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: 04/2017 - 03/2021 
AML 3.0: 07/2021 - 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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Autonomous Transport: Developments in Urban Europe

AVENUE 21 explores the question of how cities and urban societies could develop through autonomous driving - and vice versa. This approach offers the decisive advantage of finding concrete local framework conditions as a basis. Research can start from relatively stable social parameters and look at settlement structures that will continue to represent the given structural framework for a long time to come. In addition, international pioneer regions in which autonomous driving is already intensively promoted will be considered over the entire duration of the project.

Duration 12/2018 - 11/2022

Funded by the Daimler & Benz Foundation

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Smart e-cargo bike sharing with the KlimaEntLaster rental box

E-transport bikes are sustainable, climate-friendly means of transport that can be used in a versatile way. While they are already part of the streetscape in big cities, they have not yet established themselves much in small towns. Based on the findings of the project "KlimaEntLaster", "eTransport 24/7" aims to enable person-free rental around the clock using the Smart KlimaEntLaster Rental Box and the associated online platform

The compact Smart Rental Box is equipped with a socket for charging the bike battery and safely stores the battery, the charger and the key for the bike lock. Registered users open the box using their smartphones.

KlimaEntLaster has shown that low-threshold person-free rental without time restrictions has a high potential to increase the number of reservations for transport bikes. Within the framework of the project, the rental box and the online platform will be implemented in five municipalities, will be technically refined and thus made marketable for use throughout Austria.

Duration 02/2022 - 01/2023

Funded by the Climate and Energy Fund within the framework of the call "Sustainable Mobility in Practice 2021" 

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Gender-sensitive e-car sharing

For a sustainable mobility of the future, there will have to be changes in the way cars are used. This concerns both, the type of engine and the question of how cars will be used in the future.  E-car sharing is seen as an important component of this. However, (e-)car sharing services are currently utilised by a limited, male-dominated group of users and the car sharing systems are adapted to their needs.

The research project "GECAR - gender-sensitive e-car sharing" addresses this issue. We are investigating gender-specific use and (non-)use behaviour, as well as user experiences and barriers that hinder the use of various e-car sharing services in Austria. The objective is to develop gender-sensitive service models for different e-car sharing services in cooperation with (non-)users and operators.

GECAR is a research project carried out jointly by the Institute of Spatial Planning (Research Unit Transportation System Planning) of the TU Wien and the car sharing provider MO.Point, the association-based car sharing provider Maronihof in Vorarlberg and the sociologist Sonja Gruber.

Duration 10/2021 - 12/2023

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology (BMK) as part of the FFG programme "Talente" (call: FEMtech research projects 2020)

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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 09/2022 - 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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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 05/2022 - 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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Cooperative mobility stations in local neighbourhoods (Grätzl)

The cooperative research project Mo.Hub aims at developing mobility stations in co-creation with citizens, mobility service providers as well as politics and administration in order to contribute to sustainable urban mobility and participatory design of climate-friendly public spaces.

The starting point lies in freeing public space by reducing the degree of motorisation as a result of the concentration of different (new) mobility services at mobility hubs. The aim is to promote intermodal, seamless, sustainable mobility, accessibility of the Grätzl and diverse use of public space.

In the Mo.Hub project, approximately three experimental spaces for mobility hubs are set up in Vienna according to local requirements to enable the flexible testing and combination of different mobility offers as well as their embedding in public spaces. The co-creative approach ensures the involvement of residents and potential users to implement demand-oriented offers and to promote their acceptance and awareness of sustainable mobility through participation.

Duration 02/2021 - 05/2023

Funded within the framework of the FFG programme "Mobilität der Zukunft" by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK).

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Mobility consultancy „Am Seebogen"

Within the framework of mobility consulting, the optimal individual solution for the various mobility needs is determined from the diverse mobility offers. The residents of the "Am Seebogen" neighbourhood 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 06/2021 - 11/2022

Funded by the aspern mobility fund

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System-integrating solutions for innovation barriers of new mobility services

Barriers to innovation for New Mobility Services (NMS) are considered from different disciplines and points of view. The focus is usually on individual types of NMS. To date, a holistic view of NMS for the Austrian legal framework and organisational structures is still missing. However, superordinate questions are relevant, such as the availability of cross-NMS infrastructure requirements (e.g. mobility hubs), the networking possibilities of NMS with each other (e.g. through Mobility as a Service - MaaS), but also the linking with existing structures (especially public transport, but also living and working).

How do these system integrations affect the innovation development and market diffusion of NMS?
This requires a holistic approach and a transdisciplinary, systematised and structured review of the barriers to innovation that have been recorded so far, in order to build on and analyse the superordinate questions of system integration as a barrier to innovation.

The project's objective is, on the basis of this holistic view, the development of a compendium to be updated as a basis for the conception of a legal and organisational framework that a) creates space for the development of further NMS, b) promotes the broad establishment of existing NMS on the market and c) ensures their establishment as a sensible and climate-effective supplement to existing public transport services.

Duration 10/2022 - 09/2023

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"

Smart mobility hubs as game changer in transport

The SmartHubs project examines mobility hubs, dedicated on-street locations where citizens can choose from different shared and sustainable mobility options. The main objective is ​to assess if a co-designed, user-centric development can enable mobility hubs to act as a game changer towards sustainable urban mobility and accessibility​. SmartHubs will examine, develop and apply research methods and tools in four SmartHubs Living Labs in Belgium (Brussels), the Netherlands (Rotterdam-the Hague), Germany (Munich) and Austria (Vienna and Aspern Seestadt).

SmartHubs will develop and apply novel participatory and impact assessment tools like

• an open accessibility tool involving inputs from individual citizens to examine the local accessibility impacts of mobility hubs,
• an accessibility network analysis and resilience tool to examine the impacts of mobility hubs on transport network resilience,
• a multi-actor multi-criteria analysis method to involve individual citizens and
• tangible augmented reality technologies and gamification and user experience (UX) approaches to facilitate co-creation processes of mobility hub design.

Finally, SmartHubs will conduct rigorous research on a broad range of mobility, accessibility, vulnerability, resilience and societal impacts of mobility hubs (including environmental, equity, gender, and transport poverty impacts) which go beyond the current state of the art.

Duration 05/2021 - 04/2024

Funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology as part of the FFG programme "Energie der Zukunft" (programme series: Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe, Joint Call 2018/19)

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Spatially-differentiated effects of automated driving

The project will investigate the effects of automated driving in the so-called transition phase. During this transition phase, automated driving is expected to be limited to individual sections of the road network with low complexity and low risk levels. According to the technological maturity, the impacts will increase. The differentiated consideration of the impacts during the transition period should provide RZU members with valuable insights for spatial and transport policy and support the achievement of existing spatial planning objectives in the RZU area.
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Duration 09/2021 - 10/2022

Funded by Federal Roads Office FEDRO, the Office for Mobility of the Canton of Zurich and the Civil Engineering Office of the City of Zurich

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Ultimate Integrated Mobility

In view of the climate crisis, the Austrian mobility system faces complex challenges: Increasing traffic, urban sprawl and consumer-oriented lifestyles are causing more and more climate-relevant gases. On the other hand, there are numerous barriers that stand in the way of the implementation of innovative sustainable mobility offers. A radical rethink is therefore required in many areas. The ULTIMOB project is concerned with advancing the turnaround in mobility, creating necessary new mobility offers and combining them with existing solutions in a meaningful way.

Duration 09/2019 - 08/2023

Funded by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) as part of the FFG programme "Mobilität der Zukunft"

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