Session SIS67 – Integrated Road Infrastructure for Mixed Vehicle Traffic Flow on 31 October 2017 at 15:00 - 16:30Read more
The first workshop of SUMPs-Up's 3-year long SUMP Learning Programme was held in Thessaloniki on October 19, followed by a workshop for Greek practitioners the next day.Read more
On October 13, the Working Group consisting of 24 representatives of groups and associations relevant to transport policy, including council members, met for the second time. They discussed and commented on the draft strategy developed by Rupprecht Consult.Read more
The SUMPs-Up team was out in full force at the CIVITAS Forum 2017. As well as having their own stand in the SUMP corner, they hosted a session on tools for data gathering, appraisal, and simulation and organised a World Cafe session on the administrative barriers to SUMP development.Read more
How do we want to heat electric buses? Large batteries or diesel through the rear door? Read more
On September 12, the team enjoyed a day of hiking Read more
At the B2Run business event, the Team once again scored quite well. Read more
Workshop title: Introducing e-buses in cities’ public transport systemsRead more
Session details: Day 3 – Friday, September 29, 9:30-11:30. Read more
On September 12, you may not be able to reach us by phone, we will be "out and about", hiking along the Ahr.Read more
On September 7, the Rupprecht runners will once again take part in the Business run in Cologne.Read more
On September 1, Lisa Bloß and Daniel Franco joined us.Read more
On 29-31 August 2017, a 3-day data collection was carried out by TASS International using three of their connected and automated vehicles (CAVs).Read more
This report presents the final results of the SINTRAS study to examine the barriers to innovation in the fragmented European transport system - and to propose actions to overcome them. The Europe Union faces the challenge of meeting growing demand for transport with shrinking public financial resources, while reducing environmental impacts, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, reducing dependency on imported hydrocarbons and lowering accident rates. The report examines five Focus Areas: connected driving and automation of transport, and the use of automated optimisation of traffic flows; transformation of infrastructure to address connectivity, resilience, new fuels and energy efficiency; smart mobility services (including provision and use of data, and urban mobility), freight and logistics; standardisation and interoperability; and alternative fuels other than electrification. Although technology development in the five Focus Areas is ongoing, the report finds that the main barriers [...]Read more
The CoEXist Kick-off Meeting was held in Versailles, France on 7-9 June 2017.Read more
On June 29, the wide range of stakeholders of both Working Group and Advisory Group gathered to develop goals and visions for the future development of mobility in Bielefeld.Read more
After our Rupprecht colleagues sent a signed petition for proper bicycle stands to the City of Cologne an official representative came by to explore the need for the racks and immediately pointed out their possible locations. On 26th June we finally got around 20 bicycle stands around Clever Straße. All workers and visitors have now the opportunity to safely lock their bikes. Thank you City of Cologne for your impressively fast action!Read more
CoEXist, “CAV-ready” transport models and road infrastructure for the coexistence of automated and conventional vehicles has officially begun on the 1st of May 2017.Read more
We are seeking to employ on a twelve month contract an urban mobility trainee who is interested in developing his/ her skills through "training on the job" in a friendly team and a stimulating international context. Read more
The project implementation training on 19-20 June 2017 in Vienna has provided more than 120 beneficiaries with technical support and advice on better implementing their Interreg Central Europe projects.Read more
On 21-22 June 2017, project partners got together on the premises of lead partner Leipzig Transport Company (LVB) to kick-off the LOW-CARB project.Read more
SUNRISE stands for “Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods - Research and Implementation Support in Europe”. Read more
Lasse Brand represented Rupprecht Consult at the 21st European Conference on Mobility Management in Maastricht, presenting the SmartMove project in an inspiring Pecha Kucha session.Read more
The second SUMPs-Up General Assembly took place in Budapest from 22-23 May.Read more
On the 11th of May 2017, Rupprecht Consult, PTV Group, City of Helmond, and TASS International kick-started the project with a meeting at the TASS International Headquarters in Helmond, Netherlands.Read more
On May 3, the Working Group consisting of 24 representatives of groups and associations relevant to transport policy, including council members, met for the first time. Facilitated by Rupprecht Consult, they identified the most important mobility problems in Bielefeld.Read more
