 2017 – June 2019
In the previous project “Smartphone based behaviour data in bicycle traffic”, the great potential of GPS-data for planning practice was emphasized. However, it was detected that detailed information about bicycle traffic behaviour in different social economical groups is still missing. Although GPS mass data is available, the data only reflect the sum of the involved users, while information about bicycle traffic behaviour of single users is missing.
The project is conducted in collaboration with the Chair of Transport Ecology and aims to produce a typology of cyclists, based on surveys and an extensive field study on bicycle traffic behaviour in different social economical user groups. In a next step an extensive, heterogeneous group of test persons is provided with appliances for recording their bicycle route. Due to this approach, preferences of different groups, e.g. regarding speed, distances or route choice, can be identified. Finally, based on the information from the extensive analysis according to different social economical characteristics and their interpretation, recommendations for bicycle planning of local authorities are developed.
Contracting authority: Federal Highway Research Institute
Project partner: Chair of Economics, especially Macroeconomics
Contact person: Dr. Jens Schade, M. Sc. Pascal Friebel
Duration: November 2017 – January 2019
Risk changes in road safety mean changes in the probability for people to get hurt or die in an accident and also in the probability for emergence of material damage. Impacts of options for action need to be weighed up against each other according to their costs and benefits. In Germany, the benefit is expressed as saved accident costs and is based on the damage cost estimate.
The German accident cost calculation is not considering the willingness to pay for road safety. On the one hand, that means that the immaterial value of expected consequences of an accident (e.g. pain, sorrow, loss of life quality) is not included in that calculation. On the other hand, the opportunity for international comparisons is strongly limited, because the majority of European countries already uses the method of willingness to pay. Furthermore, data about the willingness to pay for road safety is also useful for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan.
The aim of the project is to develop an empirical collection concept, which completes the already existing German accident cost calculation with a willingness to pay estimate in the field of humanitarian costs. Thus, an evaluation of the immaterial aspects will be contributed in the calculation. Relevant influencing factors on willingness to pay need to be identified and quantitatively examined. The collection concept needs to be proved in a pilot survey.
Furthermore, options for integrating the results in the accident cost calculation of the Federal Highway Research Institute shall be revealed. The findings of the pilot survey can be used in a future main study for conducting a comprehensive empirical survey.
Auftraggeber: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen
Projektpartner: Professur für Integrierte Verkehrsplanung und Straßenverkehrstechnik und Professur für Gestaltung von Straßenverkehrsanlagen (TUD)
Ansprechpartner: Christoph Schulze
Laufzeit: Mai 2017 - Apr. 2019
In dem Forschungsprojekt werden belastbare Grundlagen zur Erhöhung der Verkehrssicherheit außerörtlicher Kreisverkehre ermittelt. Im Fokus stehen unter Berücksichtigung möglicher Erkennbarkeitsdefizite insbesondere die Gestaltung von Zufahrten und Kreisinseln. Dazu werden bereits bestehende Erkenntnisse im In- und Ausland ausgewertet, makroskopische und mikroskopische Unfallanalysen vorgenommen, Erhebungen zum Fahrverhalten sowie wahrnehmungsorientierte lichttechnische Untersuchungen vorgenommen. Im Ergebnis sollen unfallbegünstigende Faktoren ermittelt und gestalterische Empfehlungen zur Erhöhung der Verkehrssicherheit außerörtlicher Kreisverkehre formuliert werden.
Auftraggeber: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen
Ansprechpartner: Christoph Schulze
Laufzeit: Dez. 2016 - Nov. 2019
Gegenstand ist die Untersuchung und Begründung geeigneter und erschöpfender lichttechnischer Kennwerte zur angemessenen Charakterisierung des Reflexionsverhaltens von Fahrbahnoberflächen unter vielfältigen Anwendungsbereichen (u.a. Tageslichtbedingungen, ortsfeste Verkehrsbeleuchtung und kraftfahrzeugeigene Beleuchtung) sowie der Untersuchung von Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer messtechnischen Umsetzung der so identifizierten Kennwerte in eine mobile Lösung.
