Ongoing Projects

Evidence and Acceptance – from Experiments to Transformation

The transnational research project ACCTRA aims to make cities more sustainable, liveable and accessible for all by adapting the transport system. The project will use case studies in Klagenfurt and Istanbul to develop a better understanding of how the necessary transformation of public spaces can succeed. In this context, experiments will be conducted in street spaces to promote alternatives to car traffic such as walking, cycling, public transport or e-scooters. A key role is played by the acceptance of local stakeholders and users. The research project therefore deals with how such experiments and their acceptance can be improved on the one hand through communication and participation and on the other hand with the help of data-based evaluation. In the research project we are working closely with the local administrations in Klagenfurt and Istanbul and attach great importance to an early involvement of local stakeholders.

Duration: 01.05.2023 – 31.10.2025

Funded by Era-Net Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC), JPI Urban Europe. | AT: BMK, FFG | TR: Tübitak | SE: Formas, SWEA, Vinnova

Parties involved:

Project lead: TU Wien
Project partners Austria: City of Klagenfurt, netwiss OG, Bednar Landscape Architecture
Project partners Turkey: Ozyegin University, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Maltepe District Municipality
Project partner Sweden: Koucky & Partners

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Integrative building blocks for incentives for company cargo bike use

Cargo bikes are increasingly replacing cars in private mobility and the CEP sector. So far, little attention has been paid to commercial transport as e.g. service. These journeys are characterised by mostly short distances in the inner-city area. The cargo bike offers the chance to save CO₂ emissions and to reduce time and costs in the daily work routines (e.g. search for a parking space, parking permits, etc.).

So far, however, there is a lack of appropriate role models for these companies as well as incentives beyond purchase subsidies. In order to achieve a rapid and broadly effective switch to cargo bikes, it is necessary to identify levers at different levels of a multi-level perspective. This is where Antrieb comes in, building a.o. on the findings of the KlimaEntLaster, opens an external URL in a new window project and addressing the following key questions:

What measures and incentives are required on the part of the public sector so that more companies purchase cargo bikes for commercial / service transport?
How can cargo bikes be integrated into everyday business procedures?
What measures and incentives are needed to ensure that employees in companies actually use the cargo bikes they have purchased?

The results of the project are integrative solution modules for incentives for cargo bike usage at at different levels of a multi-level perspective.

Duration: 01.11.2023 – 31.03.2026

Funded within the call of the Austrian Funding Agency (FFG) "Mobility (2022) - Cities and Digitalisation, opens an external URL in a new window"

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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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Catalyzing shared mobility through evidence-based management

Shared mobility in Austria encompasses a diverse range of new mobility options. Nevertheless, there is still limited market reach – differentiated geographically and by shared mobility variants. A lack of data and standardized survey and evaluation procedures for the effects of shared mobility make impact analysis difficult. Results are, therefore, often difficult to transfer. In addition, shared mobility variants have so far been investigated to varying degrees, meaning that there is hardly any evidence available for some variants. The basis for evidence-based management of shared mobility has, therefore, not yet been established. At the same time, there are high expectations of shared mobility with regard to intermodal and multimodal transport behaviour and the detachment from the private car. This indicates that there is a lot of untapped potential in the spread and use of shared mobility. In order to exploit this potential and catalyze positive effects, strategic evidence-based management is required.

In order to exploit the potential of shared mobility, CATMOBIL therefore aims to

achieve greater comparability of impact analyses through standardized methodological procedures for the collection and evaluation of effects,
obtain a more comprehensive picture and understanding of the effects of shared mobility through optimized and adapted indicators and consideration of interactions,
to catalyze positive effects of shared mobility by considering the interplay with other measures in the sense of push & pull and to create windows of opportunity for successful establishment and dissemination,
understand the complexity of the composition of actors in different shared mobility variants and identify key actors as a prerequisite for targeted management.

Duration: 01.05.2024 – 31.08.2025

Funded within the call of the Austrian Funding Agency (FFG) "Mobilität 2023: Urbane Mobilität und Fahrzeugtechnologien"

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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, opens an external URL in a new window)"

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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"

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Climate-friendly and target group-suitable mobility services in the residential environment with transport bike

Cargo bikes are climate-friendly means of transport that can be used in a versatile way and have the potential to replace transport journeys by car. Whereas they are already part of the streetscape in big cities, they are not yet well established in small towns and rural areas.

