Case Studies
Overview MARS case studies on Google Maps, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
2022
ENSZEN23 (2022-2023): Modellierung von Personenverkehrsmaßnahmen im Rahmen des Projekts „Energieszenarien für die Berichtspflichten 2023, Auftraggeber: Umweltbundesamt GmbH
2021
FLADEMO (2021-2022): Flächendeckende Mobilitäts-Servicegarantie, Fördergeber: FFG
Transfair-AT (2021-2024): Socially Fair Options for a Climate Neutral Transformation of Housing and Mobility in Austria, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster. Fördergeber: Austrian Climate Research Programme (ACRP)
2020
UBA_Transition2040 (2020): Transition Mobility 2040. Auftraggeber. Umweltbundesamt GmbH
2019
ENSZEN_19 (2019): Modellierung von Personenverkehrsmaßnahmen im Rahmen des Projekts WAM. Auftraggeber: Umweltbundesamt Gesellschaft
MARS_Leeds_agreement (2019-2020): Research Funding Agreement for software development and use for Software "MARS", Auftraggeber: University of Leeds
2018
SAFiP (2018): Systemszenarien Automatisiertes Fahren in der Personenmobilität; Fördergeber: FFG
2016
ENSZEN17 (2016-2017): Modellierung von Personenverkehrsmaßnahmen im Rahmen der Energiewirtschaftlichen Szenarien im Hinblick auf die Klimaziele 2030 und 2050; Auftraggeber: Umweltbundesamt GmbH
Research Funding agreement for Software development and use for Software „MARS“ for the Metropolis Jakarta, Indonesia with the ITS Leeds, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster.
2015
Research Funding agreement for Software development and use for Software „MARS“ within the national project PERITHEL with the European Institute for Energy Research, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster. MARS models of the French cities Mulhouse and Strasbourg.
2014
Yang Wang, a PhD student at Transyt, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, employed a MARS model of the city of Madrid to test a new combined utility- and regret-based assessment methodology in her thesis "Assessing urban mobility trough participatory scenario building and combined utility regret assessment, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster".
In the nationally funded research project URBE a MARS model of the metropolitan region Vienna was used to estimate the direct rebound effect of efficiency improvements in the private transport sector.
2013
Within the framework of the doctoral programme URBEM a MARS model of the metropolitan region of Vienna was developed and calibrated for the base year 2011.
2012
The European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster) commissioned TUW-IVV to support the set-up of a MARS model of the city of Strasbourg, France.
A PhD student at ITS Leeds, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster is developing a MARS model of Bandah Aceh, Indonesia.
A PhD student is currently updating and improving the MARS model of Chiang Mai, Thailand with new household survey data.
2011
Colleagues from Ubon Rachathani University, Thailand used a MARS model of Bangkok in their study "Strategic Modeling for Sustainable Urban Transportation and Land Use Development in Bangkok".
On behalf of the Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (OIR) TUW-IVV developed a MARS model to predict the transport effects of land use planning instruments in the Austrian province of Carinthia. This work was part of a project "Spatial planning and traffic in Carinthia" (Raumordnung und Verkehr in Kärnten) commissioned by the Carinthian provincial government. A short summary of the project in German can be found under https://www.oir.at/project/raumordnung-und-verkehr-in-kaernten/, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
A MARS model of the region of Madrid, ES was used by Luis Angel Guzmán-García in his PhD-thesis "Optimicación dinámica de estrategias de movilidad sostenible en áreas metropolitanas, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster" (Dynamic optimisation of strategies for sustainable mobility in urban areas), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, Centro de Investigación del Transporte - Transyt, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
2010
The European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster) bought a license of the MARS software and commissioned TUW-IVV to support the set-up of a MARS model of the city of Mulhouse, France. The aim was to mocel the impact of local policies to optimise the development of electric mobility. Results have been presented in 2012 at the WCTRS , öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen FensterSIG10 Urban Transport Policy workshop Emerging Urban Transport Policies towards Sustainability in Vienna.
