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In diesem Jahr beteiligte sich Weimar zum ersten Mal an der Europäischen Woche der Mobilität, eine Initiative der Europäischen Kommission für nachhaltige Mobilität in Städten. Auch die Professur Verkehrssystemplanung brachte sich bei der Gestaltung ein. Hier einige Impressionen vom Car-Free Day, organisiert durch die Professur Städtebau, sowie der Kidical Mass...

Prof. Uwe Plank-Wiedenbeck unterstützt die von Weimarer Bürger*innen ins Leben gerufene Kampagne »Impfen statt Schimpfen«.

The Chair of Transport System Planning is looking for a student/scientific assistant (m/f/d) to work on the administration of the IT infrastructure of the chair with a workload of at least 40 hours/month (by arrangement).

Since 2008, the Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität (Mobility Science Forum) at the University of Duisburg-Essen has offered a platform for the presentation and discussion of research work on the topic of mobility. This year's event on 17.06.2021 is themed "Transforming Mobility - What Next?" and addresses an interdisciplinary transformation of the mobility industry in the face of multi-layered challenges and societal changes.

Citizen participation and communication that accompanies planning now appear in most municipal calls for bicycling planning.

From 22 May to 11 June 2021, Stadtradeln will take place in Weimar this year. The Chair of Transport System Planning is not only participating in the competition again this year with its own team, but is also sending Julius Uhlmann into the race as Stadtradeln Star.

Elf Teilnehmende aus Berlin, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Rheinland-Pfalz starten in diesem Jahr in den Zertifikatslehrgang zur/m Sicherheitsauditor*in für Außerortsstraßen und Ortsdurchfahrten, welcher von der Professur Verkehrssystemplanung sowie der Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie organisiert wird. Die erste Phase des Kurses fand digital vom 19. bis 21. April statt.

Seit fast 20 Jahren werden an der Professur Verkehrssystemplanung in Kooperation mit der Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie Sicherheitsauditor*innen ausgebildet. Dabei wurden auch die Herausforderungen des Jahres 2020 gemeistert...

Im Rahmen der Lehrveranstaltung 'Radverkehrsanlagen' wird Dr. Steffen de Rudder (Professur Städtebau, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar) über innovatives Design und wünschenswerte Vorbilder in Sachen Radverkehrsanlagen sprechen - und dabei den Blick über den Tellerrand wagen. Die Veranstaltung ist offen für alle Interessierten...

Since the beginning of May, the Chair of Transport System Planning has been the proud owner of an electric cargo bike that will not only beautify our paths in the future, but also serve as a showpiece for sustainable mobility.

Welche Möglichkeiten gibt es, Radverkehrsplanung vor Ort mitzugestalten? Welche Akteure engagieren sich und welche Rolle spielt politischer Wille? Ein Einblick aus der Lobbyarbeit des Allgemeinen Deutschen Fahrrad-Clubs (ADFC) Sachsen e. V. ...

In the current spring semester, Julius Uhlmann, member of the Chair of Transport System Planning, was invited as guest lecturer to Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania).

Growing traffic volumes are the cause of gridlocked traffic and traffic jams, especially in large cities and conurbations. Other consequences are environmental pollution, especially from carbon dioxide, particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. The municipalities control traffic in order to keep the adverse effects on road users and residents as low as possible. Often there is a lack of reliable data and data exchange between the various actors. The mFUND project SCHOOL (Strategy Change through Open Data Oriented Solutions) has taken on this challenge and is now reaching its conclusion.

Next Monday (15.02.2021) the exam period will start. We are once again addressing you directly with this message, as the exam period this year will be different from previous years.

Als Nationaler Zugangspunkt für Mobilitätsdaten kommen Interessierte am Verkehrsdatenaustausch um den MobilitätsDatenMarktplatz (MDM) nicht herum. Schon seit 2014 trifft sich regelmäßig ein Kreis begeisterter MDM-Nutzer*innen, um sich auszutauschen, den MDM bekannter zu machen und ihn weiterzuentwickeln. Prof. Uwe Plank-Wiedenbeck ist einer von ihnen. Das nächste Treffen am 21.01.2021 hält u. a. folgende Themen bereit: ...

The New European Bauhaus should be sustainable, inclusive and beautiful. Initiated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, politics, science, business and society will be called upon in the coming weeks and months to rethink Bauhaus and adapt it to the challenges of the future. Bauhaus University Weimar has also launched an exchange of ideas on this, in which the Chair of Transport System Planning is participating.

The Swedish traffic psychologist Dr Sonja Forward studies factors in traffic that can predict and influence people's behaviour. On Monday, 11 January 2021, she will present as part of the series "International Case Studies in Transportation".

As the most vulnerable group among road users, the infrastructure for pedestrians must be chosen with special care. Pedestrian crossings offer protection and priority. Do they really? In their contribution to the international conference "Vision Zero for Sustainable Road Safety in the Baltic Sea Region" Julius Uhlmann and Johannes Vogel discussed road safety on pedestrian crossings in 35 countries.

Although poor road safety is the leading cause of death worldwide for people under 25 years of age and is increasingly affecting older people, there has been insufficient work in Europe in recent years to improve this situation. A recently launched European research project aims to remedy this situation...

In the winter semester 2020/21, the Bauhaus University Weimar together with the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt is organizing an international lecture series on sustainable mobility in urban areas.