The HAUSRAD project seeks to design new mobility services (NMS) based on cargo bicycles - for example, product services with new organisational and usage structures, via pricing models and supplementary services - that take into account the requirements of different target groups in small towns and rural areas and can be easily integrated into everyday life.

For this purpose, the needs and mindsets of (potential) users will be surveyed for the first time in an Austria-wide representative survey. Based on this, NMS will be co-conceptualised and selected concepts will be tested for their suitability and effects in two pilot locations, with a focus on the residential environment.

On this basis, implementation models for the sustainable roll-out of the developed transport bike-based NMS throughout Austria will be developed in cooperation with relevant stakeholders.

Duration: 01.09.2022 – 30.04.2025

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology (BMK) as part of the FFG programme "Mobility of the Future"

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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

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The Loading Zone Calculator is a prototype GIS-based tool developed as part of a multi-year research collaboration with the City of Vienna and the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. The aim is to estimate the volume of goods traffic on a small scale as a basis for the planning and dimensioning of loading zones. This is in response to the growing use of public space by urban freight transport, which has increased in particular as a result of online retailing.

Currently, loading zones in Vienna are based on company applications, without empirical data being used in the decision-making process. The Loading Zone Calculator remedies this situation by modelling the volume of goods traffic on the basis of empirically collected and sector-specific parameters. The tool estimates the volume of both business and private shipments, taking into account peak times, vehicle types and stops.

In a pilot phase, the tool was validated at several locations by comparing the estimated values with actual on-site observations and sensor detection.

The next stage of development, the so-called 'Grätzl charging zone', is also intended to combine the interests of businesses, customers and residents in one concept and to further optimise the organisation of public space.

As part of a new research collaboration launched in 2025, the requirements for the use of the loading zone computer in urban development areas ('new development areas') are currently being defined and implemented as a prototype.

Die nächste Entwicklungsstufe, die sogenannte „Grätzl-Ladezone“, soll zudem die Interessen von Unternehmen, Kund:innen und Anwohner:innen in einem Konzept vereinen und die Organisation des öffentlichen Raums weiter optimieren.

Im Rahmen einer 2025 gestarteten neuerlichen Forschungskooperation werden zurzeit die Anforderungen an die Anwendung des Ladezonenrechners in Stadtentwicklungsgebieten ("Neubaugebieten") definiert und prototypisch umgesetzt.

Framework conditions and theoretical feasibility for the establishment of logistics hubs in Seestadt Aspern, Vienna

City logistics account for around a quarter of CO₂ emissins in the logistics sector, even though they only represent about 4 % of total ton-kilometres. At the same time, parcel volumes are growing rapidly, driven by e-commerce, e-grocery, demographic change and shifting consumer behaviour. This leads to increasing traffic, emissions and land use, while urban space remains limited. As a result, urban logistics solutions are becoming a key lever for ensuring liveable urban neighbourhoods such as Seestadt Aspern.

The core of the logistics concept is the detailed estimation of the volume of shipments according to the expansion steps and the associated forecasts for 2024 and 2035. The calculated volume of shipments is in turn differentiated according to usage types and logistics segments, in particular CEP. This forms the foundation for specific measures to reduce emissions and traffic volumes. These include CO2-free fine distribution via cargobikes, micro-hubs, logistics hubs with drafts for location and operating concepts as well as a demand-orientated review of loading zones and parcel boxes.

Technical, structural, operational and legal solutions are outlined in this concept in relation to growing parcel volumes and an increasing number of residents. Accordingly, these solutions must be harmonised with the heterogeneous range of interests of a diverse city logistics landscape so that measures can be put into practice in the future.

In summary, the concept offers theoretically feasible, resilient solutions for climate-friendly, integrated logistics and supports administration, planning and business in the design of growing urban districts.

