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04/02/2019 | Wissenschaftliche Standpunkte

Reclaiming the campus and the city of Kassel through new cycling concepts

The fundamental and undisputed goal of the University of Kassel is to make socially necessary mobility as socially acceptable and sustainable as possible for all university stakeholders. This is where the "Teaching for a sustainable university" project study program comes in with a new offer: "FahrRadHäuser - Die Rückeroberung des Campus und der Stadt Kassel". The project addresses the current topic of sustainable (bicycle) mobility and will be offered for the first time in the 2019 summer semester by five Faculties of Architecture, Urban and Landscape Planning under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Stepper and his research assistant Dr. Timo Carl. Dr. Timo Carl, offered for the first time.

The starting point of the project is the political decision of the city council on how to deal with the citizens' petition (cycling referendum). The aim is to develop innovative strategies geared towards the "bicycle" user groups in order to demonstrate the potential of climate-neutral bicycle mobility for the university and the city. One focus of the project is the integration of sustainable energy generation through photovoltaics into the bicycle infrastructure (bike houses, cycle paths, etc.), especially for the University of Kassel site. The offer is designed as an interdisciplinary project at FB 06, but is also aimed at students from all departments, especially engineering.

Everyone involved currently agrees that mobility on campus and within and outside the city of Kassel should become more sustainable. The "Efficiently mobile" working group at the University of Kassel has been developing concepts and measures for some time to promote climate-neutral mobility at the university and link the campus with the Kassel region. The measures are intended to encourage and motivate employees. For example, they will be provided with a free state ticket to use public transport.

by Nadine Chrubasik.

 

Contact:

Nadine Chrubasik
University of Kassel
Office for Environmental Profile Development
Graduate Center for Environmental Research and Teaching
umwelt[at]uni-kassel[dot]de, gradZ[at]uni-kassel[dot]deTel: +49 561 804-2249/6138