A MARS model covering the whole area of Austria was developed and used in the national research project EISERN (Energy Investment Strategies and long term Emission Reduction Needs).
TUW-IVV was commissioned by Wiener Stadtwerke Beteiligungsmanagement GmbH to carry out a study on the chances and risks of e-mobility in Vienna. A MARS model of Vienna and Lower Austria was used in combination with the fleet development model SERAPIS owned by the Austrian Energyagency, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster to predict the effects of different e-mobility scenarios.
Simone Becker Lopes developed and used a MARS model of Porto Alegre in her PhD thesis "A sustainable mobility planning tool based on an integrated land use-transport model, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster" at the
School of Engineering of São Carlos, USP, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster.
2009
A MARS model of the city of Leeds, UK, was set for its use within the FP7 project GHG-Transpord, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster.
2008
A MARS model of Washington D.C. was set up and used by Matt Hardy in his PhD thesis "Simplified Integrated Transportation and Land Use Modelling to Support Metropolitan Planning Decisions: An Application and Assessment" at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
The development of a MARS model of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has been started within the framework of the Mega City Research Project TP. Ho Chi Minh.
2007
In the 6th framework project CITYMOBIL, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (Towards advanced road transport for th urban environment) MARS models of the cities of Almere (NL), Gateshead (UK), Trondheim (N) and Vienna are used to asses the effects of innovative transport systems like PRT (Personal Rapid Transit).
A Vensim(r) based MARS model of the Madrid region is used in the project "Metodología para la evaluación multiobjetivo de estrategias de movilidad urbana y regional" funded by the Ministerio de Fomento, Madrid, ES.
2006
A MARS model of the city of Leeds, GB was adapted for the project DISTILLATE, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (Design and Implementation Support Tools for Integrated Local LAnd Use, Transport and the Environment) funded under the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's overarching research programme on the development of a Sustainable Urban Environment.
DISTILLATE MARS Leeds demo pack
A MARS model of the "Twin City Region" Vienna - Bratislava (AT-SK) was created in the national research project PLUTO (Prediction of Land Use and Transport changes due to Open borders - a modelling framework for the Vienna - Bratislava metropolitan region) funded by the Viennese Chamber of Economy ("Wiener Wirtschaftskammer, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster").
2005
A MARS model of Bari, IT was created and used by Giovanni Circella in his PhD thesis “Integrated land use and transportation planning for sustainable transport solutions” at the Technical University of Bari, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (Italy).
MARS Flight Simulator models of the cities Chiang Mai, TH; Ubon Ratchathani, TH; Hanoi, VN have been created and used within the project SPARKLE funded by the European Commission within the Programme Asia Pro Eco.
A MARS model of the city of Edinburgh, GB was used in combination with models on a European level and a world energy market model in the project STEPS , öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster(Scenarios for the Transport system and Energy supply and their Potential effectS) funded by the European Commission in its 6th framework programme.
A MARS model of the Vienna Region, AT in Visual Basic for Applications(r) was created in a project on behalf of the Viennese Municipal Department 18.
2004
A MARS model of the region of Madrid, ES in VBA(r) was used by Paula Vieira Gonçalves de Souza in her PhD-thesis "Modelización de la interacción de usos del suelo y transporte. Aplicación al corredor A-3 de Madrid, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster" at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, Centro de Investigación del Transporte - Transyt, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster.
A MARS model of the city of Leeds, UK in VBA(r) was used in the project SPECTRUM, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (Studies of Policies regarding Economic instruments Complementing Transport Regulation and the Undertaking of physical Measures) funded by the European Community under the "Competitive and Sustainable Growth" Programme.
2003
MARS models of the six European capitals Edinburgh, GB; Helsinki, FI; Madrid, ES; Oslo, NO; Stockholm, SE; Vienna, AT in VBA(r) have been created and used in the project PROSPECTS, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster (Procedures for Recommending Optimal Sustainable Planning of European City Transport Systems) funded by the European Commission within the 5th framework programme.