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Category: Research Projects

Promoting mobility capabilities from childhood onwards: Impact of interventions in preschools of São Paulo (Brazil) with focus on active mobility and voluntary behavioral change

PhD Project Impact of interventions in schools on the habits and perceptions regarding the active mobility of children and their caregivers, focusing on active mobility and voluntary behavior change Based on initiatives from the advocacy and the public sector regarding school transportation and the independent…...
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DARE – Dynamic Allocation of Road Space in the Urban Built Environment

PhD Project DARE - Dynamic Allocation of Road Space in the Urban Built Environment After many decades of car-centered planning, many cities are favoring people-centric planning. Also, urban space is a contested space of which transport facilities use a significant amount (~20%). Hence, transport infrastructure…...
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Peer-to-peer Autonomous Car-Sharing: supported by data-driven demand modeling

PhD Project Peer-to-peer Autonomous Car-Sharing: supported by data-driven demand modeling The complexity and uncertainty of the future, motivated by the evolution of technology in the transport system, opens space for different scenarios. One of the solutions, driven by the introduction of maximum vehicle automation in…...
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Step Home

Research Project Step Home Step Home is a research project that seeks to develop an innovative solution to help route pedestrian citizens who suffer from dementia. Current solutions are based on a person wearing a GPS device which helps others find this person. Our solution…...
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Bike Rider

Research Project Bike Rider Analysing cyclists’ data is paramount to foster cycling as a mode of transport and to help urban planners and decision makers to better design safer cycling infrastructures. In fact, with a growing trend on both data driven approaches and cycling as…...
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WalkBot

Research Project WalkBot Walking is an increasingly important issue in city planning. Sidewalk conditions are important to promote walking in cities and to ensure equitable accessibility for all. However, current methods of evaluating sidewalks are rather complex, subjective and resource-intensive, requiring expensive equipment or experts…...
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