Auftraggeber: Gesamtverband der Deutschen, Versicherungswirtschaft e. V. (GDV)
Ansprechpartner: Dr. Susann Richter, Prof. Bernhard Schlag
Laufzeit: Dez. 2016 - Sep. 2017
Ausgehend von der differenzierten Analyse von entwicklungspsychologischen Aspekten und den sich aus der Verkehrsteilnahme ergebenden Aufgaben und Anforderungen an die Verkehrsteilnahme soll durch eine Zuordnung zu beobachtbarem Verhalten ein Instrument zur Bewertung von mobilitätsbezogenen Kompetenzen erstellt werden. Dies soll in einfacher Form ermöglichen, den Stand der mobilitätsbezogenen Kompetenzen von Kindern einzuschätzen und Ableitungen für eine entsprechend begründete Mobilitäterziehung zu treffen.
Projektbericht:
Schlag, B., Richter, S., Buchholz, K., & Gehlert, T. (2018). Ganzheitliche Verkehrserziehung für Kinder und Jugendliche Teil 1: Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen. Forschungsbericht Nr. 50. Unfallforschung der Versicherer. Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V., Berlin.
Contracting authority: Federal Highway Research Institute
Project partner: Infas (Institute for Applied Social Sciences)
Contact person: Dr. Jens Schade
Duration: February 2016 – January 2017
The project aims to develop a regular monitoring for documenting the development of traffic climate and the appearance of aggressive behaviour in traffic. Such a monitoring can occur from two perspectives: (1) Development of the traffic climate based on subjective indicators and (2) systematic registration of the prevalence of aggressive behaviour based on objective indicators.
Currently such a monitoring does not exist, which is why reliable statements about the extent and development of aggressive behaviours in traffic cannot be made. Previous assessments of the development of aggressive behaviours in traffic are based on opinion surveys, police assessments or data about the occurrence of charges. Objective and valid indicators for aggressions in traffic are not defined so far. In this context it shall be examined, how far information of already existing data sources (e.g. Register of Driver Fitness of the Federal Motor Transport Authority, official accident statistics) can be used for that. Furthermore, a practicable and methodical resilient approach for determining traffic climate and aggressive behaviour continuously shall be developed and tested in the frame of a methodological study. Among other things, survey design, appropriate survey methods and survey intervals will be determined at this. A regular monitoring of traffic climate and the prevalence of aggressive behaviour based on valid indicators can serve as an important basis for the development, evaluation and management of road safety measures.
Contracting authority: Federal Highway Research Institute
Project partner: PTV
Contact person: Dr. Jens Schade
Duration: September 2015 – November 2017
Besides cyclists, pedestrians are among the most vulnerable road users. This fact is exacerbated as especially children and older people participate in traffic as pedestrians who are especially endangered and often involved in accidents.
Because of tendencies like the increasing aging of society or (probably) increased distraction due to technical equipment, an update of the findings of pedestrian behaviour is necessary. Especially safety relevance of specific pedestrian behaviour needs to be stated out more precisely.
The following research questions are in the foreground:
- How can crossing behaviour of different pedestrian groups (children, older people) be described (e.g. securing behaviour, waiting time, gap acceptance, speed) and how do they distinguish from adult pedestrians?
- Which activities (e.g. phone use) influence the crossing process of pedestrians how often?
- Prevalence: How high is the proportion of pedestrians carrying out other activities while walking?
- What effect do these activities have on crossing performance (e.g. securing behaviour, waiting time, speed, gap acceptance, walking direction)?
- Do distracting activities more often lead to conflicts with other road users?
- Which factors can describe and predict the safety of crossing processes?
For answering the research question a structured observation of the pedestrian crossing behaviour with focus on crossings on open tracks with straight road geometry at eight places in Berlin and Dresden will be conducted.
