List of our ongoing projects

Our team is currently working on exciting mobility projects such as RemiHub or Sharelivery. Below you will find a brief summary of every project. Is there a specific project that has caught your interest? Feel free to contact us by email or phone!
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Innovative business models and AI-supported planning tools for establishing multifunctional mobility hubs

The ADDHUB project aims to develop viable business and operational models for multifunctional mobility hubs, particularly for medium-sized towns and cities, combining passenger transport with freight transport and other public services. These models are intended to ensure the long-term implementation of such hubs and thus contribute to reducing the negative impact of transport on the climate. It is precisely this combination of aspects that has been missing in many projects to date.

ADDHUB aims to develop an AI-based assessment and recommendation tool that facilitates the combined consideration of the size and selection of suitable additional functions, as well as operational and financing models for mobility hubs. The tool is designed to take into account investment and running costs, as well as potential revenue from additional functions, alongside sizing requirements and combinations of functions. The approach, based on the data ecosystem, allows for easy application to both major cities and rural regions, thereby ensuring transferability and scalability.

The overarching aim of ADDHUB is to promote the sustainable planning and implementation of mobility hubs in order to make a significant contribution to achieving climate targets in the transport sector and to make public transport more attractive.

 

Project lead: USTP, University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten

Project partners: Vienna University of Technology, Know Center, City of St. Pölten, Solutions4Energy, Urbaninnovation Vienna

Duration: 1 April 2026 – 30 September 2028

Funded as part of the ‘Technologies and Innovations for the Climate-Neutral City 2024’ programme

Further information available at FFG

Urban Mobility laboratory aspern.mobil LAB

Urban expansion areas face similar challenges in Europe. Using aspern Seestadt as an example, the project aspern.mobil LAB will work on these challenges. To this end, residents are offered numerous opportunities to work on innovative mobility solutions on an equal footing and in this way to rethink their own routines. At the same time, however, the district is a suitable place for industry and service providers to apply different mobility solutions.

Duration:
AML 2.0: 01.04.2017 – 31.03.2021 
AML 3.0: 01.07.2021 – 30.06.2026

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) as part of the FFG programme "Mobilität der Zukunft" (call for proposals 2016 and call for proposals Economic Stimulus Package Urban Mobility Labs 2021)

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cycLINK aims to develop a nationwide, integrated bike-sharing system for Austria. In particular, the first and last mile as a complementary mode to public transport in rural and suburban areas will be addressed to promote intermodal journeys and encourage a shift from car traffic to sustainable modes of transport.

To this end, existing bike-sharing systems will be analysed from the perspectives of operators, users and governance. This system comparison is intended to provide an important basis for the design of an Austria-wide service as well as experience for an implementation strategy. In the conception of the Austria-wide bike-sharing offer, goals and requirements for the bike-sharing system are developed, gaps in supply are analysed, and potential demand is estimated to define a location model in different expansion stages. With a focus on a practicable implementation strategy for the nationwide bike-sharing service, effects are estimated, and suitable operator models and costs are prepared.

The consortium consisting of the Graz Energy Agency (lead), TU Wien and Nextbike aims to develop an innovative and feasible solution for sustainable mobility in Austria in close cooperation between research and practice and with the involvement of relevant stakeholders.

Duration: 01.04.2025 – 01.09.2026

Funded within the framework of the Zero Emission Mobility plus 2024 tender by the Climate and Energy Fund.

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Driving Equitable and Accessible 15 Minute Neighbourhood Transformations

The DREAMS project investigates how co-creation and user-centered shared mobility services can contribute to barrier-free, sustainable, and inclusive 15-minute neighbourhoods in urban outskirts across European cities and regions.

DREAMS will conduct research in six living labs throughout Europe: Budapest, Brussels, Munich, Paris, Utrecht, and Vienna. DREAMS delivers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the 15-minute lifestyle in suburban and urban fringe areas with low to moderate density. DREAMS aims to develop and test new business models and governance approaches for mobility services (including micromobility, carsharing, on-demand transportation) and mobility-related activities to reduce car dependency. DREAMS tools will be developed and applied for the co-creation of mobility services and activities in living labs located at the outskirts of the six city regions.

Duration: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2026

Funded as part of the 2022 EU call "Driving Urban Transitions to a Sustainable Future (DUT)"

Further information: Website | FFG | LINKEDIN

Hybrid and Automated Fleets (HAF) in Alpine tourism regions

The HAF-ALP-TOUR project aims to address the mobility issues in Austria's Alpine regions. The project focuses on Hybrid and Automated Fleets (HAF). HAF are considered to be crucial for improving mobility in Alpine regions. By combining automated and non-automated vehicles, flexible and efficient solutions can be created to meet the specific requirements of these regions. HAFs provide not only high-quality services and accessibility but also contribute to increasing resilience and reducing environmental impact. Furthermore, flexibility may make a hybrid system more adaptable to changing environmental conditions.

