What we do

Research

U-Shift belongs to CERIS and does research on topics related to urban mobility. Besides PhD and MSc projects, we develop research projects autonomously and in collaboration with other national (LARSYS, BEAM-CIAUD, among others) and international (PSU, ITS) research centers.

Funded Projects

MASTI

Streets4All

Relation between Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Socio-territorial Inequalities (STI)

Equitable and Dynamic Allocation of Urban Street Space to future multi-modal and multi-functional street’ uses.

PCT Portugal

Bike Rider

National evidence-base and transport planning online tool to prioritize investment in active transport.

Sensory mapping of cyclable events from inertial data captured from a smartphone.

WalkBot

Step Home

Sidewalk accessibility automatic evaluation based on computer vision and key features.

Pedestrian routing system for the elderly and for those suffering from dementia.

PhD & MSc Projects

MaaS governance: A collaborative model for public authorities role definition

Understanding the relationship between perceived and objective bicyclist safety

Governance of the Future’s Urban Mobility: Opportunities and Challenges of the Electric Micromobility in the Post-pandemic City

Objective and Subjective Risk Mapping for Urban Cyclists

Marketing for public transport in schools: solutions based on the latent demand

Dynamic optimization of vehicle balance in bike-sharing systems through movable stations

Evaluation of the impact of bicycle skills training programs in increasing cycling levels

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

DARE – Dynamic Allocation of Road Space in the Urban Built Environment

Barriers and motivators to bicycle in low cycling maturity cities: Lisbon case study

Mobility study of shared e-scooters in Lisbon

Life cycle assessment of e-scooters in urban environment

Our partners

Consultancy

Besides its research activity, U-Shift also does consultancy in close collaboration with companies and institutions, both public and private, applying its knowledge and innovative capacity to solving mobility-related problems.