Duration: 01.12.2024 – 01.07.2025

Funding: Wien 3420 AG

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Tool for needs assessment and measures for logistics planning in neighbourhoods

Existing planning tools and toolkits usually focus on city-wide aspects and only allow very general and insufficiently quantifiable statements. Influencing factors that play a role in the small-scale environment are often disregarded. With the LOGI-TOOLKIT we are taking a different approach. It is designed to make it possible to assess the suitability and impact of logistical measures at the small-scale level and to prepare their embedding in processes in the best possible way. The fields of logistics and urban planning are considered in an interdisciplinary way and relevant measures are examined for their suitability with the involvement of various interest groups. Those responsible for planning, administration and real estate development can use the LOGI-TOOLKIT to evaluate the consequences and effects of measures on the basis of evidence and take appropriate precautions.

Duration: 01.05.2022 – 31.10.2024

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology (BMK) as part of the FFG programme "Mobilität der Zukunft"

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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), opens an external URL in a new window"

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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

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Mobility consultancy Seestadt

Within the framework of mobility consulting, the optimal individual solution for the various mobility needs is determined from the diverse mobility offers. Seestadt's residents can obtain information and advice on mobility and the choice of transport. During the free consultation, decisive factors such as travel time, low travel costs, health aspects or climate aspects are discussed.

The consultations help to make mobility in aspern Seestadt more sustainable, more compatible and safer. As a result, we not only benefit ourselves and protect our environment, but also contribute to making aspern Seestadt a more beautiful and safer place where children can play safely and a high quality of life is maintained.

Duration: 01.06.2021 – 31.12.2024

Funded by the aspern mobility fund

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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), opens an external URL in a new window'

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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", opens an external URL in a new window

Mobility Transition Now!

The climate crisis and other challenges of our time demand that scientific findings be put into practice much faster than before. The Policy Lab started in September 2022 to support politics and administration in the urgently needed transformation of our mobility system and thus accelerate the change towards sustainability and climate neutrality.

Our Approach. Implementing innovative, sustainable mobility solutions still faces considerable barriers in practice. These include the high complexity of the issues, insufficient availability of data and decision-making bases, uncertainties regarding the resulting effects, a complicated landscape of actors, or unclear federal responsibilities (federal government, federal states, municipalities). The Policy Lab supports public authorities and public sector bodies in politics and administration in overcoming these barriers by supporting the development and implementation of sustainable mobility measures.

Our Offer. The Policy Lab's work focuses on challenges and tasks presented to the Lab by the federal government, federal states, regions, cities, municipalities, or other public bodies. The Lab analyses the current situation, existing approaches, specific actor constellations, and existing barriers to implementation. Based on this, a needs-oriented set of support measures for realizing future-oriented mobility measures is compiled and implemented from the Lab's service portfolio.

Our Services. The various support measures provided by the Policy Lab include:

Good practice analysis
Preparation of foundations for evidence. and data-based decision making
Development of concepts and recommendations for action
Implementation of dialogue and participatory processes
Impact simulations and impact assessments
Storytelling, narrative development & communication
Learning from the experience of others and building a Community of Practice

Implementation is carried out in cooperation with the Policy Lab's partners and a supplementary pool of external experts.

Duration: 01.09.2022 – 01.08.2026

Funded within Mobilität der Zukunft, Mobilität der Zukunft, MdZ - 18. Ausschreibung (2021) PM, System Bahn

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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, opens an external URL in a new window" 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)