The basis for the use of HAF in Alpine tourism regions will be established in this project. Central research questions are, among others:

  • What are the expected technological development trends for HAF?
  • What are the demands and environmental influences?
  • How will the fleet be configured and integrated into public transport services?
  • How can the economic efficiency of the operating concepts be achieved from the operator's point of view?

The results of the project are to be made available to other Alpine regions by means of a learning strategy and prepared as policy recommendations.

Duration: 02.09.2024 – 01.09.2027

Funded within the call of the Austrian Funding Agency (FFG) "Mobility (2023) – Regions and Digitalisation"

For more information see: FFG

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Mobility laboratory for the Waldviertel region

Mobility means participation in social life. The mobility laboratory for rural areas land.mobil:LAB (LML) at TU Wien develops innovative mobility solutions in and for the Waldviertel region. As a bridge builder between research and practice, the mobility lab works closely with Waldviertel residents, municipalities and companies to realise innovation projects in the mobility sector.

The analytical and planning procedures in the LAB follow a multi-method approach: a mobility panel enables the mobility behaviour of residents to be researched. Accessibility analyses can be used to identify priority areas with high transformative impact potential in the mobility sector and define requirements for innovation projects. land.mobil:LAB accompanies innovation projects from project genesis to implementation and evaluation.The projects are localised along three innovation perspectives that were developed with stakeholders in the exploratory phase: (a) New mobility modes, (b) Dynamic mobility purposes and (c) Actors with innovation potential.

On the one hand, land.mobil:LAB supports the implementation of complementary mobility offers that have already been tested and can be replicated, and on the other hand, it actively participates in the transfer of findings from its own activities in the Waldviertel pilot area to other regions in Austria. The land.mobil:LAB therefore sees itself (a) as an accelerator of the mobility transition in rural areas, (b) as an incubator for innovative mobility solutions and (c) as a multiplier of ideas and findings.

Duration: 01.08.2024 – 31.07.2029

Funded within the Bundesministeriums für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Innovation und Technologie und der FFG

For more information see: FFG, land.mobil:LAB-Website

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Mobility Benefit Districts - impacts, acceptability & governance of tools for accelerating transitions in the 15 min city

The aim of the proposal is to investigate whether Mobility Benefit Districts (MBD) can contribute to a transition towards sustainable mobility and livable cities. MBD is a concept where revenues from car parking charges are used to finance mobility services locally. Furthermore, residents living locally are involved in selecting the mobility services that are financed.

The goal is to increase acceptability for parking charges whilst giving residents alternatives to private cars through mobility services and new use of public space (when parking spaces are removed). The project will build knowledge on how MBD can be a tool in creating better cities, with particular focus on how MBD
(i) contributes to reduced car ownership and car use as well as to improved livability in urban areas,
(ii) increase the acceptability for (on-street) parking charges, and
(iii) if there are any governance challenges to implement the MBD and how these can they be solved.

The project generates insights on acceptability of MBD among different resident groups and on what increases acceptability with an experimental living lab design in different spatial and governance contexts.

Duration: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2026

Funded as part of the 2022 EU call "Driving Urban Transitions to a Sustainable Future (DUT)"

Further information: LINKEDIN | FFG

Thinking flexibly about mobility in rural areas

The majority of Austria's population lives in rural areas, which are characterized by high car dependency, a high motorization rate, long distances and limited public transport. At the same time, maintaining essential infrastructure is becoming increasingly difficult. As a result, mobility opportunities – such as social participation and the ability to travel without a car – are decreasing. Women are particularly affected, as they have more complex travel patterns, less access to cars, and face economic disadvantages.
The MobiFlex initiative addresses these challenges and opportunities with the goal of improving service quality, reducing car dependency and mitigating its negative effects. In co-creation with women* and the involved pilot municipalities, concepts for mobility and location-based services (MobiFlex packages) will be developed. These will include measures for gender-equitable mobility in rural areas and aim to equalize mobility opportunities.
Using a mixed-method approach – including social network analysis, mobility diaries, walking tours, workshops, and a user advisory group – the mobility of women* in rural areas will be holistically analyzed. Five gender-relevant building blocks will be co-creatively designed and tested: (a) gender-specific mobility consulting for different target groups, (b) gender and everyday mobility, (c) gender and shared mobility, (d) gender and on-demand transport, and (e) gender-specific mobility communication within the real-life experiment.

