IVT News Channel (EN)

Traffic, human behaviour, activity location and accessibility aimed to be communicated to the public.

Christmas time is just around the corner. Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands are going to have holidays from 21 December 2017 till 7 January 2018.

The Federal Council plans to facilitate mobility through access to information systems.

In San Francisco citywide.

Four smart buses began a trial operation in Futian Bonded Zone in Shenzhen on Saturday.

No nationwide coach services as per the new timetable change in December 2017.

Why autonomous cars will not impede traffic congestions, and why we should make use of combined mobility.

Autonomous vehicles - Prospects and risks for spatial development

Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman about development and future of transport systems.  

Two versions promise long-term assurance for the Swiss regional passenger traffic.

How to route masses of people with minimal complications.

Federal biodiversity policy, agriculture, spatial planning, transport and economic development.

Some are going to fall along the wayside.

Pieter Fourie about large-scale, agent-based transport demand models for Singapore.

Master's thesis has been awarded by the VSS 2017 price.

The MIT Senseable City Lab unveils recreational movement in urban areas.

The tropical city of Singapore should become cooler, more liveable and more environmentally friendly.

Mobility pricing balances traffic peaks and optimizes utilisation on roads and rails.

Travellers have to expect main congestions north and southbound, corresponding idle times, as well.

Actual digitalisation and automation in the transportation sector.

Due to capacity overload and accidents on Swiss national roads.

Engaging Mobility Blog: Two occasions in May 2017 to present our ongoing work on cycling and virtual reality.

Engaging Mobility Blog: Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Sytems (AAMAS 2017) conference in Sao Paulo.

Dr Francesco Corman has been appointed Tenure Track Assistant Professor.

Micro Census Mobility and Traffic 2015.

Fast-forwarding to the future of on-demand, urban air transportation.

How not to create traffic jams, pollution and urban sprawl.

Being stuck in congestion southbound before Easter is nothing to be surprised about.

Implications of traffic routes on region, society and economy.

Data and technology in order to tackle the persistent problems of city living.

Unmanned parcel-delivery drone trial in Singapore, one that could be extended to transporting passengers too.

What will life be like living high in the sky?

Catch a Car is an innovative car-sharing choice and a Mobility subsidiary.

PT and car-sharing blend: The SBB Green Class.

Guided tour: Railway practice.

Effects, current findings and open questions - presented and summarised from the BBSR.

Making our cities move more efficiently matters and this is why Uber wants to provide access to anonymized data from over 2 billion trips.

Roadwork enhancements increase traffic and create new congestions.

The exhibition shows the long-lasting path of land-use in Switzerland.

The push is on, with new laws in place, plus the authorities installing paths, ramps and connectors for two-wheelers.

Interesting perspectives for the Swiss traffic system.

The Swiss Federal Council sets preconditions for public transportation real-time applications.

Electronically controlled and dynamic price system.

New urban structures and unintended mobility side-effects.

Which traffic problems cannot be resolved by Big Data?

Rapid transport of people and goods is a growing demand as well as an economic necessity.

Bike to the Future, an exhibit by Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), was returning for its second run at the PARK(ing) Day.

Will our houses be connected to autonomous transport systems? Let's have a seat.

Research work currently ongoing at the IVT in Zurich is aiming to go a step further in providing algorithmic support for scheduling.

The 80^th LITRA general meeting awarded this year's winners of the LITRA price.

The partial removal of the Inner Loop might make Rochester, New York, the city that finally breaks a ruinous mid-century mold.

New summer school in Cuba "Learning from Havana".  

The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim available as open access publication.

On some Swiss motorways 80km/h speed limit is supposed to support the traffic flow. ETH expert Monica Menendez explains how.

M. Jakob, M. Menendez and J. Cao received the Topic Area C Award for their paper A dynamic macroscopic parking pricing model.

The IVT elaborated a second opinion for the planned BLS backshop, which has been published by the City of Berne on July 8th 2016.

Dr. Monica Menendez participated in EcoSuiza 2016, a program sponsored by the Swiss Embassy in Argentina to promote Swiss sustainable practices in Latin America.

Autonomous cars will imply an extensive transportation system remodelling and lead the debate in transport policy.

Cycling is one of the most space efficient and sustainable mode of transportation in cities.

Experiences from a pedestrian counting experiment with Placemeter.

When it comes to transportation options and smart city planning, you can argue Zurich, Switzerland takes the top prize in the world.

Der Schweiz fehlt es an einem verkehrspolitischen Ziel, sagt der international tätige Fachmann Axhausen. Er bezweifelt auch, dass sich Verkehrsspitzen nachhaltig brechen lassen.