Dr. sc. ETH Allister Loder (Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control at Technical University Munich) will give a lecture on "How many cars are too many? – A primer" within our lecture series.

Human mobility is bounded by physics: the available capacity of the transportation infrastructure defines the maximum vehicle throughput of a road-based transportation system, yet many times systems are operated “beyond” this point resulting in congestion. While the car leads to much higher levels of accessibility than public transport, congestion and other negative external costs make it clear that the car cannot and should not be used beyond limits. The resulting research question is consequently how many cars are too many? The macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) has gained popularity recently as a novel tool to understand and model multimodal traffic for entire networks, allowing a fresh new perspective on this research question. In his talk, Allister Loder will present the concept of the MFD as well as how it can be used in traffic modelling and policy advisory.

Location: 14.07.22 | 4 pm | NFF, VW 2

Prof. Dr. Jan Fabian Ehmke (University of Vienna) will give a public lecture about "Complex Traveler Preferences in Multi-Modal Routing" within our lecture series on 20.01.2022 16:00:

Under the umbrella of mobility as a service, travelers can easily find the cheapest or quickest travel itinerary with mobility-as-a-service platforms. However, travelers often have more complex preferences, e.g., the combinations of multiple requirements such as reliability, price, and walking time. For these, the functionality of current platforms is quite limited, which is due to the complexity of data processing and search algorithms.

In this talk, the current functionality of mobility-as-a-service platforms is presented, and novel approaches at route finding with complex and multiple traveler preferences are introduced. Computational complexity, as well as the usefulness for travelers, are also discussed based on two case studies with real transportation service data.

The talk can be attended using BigBlueButton.

We are pleased to welcome Muzammil Rizvi as doctoral candidate to the team of SocialCars. He has been awarded a scholarship by the DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme and will receive funding for a period of four years.

We are pleased to welcome Yasin Yousif as doctoral candidate to the team of SocialCars. He has been awarded a scholarship by the DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme and will receive funding for a period of four years.