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Who we are

Us and Our Mission

U-Shift belongs to the Transportation System Research Group from CERIS (Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability), which belongs to the Civil, Architecture and Georesources Department of Instituto Superior Técnico.

Our mission is to:

  • Provide technical and scientific research contributions in the urban mobility domain to promote behavior shifts to active modes, public transportation usage and sustainable technology adoption
  • Collaborate with different society stakeholders to develop innovative solutions to the problems of urban mobility
  • Disseminate new knowledge in this domain between students and professionals, either belonging to local or central authorities, entrepreneurs and industry

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whom we do it with

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