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The map below was created by the Institute of Sustainable Development (INE) and shows the average allowed driving speed for the greater Zurich area in Switzerland. In this case it is not the actual average speed of the car drivers, but the average speed limits in the municipalities. The higher the general speed limits, the […]
Autonomous vehicles are seen as a part of the future transportation and have the potential to improve traffic safety and to optimise driving behaviour. Autonomous vehicles were also identified as a relevant technology for the future by experts in the OPTIMISM project. Autonomous vehicles use cameras, sensors, radars and GPS devices for recognising their surroundings […]
The diagram below shows the relationship between population density and car ownership in the municipalities of the canton Aargau in 2010. There is a negative correlation between both factors, what means that higher population density leads to lower car ownership and vice versa. A likely explanation for this result is that high densely populated areas […]
Socio-economic factors such as income and age are influencing the travel behaviour and mobility patterns in Europe, which is also a central issue in the EU project METPEX. A case study from Switzerland was used in order to look at the influence of demographics on mobility patterns. As seen in the following figure, the Swiss […]
The METRIC project is a part of the EU FP7 framework program and is about measuring innovation and developing recommendations to improve innovation potential on a regional scale and context. The aim of the project is to enable classification of regions based on their innovation potential and to provide decision makers with personalized guidelines / […]