Ein Blog der ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
In 2016 the MSE-China Module was conducted already for the 8th time. 33 MSE master students, including also two Chinese participants from Dongguan participated in the three-week-course including a stay in China. The program has started in Lugano, where the participants were introduced to their trip to China through several lectures and workshops. They were […]
Traffic peaks increasingly challenge our mobility system – due to high financial cost and loss of private and productive time. Measures like mobility pricing or more regulations are postulated, besides the expectation that new technologies (e.g. automated vehicles and respective traffic organization) might solve the problem. In this context a discussion took place at the […]
The E-Destination-project explores the potentials of electric mobility for tourim in the Lake Constance area. To evaluate the current situation and the supply of e-mobility infrastructure in the research area, all available charging stations and renting stations for electric vehicles were mapped. Several variables such as opening hours, accessibility, type of plugs/vehicles and many more were […]
Studies dealing with the future development of the transportation sector reveal certain trends which are about to transform the market fundamentally (see graph based on a meta-analysis of publications in Germany, Austria and Switzerland). Changes of consumer behaviour on the demand side together with restrictions addressing climate change and funding of the transport system open […]
In a research project for and with the city administration of Winterthur, the MobINE team tried to find out, if and how the BiCar (a new kind of electricity-driven vehicle which was developed by ZHAW) can be usefully implemented in Winterthur’s transport systems. During this research, not only the BiCar was looked at but also the […]