Research

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Our research is dedicated to sustainable mobility design with a focus on cycling and walking. We examine infrastructures, planning processes and the effects of transport policy measures in urban and rural areas.

Thematically, our work ranges from the analysis of social and spatial aspects of local mobility to questions of governance and management of mobility change.

Research focus and topics:

  • Research on cycling and cycling infrastructure
  • Planning and promotion of active mobility and sustainable mobility
  • Transport development, innovation and safety, also with a focus on transitioning and developing countries
  • Empirical data analysis of mobility behavior
  • Traffic psychology and human factors
  • True cost of transport
  • Inclusive transport planning

Current research projects

Current research projects:

  • BRAVOUR - Needs of Cyclists at Road Works - Traffic Psychological Analysis on User-specific Requirements
  • MOTUS - Mobility Transformation: Key Factors for Sustainable and Resilient Transport
  • CAMA - Collaboration for Active Mobility in Africa
  • Survey on the 9-Euro-Ticket
  • Bicycle Single Accidents - Influence of Infrastructure Elements on Bicycle Single Accidents

Finalized research projects:

  • E-WIN - Efficient winter maintenance on cycling facilities in German cities using the example of the city of Hamburg, 2019 - 2022. The project is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur - BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (Nationaler Radverkehrsplan  - NRVP).
  • Car-free future city - Week of the Good Life, as part of the Future City Project, 2019 - 2021, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
  • Psychological motivation analysis for cycling - commissioned by the city of Herne. Project duration: Jun. 2019-Sept. 2019. .
  • IntegRADtion - Integration on two wheels. Evaluation and further development of integrative cycling measures for people with migration experience in Germany, 2018 - 2020. The project is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur - BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (Nationaler Radverkehrsplan  - NRVP).
  • RadVerS - Behavioral data generated with smartphones in traffic - differentiation of user behavior of different groups of cyclists, 2017 - 2019. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (Nationaler Radverkehrsplan  - NRVP).
  • Behavioral data generated with smartphones in cycling - review of usability and development of an evaluation guide for actors in cycling planning, 2015 -2017. The project is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (Nationaler Radverkehrsplan  - NRVP).
  • "True of cost of traffic" - graduate student in the doctoral college "Dike".
  • Pricing psychology and mode choice behavior, especially in road pricing, parking pricing and transit pricing, promotion to "Differentiated Pricing Systems in Urban Transportation".
  • Staff and Project Management at the Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Management