After almost two years of more or less home office and limited contact opportunities, the whole Z_GIS team could finally meet again in mid-May. A lot has happened since the last plenary meeting: the new Faculty of Digital and Analytical Sciences has been founded and we have been integrated into it, with Prof. Thomas Blaschke [...]
University research does not take place in an ivory tower. At the Mobility Lab, it is our pleasure to really live open research and to involve curious people from 'outside'. In the POSITIM research project, we are developing and testing a mixed methods approach for investigating the effects of measures in road space. Not on [...]
During a 2-days retreat at Mattsee lake, our team had fruitful discussions on current projects and future research topics mixed with walks, quick swims and chit-chats. By exchanging methodological aspects of each ongoing project we could identify synergies and the areas of interest for future research contributions. Our visions concentrated around the topics of sustainable [...]
Last week, Ursula Witzmann-Müller and Martin Loidl were invited to Radiofabrik, Salzburg's independent radio station. The conversation with the host revolved - in keeping with the current focus on cycling in the series unerhört! - cycling as an everyday means of transport, research on the topic, the contribution of geoinformatics, and the current challenges and [...]
Increasing the mode share of bicycles is regarded as a solution to mitigate car-induced, urban problems, such as congestions, noise emission, pollution, etc. In order to come up with evidence-based planning processes and decisions, the “where” and “when” cyclists are on the road need be quantified. Bicycle traffic volumes of one simulation day in [...]
The publication of key results from our GISMO study in the renowned Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports has also attracted the attention of the national press. In times of the corona pandemic, in which distancing and sedentary lifestyles are very relevant for our everyday life, commuting by bike turns out to be [...]
Fundamental GI research, which is directly transferred to an application domain. The recently started project comm-unity is exactly about this. Carployee is a young start-up company that is fully dedicated to sustainable commuting solutions. The core of Carployee's portfolio is an app that facilitates the organisation of carpooling. Additionally, the carpooling is linked to incentive [...]
All results of the clinical study, which was carried out as part of GISMO, have now been published as a special issue in the scientific journal Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports (Impact Factor 3,255). The eight published papers cover the following topics: An introduction and project presentation (Niederseer et al.) A review article [...]
Invited by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), the GISMO project is featured at the biannual Transport Research Arena (TRA) in Vienna. Views and elements of the information platform. As part of the TRA exhibition, the Interactive Zone invites visitors and delegates to interactively experience mobility research. The participation in [...]
Cities are known as complex, densely populated environments with transport infrastructure playing a substantial role. Accompanying a new wave of shifting people’s travel behavior to healthy mobility, improved cycling transportation may positively alter the comfort of travelers. A model of traffic flow can help city planners to delineate spots where road rearrangement is required. [...]