Auftraggeber: Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt-, und Raumforschung im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung
Projektpartner: Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Landschaftsbau (TUD); universalRAUM – Institut für evidenzbasierte Architektur im Gesundheitswesen, Dresden
Ansprechpartner: Christoph Schulze, Katharina Rehberg
Laufzeit: Aug. 2015 - Apr. 2017
Die Umsetzung der in aktuellen Normen verankerten Anforderungen an die visuelle Barrierefreiheit ist mit Unsicherheiten verbunden. Diese betreffen unter anderem die messtechnischen Beschreibungen als auch materialtechnische Gestaltungen. In dem Projekt erfolgen empirische Prüfungen der Wahrnehmungswirkung ausgewählter Gestaltungsmerkmale durch Sehbehinderte als auch lichttechnische Messungen. Die lichttechnischen Messungen untersuchen spektrale Einflüsse, Einflüsse der Beleuchtungs- und Beobachtungsgeometrie als auch der Binnenstruktur auf die Kontrastwirkung exemplarischer Bodenmaterialien für den Innen- und Außenraum.
Abschlussbericht: Lohaus, I., Meyer, S., Kreiser, S., Schulze, C., Rehberg, K., Glasow, N., & Vorisková, S. (2017). Visuelle Barrierefreiheit durch die Gestaltung von Kontrasten. Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau, Band F 3063. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag.
Auftraggeber: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
Projektpartner: Lehrstuhl für die Gestaltung von Straßenverkehrsanlagen
Ansprechpartner: Dipl.-Psych. Juliane Anke, Prof. Bernhard Schlag
Laufzeit: Jul. 2015 – Jun. 2017
Über die Berücksichtigung der entwurfstechnischen und fahrphysikalischen Aspekte hinaus kann die verstärkte Berücksichtigung von Aspekten der Fahrerorientierung und der Wahrnehmung sowie der physiologischen und psychologischen Fähigkeiten der Kraftfahrer („Human Factors“) einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Erhöhung der Verkehrssicherheit auf Landstraßen leisten. Das Vorhaben soll es ermöglichen, wahrnehmungspsychologische Aspekte verstärkt in Regelwerke zur Gestaltung von Straßenverkehrsanlagen einfließen zu lassen. Dazu erfolgt in interdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Dresdner Lehrstühlen „Verkehrspsychologie“ und „Straßenentwurf“ eine synoptische Darstellung wahrnehmungspsychologischer Human Factors zum einen und möglicher Gestaltungsvarianten zum anderen. Erstellt wird ein Wissensdokument, das bisherige Regelwerke ergänzen kann.
Fördergeber: NRVP / BMVI
Projektpartner: Professur Verkehrsökologie (TUD)
Ansprechpartner: Dipl.-Verk.wirtsch. Angela Francke
Laufzeit: Aug. 2015 - Aug. 2017
Ein attraktiver Radverkehr bedarf einer qualitativ hochwertigen Infrastruktur. Voraussetzung dafür ist eine systematische Erfassung der Radverkehrsnachfrage. Hier setzt das Projekt an: Ziel ist es, die Nutzbarkeit von GPS-Massendaten für die Radverkehrsplanung zu prüfen, geeignete Visualisierungsformen zu entwickeln sowie den Kommunen einen Leitfadens mit Empfehlungen und Arbeitsschritten für die flächendeckende Erfassung der Verkehrsnachfrage und der Qualität des Radverkehrsablaufs, basierend auf vorhandenen „Big Data“, zur Verfügung zu stellen.
mehr Informationen unter:
https://tu-dresden.de/bu/verkehr/ivs/voeko/forschung/forschungsprojekte/nrvp
https://nationaler-radverkehrsplan.de/de/praxis/mit-smartphones-generierte-verhaltensdaten-im
Publikationen:
Lißner, S.; Francke, A.; Chernyshova, O.; Becker, T. (2017): App-Daten für die
Radverkehrsplanung - Eine explorative Datenanalyse von GPS-Daten im Radverkehr. In: Internationales Verkehrswesen, H. 1/Februar 2017, S. 48-52
Becker, T.; Francke, A.; Lißner, S. (2016): Mit Smartphones generierte Verhaltensdaten im Radverkehr - Überprüfung der Nutzbarkeit und Entwicklung eines Auswertungsleitfadens für Akteure der Radverkehrsplanung. Fahrradportal. Upload März 2016. URL: https://nationaler-radverkehrsplan.de/de/praxis/mit-smartphones-generierte-verhaltensdaten-im
Vorträge:
Becker, T.; Francke, A. (2016): Daten für die Radverkehrsplanung. Science Slam beim Tag der Vereinten Nationen Dresden, 28.10.2016, Dresden.
