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Research Unit of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering

„Sustainable Mobility for people“

The Research Unit of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering conducts interdisciplinary research in the field of sustainable mobility for people.
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Call for Papers

18. September 2025

24th European Transport Congress & 100th Anniversary Conference of the Austrian Association for Traffic and Transport Sciences (ÖVG)

You are invited to submit an extended abstract for the 100 Years ÖVG Anniversary Conference & 24th European Transport Congress!

Join us on May 7–8,…

Expert dialogue “Master Plan Burgenland on Foot” - Presentation of ESQUAT by TU Vienna

08. September 2025

[Translate to English:] Meterstäbe

1st Expert Dialogue “Burgenland Master Plan for Pedestrian Traffic”

On September 4, 2025, experts met at the Eisenstadt Landhaus to discuss the…

Interview by the Austrian Parliament's Democracy Workshop with transport expert Prof. Günter Emberger

04. September 2025

[Translate to English:] Prof. Emberger im Interview zum Thema Mobilität neu denken

Learn how transportation planners are shaping the future of mobility and improving our quality of life. What is the transportation revolution all…

Metropolitan Activity Relocation Simulator

The MARS software is a dynamic land use and transport model developed at the research unit.

Verkehr ist kein Schicksal

Book cover: Transport is not destiny. Public transport in Vienna. Hermann Koflacher

Verkehr ist kein Schicksal. Der öffentliche Verkehr in Wien. (PDF), opens an external URL in a new window
from Hermann Knoflacher

Book review (PDF), opens an external URL in a new window

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A-1040 Wien
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Institute of Transportation
TU Wien
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