Is your city preparing its first Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP)? Is your city a small or medium-sized city that wants to prepare a tailor-made SUMP? Your city is more advanced and you want to take part in the uptake of SUMPs in European cities? Read more
From 5--7th April 2017, some 100 transport infrastructure research experts from Europe and beyond met for the 2017 FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting (FIRM17), the Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories. Read more
The 2nd ELIPTIC webinar on "E-bus planning supported with simulation tools" took place on April 7 and attracted more than 30 attendees. It was the second in a series of three scheduled throughout the ELIPTIC project.Read more
The European Commission has launched a transport innovation challenge, which will reward transport innovators for their ideas for a cleaner and more efficient future in transport.Read more
On 29-30 March 2017, over 400 delegates have gathered in Dubrovnik (Croatia) for the 4th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, to discuss, exchange and learn about intelligent planning for sustainable mobility. The team of Rupprecht Consult working on CiViTAS SUMPs-Up project was present and brought back exciting insights in the newest trends and developments in the field. Read more
Demonstrate your urban mobility tools, methods, and experience at the 2017 CIVITAS Forum conference, 27-29 September 2017 in Torres Vedras.Read more
Simulation tools help public authorities in the planning of e-bus systems and electrification of their fleets. This topic will be presented during the 2nd ELIPTIC webinar from 10:00 to 11:30 CET on 7 April 2017.Read more
Traditionally, street carnival in the Cologne area starts on the Thursday before Carnival Monday (Rosenmontag)Read more
The Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) and the urban mobility SOLUTIONS network are calling for cities from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America to become involved as leading city, take-up city or training participants. Read more
The TSG Network proudly presents the results from 3 successful years as an EU-supported project.Read more
The 28 partners are very happy to present the Final Brochure of the CIVITAS DYN@MO project. The brochure showcases the main achievements of the four participating cities Aachen, Gdynia, Koprivnica and Palma de Mallorca.Read more
On February1, the project the project management team met to kick off the process to define policy objectives. Over the forthcoming 11 months, the principal aims, fundamentals and policy objectives for developing mobility in Bielefeld in a structured consultation process will be elaborated.Read more
SUMPs-Up - together with two other new CIVITAS projects - has launched a survey to assess cities’ needs and barriers when trying to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). Read more
At the end of November - after four years - the CIVITAS DYN@MO project has come to an end. At this occasion, a document has been prepared summarising the activities within the various DYN@MO measures within each of the four DYN@MO cities (Aachen, Gdynia, Koprivnica and Palma de Mallorca) and providing policy recommendations based on the achievements within the project's 30 measures.Read more
The Urban Nodes online course has been developed and made available via a recent study conducted for the European Commission (DG MOVE) and coordinated by Rupprecht Consult. Interested stakeholders can find information on what is the current role of the urban nodes in the European context, what funding opportunities are available and they can even test the step wise methodology developed in this study to assess measures in the local context.Read more
The webinar addressed to urban nodes was successfully conducted on the 8th of December 2016. The webinar was entitled “How to improve the efficiency of the transport system in urban nodes of the TEN-T core network” and it was scheduled in the context of the study “Improving the efficiency of the transport system in urban nodes of the TEN-T core network”, which was carried out on behalf of DG MOVE in 2015-2016.Read more
CONTENT 1. SOLUTIONS contributes to New Urban Agenda and Habitat III conference 2. SOLUTIONS publishes regional reports and factsheets 3. SOLUTIONS Network 4. SOLUTIONS online consulting tool 5. Events Round-up See the eNewsletter here and for further information visit the SOLUTIONS Website. Enjoy reading!Read more
On the 9th of November, Rupprecht Consult and KfW Development Bank commenced a research study through a kick-off meeting which took place at the KfW headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Read more
8 December 2016, 10:00 – 11:30CETRead more
From use case to business caseRead more
90 practitioners in the field of innovative electric public transport gathered in London to discuss the experiences made within the ELIPTIC projectRead more
CAPITAL releases publications synthesising CIVITAS knowledge generated over the lifetime of the initiativeRead more
Our former Rupprecht Consult colleague Frank Wefering supported the development of this reportRead more
On Monday, 24th October, Syrus Gormai joined the team.Read more