Although 2025 has started it may not be too late to shortly look back at the end of 2024. In November, I (Lucas van der Meer) was asked to give a workshop and a talk about spatial network analysis at the annual conference of the South African Statistical Association in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The invitation [...]
Multi-modal mobility hubs are a hot topic in urban planning. One of their core functions is to enable a seamless connection between the bicycle for first-mile and last-mile travel, and trains and buses for longer distance travel. This makes it essential that they are well accessible by bicycle. For a small applied research project, we [...]
Last week our doctoral researcher Lucas van der Meer went to Munich to attend the MobilTUM conference. This is a conference organized by the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning at the Technical University of Munich, focusing on the future of mobility and urban space. Special attention was paid to the concept of the [...]
At the end of January our group leader Martin Loidl and doctoral researcher Lucas van der Meer traveled to Liège in Belgium for the official kick-off meeting of the CITWIN project. This brand new project is funded through the European partnership Driving Urban Transitions (DUT). It aims to explore the potential and challenges of urban [...]
At the end of October our doctoral researchers Christian Werner and Lucas van der Meer attended the Cycling Research Board Annual Meeting (CRBAM) in Wuppertal, Germany. It is fair to say that this event is quite different from your average scientific conference. At CRBAM the intention is to create an open and inclusive "camping vibe". [...]
Although the sun is still shining bright from the skies over Salzburg, summer is over and the academic year about to start. Under the motto “A good start is half the battle”, our PhD researchers Christian Werner and Lucas van der Meer headed abroad to present their work, drink a pint and meet new people. [...]