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__utmz	Is needed to determine from which source/campaign visitors come.	6 months	HTTP	Google Analytics
__utmvc	Is needed to collect information about user behavior on multiple websites. This information is used to optimize the relevance of advertising on the website.	24 hours	HTTP	Google AdSense
utm_source	Is needed to tag URLs with parameters to identify the campaigns that forward traffic.	expires immediately	HTTP	Google Analytics
__utm.gif	Is needed to save browser details.	session	HTTP	Google Analytics
gtag	Is needed to perform remarketing.	30 days	HTTP	Google AdSense
id	Is needed to perform remarketing.	2 years	HTTP	Google AdWords
1P_JAR	Is needed to optimize advertising, provide ads that are relevant to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent users from seeing the same ads more than once.	2 years	HTTP	Google
AID	Is needed to activate targeted advertising.	2 years	HTTP	Google Analytics
ANID	Is needed to display Google ads on non-Google websites.	2 years	HTTP	Google AdSense
APISID	Unknown functionality	2 years	HTTP	Google Ads Optimization
AR	Is needed to profile visitors' interests and display relevant ads on other websites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device.	2 years	HTTP	Google AdSense
CONSENT	Is needed to store the preferences of visitors and personalize advertising.	persistent	HTTP	Google
DSID	Is needed by DoubleClick for advertising displayed in various places on the web and used to store the preferences of users.	2 years	HTTP	Doubleclick
DV	Is needed to store user preferences and other information. This includes, in particular, the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page, and the decision whether or not to activate the Google SafeSearch filter.	2 years	HTTP	Google
HSID	Contains the Google account ID and the last login time of the user.	2 years	HTTP	Google
IDE	Is needed by DoubleClick to record and report the actions of users on the website after viewing or clicking on one of the provider's ads, with the purpose of measuring the effectiveness of an advertisement and displaying targeted advertisements to users.	2 years	HTTP	Doubleclick
LOGIN_INFO	Is used to store the credentials of users of Google services.	2 years	HTTP	Google
NID	Is used to store information about user settings.	6 months	HTTP	Google
OTZ	Is needed to link activities of visitors with other devices that are previously logged in via the Google account. In this way, advertising is tailored to different devices.	1 month	HTTP	Google
RUL	Is needed by DoubleClick to determine whether advertising has been displayed correctly in order to make marketing activities more efficient.	1 year	HTTP	Doubleclick
SAPISID	Is needed by YouTube to store user settings and to calculate user bandwidth.	persistent	HTTP	Google
SEARCH_SAMESITE	Enables servers to mitigate the risk of CSRF and information leakage attacks by specifying that a particular cookie may only be sent on requests originating from the same registerable domain.	6 months	HTTP	Google
SID	Contains the Google account ID and the last login time of the user.	2 years	HTTP	Google
SIDCC	Is needed to store information about user settings and information for Google Maps.	3 months	HTTP	Google
SSID	Is needed to collect visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube on Google Maps integrated maps.	persistent	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-1PAPISID	Is needed for targeting purposes to create a profile of the interests of website visitors.	2 years	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-1PSID	Is needed for targeting purposes to create a profile of the interests of website visitors.	2 years	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-3PAPISID	Is needed for targeting purposes to create a profile of the interests of website visitors.	2 years	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-3PSID	Is needed for targeting purposes to create a profile of the interests of website visitors.	2 years	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-3PSIDCC	Is needed for targeting purposes to create a profile of the interests of website visitors.	2 years	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-APISID	Is needed to profile the interests of website visitors in order to display relevant and personalized advertising through retargeting.	8 months	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-HSID	Is needed to secure digitally signed and encrypted data from the unique Google ID and to store the last login time that Google uses to identify visitors, prevent fraudulent use of login data, and protect visitor data from unauthorized parties. This may also be used for targeting purposes to display relevant and personalized advertising content.	8 months	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-SSID	Is needed to store information about how visitors use the site and about the ads they may have seen before visiting the site. Also used to customize ads on Google domains.	8 months	HTTP	Google
test_cookie	Is set as a test to check whether the browser allows cookies to be set. Does not contain any identification features.	15 minutes	HTTP	Google
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Is needed by YouTube to store user settings and to calculate user bandwidth.	6 months	HTTP	Youtube
facebook	Is used to Enable ad delivery or retargeting	90 days	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
__fb_chat_plugin	Is needed to store and track interactions (marketing/tracking).	persistent	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
_js_datr	Is needed to save user settings.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
_fbc	Is needed to save the last visit (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
fbm	Is needed to store account data (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
xs	Is needed to store a unique session ID (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
wd	Is needed to log the screen resolution.	1 week	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
fr	Is needed to serve ads and measure and improve their relevance.	3 months	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
act	Is needed to store logged in users (marketing/tracking).	90 days	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
_fbp	Is needed to store and track visits to various websites (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
datr	Is needed to identify the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
dpr	Is used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	1 week	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
dbln	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
presence	Contains the "chat" status of logged in users.	1 month	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn

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