Becker, T; Francke, A; Lißner, S. (2016): Vorstellung des Projekts "Mit Smartphones generierte Verhaltensdaten im Radverkehr - Überprüfung der Nutzbarkeit und Entwicklung eines Auswertungsleitfadens" bei der 35. Sitzung des Bund-Länder-Arbeitskreises (BLAK) Fahrradverkehr, 06.04.2016, Dresden
Francke, A.; Lißner, S. (2016): GPS-Daten im Radverkehr – Crowdsourcing als neuer Ansatz für den nachfrageorientierten Planungsprozess, Vortrag bei den 25. Verkehrswissenschaftlichen Tagen, 17.03.2016, Dresden
Auftraggeber: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen
Projektpartner: Dozentur für Wildökologie und Waldschutz (TUD)
Ansprechpartner: Christoph Schulze
Laufzeit: Apr. 2015 - Apr. 2016
Gegenstand des Forschungsprojektes ist die wissenschaftliche Untersuchung und Darstellung des lichttechnischen Funktionsprinzips von optischen Wildwarnreflektoren und deren Wahrnehmbarkeit durch relevante Tierarten. Im Ergebnis des Projektes werden detaillierte Erkenntnisse zu Art und Umfang physiologisch wirksamer Reize begründet, die ausgehend von passierenden Lichtquellen (Fahrzeugen) vermittelt durch optische Wildwarner in straßennahen Bereichen an darin befindliche Tiere gelangen.
Abschlussbericht: Schulze, C., & Polster, J.-U. (2017). Wirkungsweisen von Wildwarnern. Forschung - Strassenbau und Verkehrstechnik (Heft 1127), Wirtschaftsverlag NW.
Auftraggeber: Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG
Projektpartner: Professur für Verkehrsleitsysteme und -prozessautomatisierung (TUD)
Ansprechpartner: Ralf Exner, Christoph Schulze
Laufzeit: März 2014 - Mai 2015
In der Untersuchung wurden die Einflüsse des Fahrerassistenzsystems COSEL auf die Fahrtätigkeit von Straßenbahnfahrern der Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG bewertet. Dabei wurden insbesondere die Wirksamkeitsbedingungen der Funktionen Abfahrtscountdown und Geschwindigkeitsempfehlung betrachtet. Gestaltungsbedingungen aus fahrerergonomischer und psychologischer Sicht wurden abgeleitet, die als Grundlage für die Weiterentwicklung des Systems dienen können.
Auftraggeber: ADAC Stiftung „Gelber Engel“
Ansprechpartner: Dr. Susann Richter
Laufzeit: Okt. 2012 - Sept. 2016
Mit dem von der ADAC Stiftung "Gelber Engel" finanziell geförderten Projekt wurde die universitäre Lehrerausbildung im Bereich der Verkehrspsychologie und Verkehrspädagogik an der Technischen Universität Dresden weiter auf- und ausgebaut. So wurde für Lehramtsstudierende aller Schulstufen ein zweisemestriges Modul entwickelt, um die verkehrspsychologischen und -pädagogischen sowie die entwicklungspsychologischen Inhalte und Methoden für die Verkehrs- und Mobilitätserziehung, als auch praktische Erfahrungen bei der Erarbeitung und Durchführung eigener schulischer Verkehrssicherheitsunterrichtseinheiten bzw. -projekte zu vermitteln. Darüber hinaus wurde aus den Erfahrungen der Lehre ein Lehrhandbuch für die universitäre Lehrerausbildung entwickelt.
Ergebnis:
Das Lehrhandbuch Verkehrspsychologie-Verkehrspädagogik kann hier kostenlos heruntergeladen werden.
(Institut für Mobilitätsforschung - IFMO/BMW, mit BOKU Wien) (Lars Rößger)