Duration: 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2027

Funded within the FEMtech Forschungsprojekte

For more Information see: FFG

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Understanding, Communicating and Changing travel behaviour in the 15-minute-City context - Creation of a toolbox regarding relevant factors influencing Mobility

The MobInFact project analyses the evidence for reducing car dependency in the 15-minute city context. However, the quantitative effects of the various factors influencing mobility at the neighbourhood level have not yet been adequately described. Therefore, the overall objective of the project is to develop an easy-to-use toolbox that enables planners and decision-makers to estimate and compare the impact of different urban and transport planning measures on relevant key mobility indicators such as modal split, travel distance and quality of life in neighbourhoods, based on readily available data on spatial and socio-demographic characteristics.

The toolbox provides a comprehensive understanding of the impact of urban and transport planning policies on mobility behaviour. It also provides valuable insights into urban quality of life, climate adaptation and greenhouse gas emissions, providing a sound basis for participatory planning and informed decision-making.

The scientific contributions of this project include the development of methods to operationalise the spatial and socio-demographic characteristics of a neighbourhood in '15-minute city indicators' and to calculate the modal split and travel distances with less effort than a traditional transport model.

In addition to the scientific objectives, the project is working closely with a number of partner cities (in Austria and abroad) to test the tools in practice.

Duration: 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2027
Funded under the EU Call for Proposals 2023 'Driving Urban Transitions (DUT)'

Further information: Project video MobInFact

More information at FFG

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Multiple mobility data fusion & enrichment for demand-driven mobility use cases

Data-driven mobility analyses are gaining more and more importance for future-oriented, demand-driven and sustainable transportation planning. They allow for small-scale spatial, urban, and transportation planning. In MultiMoFusion, district and neighborhood development are the focus of use case orientated research. In order to assess the impact of neighbourhood-related mobility measures, traditional survey methods are hardly sufficient due to limited spatial, content-related and temporal resolution. By complementing them with new, innovative survey methods, it is possible to close knowledge gaps. Therefore, the goal of MultiMoFusion is to enrich SMASI (Smartphone Assisted Self-Interviews) surveys with anonymized mobile phone movement data (Floating Phone Data (FPD)). A holistically new, high-quality and quantitative demand data source with the advantages of both data worlds is generated.

MultiMoFusion also deals with the innovative use of new and target-oriented communication based on data. Methods from storytelling supplemented with interactive (geo)visualization elements in form of storymaps can be used to generate attention for current mobility challenges. Likewise, the collection of technical, organizational and legal integration requirements towards a future national mobility data space and the investigation of transferability will take place.

Aspern Seestadt is an perfect laboratory for testing and experimenting within the framework of MultiMoFusion. The SMASI data collected here in the scope of the mobility panel form a strong basis for MultiMoFusion. In addition to the existing data of the study area, macroscopic mobile phone movement data will be added. A data fusion is to be used to create a model that improves the SMASI data on the basis of the floating phone data in order to increase representativeness on the one hand and also to depict a continuous, temporal longitudinal section of mobility on the other.

The combination of the fused data and the use of further quantitative but also qualitative methods in the context of the Use Cases shows the advantages, limits and potentials of data fusion. Together with stakeholders, further possible applications (Future Cases) will be discussed and collected - where a transfer strategy to other areas will also be developed.

Duration: 01.11.2023 – 31.10.2026

Funded within the framework of the FFG call "Mobility (2022) - Cities and Digitalisation"

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Understanding Potentials of the Urban Freight Sector for the 15-minute city

Background and motivation

The concept of the 15-minute city envisages neighbourhoods in which all essential services are accessible within 15 minutes. The aim is to make essential services accessible without the need for a car and to create liveable residential environments. This entails a certain degree of concentration of services (retail, education, services, catering, culture…) in areas that have previously been underserved. This dynamic also has a fundamental impact on urban freight transport. However, the exact nature of this impact (where is freight transport increasing or decreasing? How is consumer behaviour in online retail being influenced?) remains largely unknown.

This tension has not yet been sufficiently incorporated into existing 15-minute city concepts. Furthermore, a lack of comprehensive data hinders evidence-based planning to mitigate its negative impacts (e.g. congestion, air pollution, limited accessibility, pressure on public space). This lack of integration into planning concepts complicates the development of sustainable planning strategies and measures, as does the lack of usable and, above all, transferable data on urban freight transport. 

To address this problem, POTUS involves relevant stakeholders (city administrations, academia, operators, residents) to standardise and further develop survey methods across countries, thereby closing significant data gaps. This data is incorporated into bespoke models to map the interactions between the objectives and developments of the 15-minute city and urban freight transport. This approach enables the transferability of data, tools and knowledge on urban freight transport across European cities and serves as a basis for more holistic planning of 15-minute neighbourhoods.

Aims and objectives

  • Investigation of the potential of harmonised data collection, analysis and modelling methods to improve data collection and transferability between European cities
  • Identification of the needs of various stakeholders for the evidence-based integration of urban freight transport into the planning of the 15-minute city (concepts, solutions, street design, modes of operation and transport, etc.)
  • Modelling of freight demand and traffic generation in exemplary urban neighbourhoods
  • Analysis of factors influencing demand for freight transport journeys with regard to transferability
  • Assessment of the impacts of measures for sustainable freight transport in the context of the principles of the 15-minute city

Duration: 01.01.2025 – 31.12.2027

More information at: FFG

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Tactical Urbanism: Scaling Up for the Socio-Ecological Transformation of Cities

To achieve the mobility transition, public space must be reallocated to accommodate sustainable forms of mobility and climate adaptation. However, implementing such projects is challenging due to financial pressures and conflicts.

Tactical urbanism offers a promising solution to this challenge. In Austria, successful pilot projects are already up and running in Graz and Vienna, for example. However, to achieve systemic impact, tactical urbanism must be scaled up to a citywide level. The TACSKA project is therefore developing a concept for the cost-effective scaling of tactical urbanism measures. To this end, criteria are being developed to identify areas with a high need for action and suitability. Additionally, tactical urbanism measures are being categorized to enable the selection of approaches that fit the spatial context. Based on the case study of Graz, a scaling strategy is being developed and exemplary measures are being derived. This creates the foundation for strategic planning that can respond tactically and flexibly to windows of opportunity. Collaborating with the cities of Vienna and Klagenfurt ensures the approach can be transferred to other cities.

Duration: January–September 2026

Funded under the Austrian Climate Research Programme Implementation (ACRP-I), Climate and Energy Fund

Collaborating partners: 

  • City of Graz, Department of Transportation Planning
  • City of Vienna, MA18 – Urban Development and Urban Planning
  • City of Klagenfurt, Department of Climate and Environmental Protection

Contact person at MOVE: Gunnar Grandel, gunnar.grandel@tuwien.ac.at

Integration and Harmonization of Logistics Operations

The logistics industry is facing continuous and significant challenges in recent years. There is a trend towards adoption of intelligent services for increasing the performance of systems and synchromodal operations. Transfers and deliveries can benefit from the use of novel business models that adopt the aforementioned intelligent services when the optimization of the use of shared resources is the core target and become the basis for the provision of a climate friendly infrastructure. The goal of synchromodal operations and the integration of heterogeneous logistics services is the reduction of current transfers in order to reduce the carbon footprint while securing the uninterrupted deliveries and the resilience to any disruptive event.

TRACE targets to the aforementioned integration activities offering a universal platform with functionalities related to planning, scheduling, optimization and events management as well as the use of blockchain technology to facilitate the real time conclusion of smart contracts and financial operations. Thus, becoming one of the first attempts to provide an ‘intelligent cover’ upon the current logistics frameworks.

TRACE envisions real demonstrators in different European countries with different goals that start from transportations with the use of shared resources, the disruptive events detection and re-scheduling of transfers while concluding with the use of unmanned vehicles to automate the last mile deliveries.

TRACE also proposes new transfer corridors, safe areas where unmanned vehicles can collect items towards the final destination and new (virtual) hubs.

TRACE will perform studies related to the barriers towards the new logistics era, the new business opportunities, the requirements for the legislation and regulatory frameworks and expose the benefits of the proposed approach in terms of the reduction for energy demand and emissions while limiting the operational costs for logistics stakeholders.

Duration: 01.06.2023 – 31.05.2026 (36 months)

TU Wien is one of 28 international stakeholders collectively forming the project consortium.

TRACE is funded by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) as part of the European Union’s "Horizon Europe" scientific research initiative.

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Trans|formator:in

In order to be able to achieve the targeted and necessary climate goals by 2030, increased efforts for a change in transport and mobility are urgently needed. In the Austrian Mobility Master Plan 2030, the redistribution and redesign of public space, among other things, are central building blocks.

The research project trans|formator:in deals with the acceleration and process optimisation of the redesign of public spaces - with the aim of strengthening active forms of mobility and improving the quality of stay. The aim is to create future-oriented spaces with a high level of acceptance and, at the same time, to lay the foundation for behavioural change towards sustainable mobility.

The goals are ambitious: New methods are to be developed and tested in seven pilot municipalities by August 2026. In addition to the entire setup for a successful transformation of public spaces (traffic calming, quality of stay and social meeting points), participation and learning processes as well as communication and social marketing are given special importance in this flagship project of "the mobility of the future".

The seven pilot municipalities (Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, St. Pölten, Langenlois, Deutschkreutz, St. Gallenkirch) are supported by a broad field of ambitious experts from science and practice from 23 consortium partners in order to gain far-reaching, innovative insights and to pass these on to interested municipalities (follower municipalities).

Duration: 01.09.2022 - 31.08.2026

Funded by the Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK), The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

For more information: Homepage | FFG

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