POLIS Conference 2021 – Presentations

The POLIS Conference 2021 took place on 1 and 2 December in Gothenburg, Sweden. Below you will find all the presentations from the event.

 

1A. Active mobility for all!

• Towards equity in the public realm, Naima Ihsan & Manuela Piasentin, Southwark Council
• Silver Ribbons: Research on user-friendly walking routes for older adults, Naomé Carmeliet, Voetgangersbeweging vzw
• Gender differences in active travel, Marianne Weinreich, Ramboll
• Every step of the way: Supporting women who walk in Dublin, Lorraine D’Arcy, TU Dublin

1B. Traffic management of the future

• Trafik Göteborg – A joint organisation for proactive traffic management during the intense construction period for the City of Gothenburg, Lilia Bidar, City of Gothenburg & Pernilla Fransson, Swedish Transport Administration
• Renewal of the traffic manager role: Main trends and developments, Nina Nesterova, Breda University of Applied Sciences
• Air pollution control through environmentally oriented traffic and mobility management, Christian Seidel, VMZ
• Collaborative ITS for cycling: Potential and opportunities in traffic management, Else Tutert, Province of Overijssel

1C. The vertical dimension

• Urban air mobility: A co-creation experience, Luciano Pana Tronca, UCL
• Governing and managing the urban airspace – Initial findings of the USEPE project, Manon Coyne, POLIS
• Regions working on air travel, Sergi Alegre Calero, ARC
• UIC2: Driving the sustainable and responsible transition of urban mobility to the 3rd dimension, Vassilis Agouridas, UIC2 (EU’s Smart Cities Marketplace)

1D. Clean air now!

• From Low to Zero Emission Zones: Progress in European cities, Sandra Wappelhorst, ICCT
• The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Initiative: Using real-world vehicle emissions data to support low- and zero-emission transport policies in cities, Yoann Bernard, ICCT
• Multi-scale modelling of the impact of traffic management strategies on emissions and air quality levels in Barcelona, Daniel Rodriguez-Rey, BSC-CNS
• Using lower-cost and hyperlocal mobile monitoring to assess how policy interventions, like low emission zones, impact air quality, Greg Slater, Environmental Defense Fund Europe
• Brussels’ Mobility and Fleet Facilitator, Pierre Bertin, Traject (on behalf of Nele Sergeant, Bruxelles Environnement)

1E. Size doesn’t matter: Boosting innovation in Small & Medium-sized Cities

• Analytical tools for the creation of a simplified SUMP in a small island city with seasonal tourism – The case of Platanias, Crete, Anna Rose, Space Syntax Limited & Stavroula Tournaki, Technical University of Crete
• The simplified mobility plan (PDMS) – a SUMP for small and medium-sized cities, Mathias Gent, CEREMA
• Collaborative planning of mobility and urban planning in the Province of South-Holland, Raymond Linssen, Province of South-Holland & Saskia Platenkamp, City of Dordrecht
• Introducing Cozywheels: A cost-based car sharing platform, Ine Lippens, Autodelen.net

1F. Public transport strategies for the next decade: Strengthening the backbone

• Empowering people with explainable AI, Patricia La Torre, Humanising Autonomy
• “Change!” – An experiment to optimise the modal split in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, Andri Wienandts, SBB AG
• Boosting sustainable connections between Central Europe low population density areas and the TEN-T network through the DRT deployment, Tommaso Bonino, SRM Bologna & Tamás Halmos, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport

1G. Governing innovation

• The Compliance Map: A tool for policy makers to keep up with new mobility innovations, Marisa Meta, Fit consulting
• Modelling the impact of new mobility solutions: zooming in on MOMENTUM cities Madrid & Thessaloniki, Sergio Fernández Balaguer, EMT Madrid
• Urban mobility transition: Tools for tracking change and anticipating effects, Glykeria Myrovali, CERTH
• The quantitative impact of smart mobility – Safer, smarter and cleaner, Chris de Veer, Province of Noord-Holland & Martijn Legêne, Goudappel

1H. AI in transport

• Smarter way to control traffic to reduce waiting times in Stockholm, Mattias Lundberg, Trafikkontoret Stockholm Stad
• Using artificial intelligence to monitor social distancing at transport hubs and improve passenger experience, Sarah Kumeta, TfGM
• Model of simulation to diagnose the city mobility and assess future actions, Lola Ortiz, Madrid City Council
• Innovative software & data analytics solutions for transport in cities, Eliane Moreno & Nicole Magiera, Volkswagen AG
• How AI is driving pedestrian and rider safety in the shared micromobility industry, Jean Andrews, Superpedestrian

Opening Plenary Session: Agents of Change: Local Leaders Initiating Innovation

• Anna Nilsson Ehle, Chair of the Board of Directors, Vinnova
• View the recording of the opening plenary session here.

2A. Towards the 15’ City

• Rotterdam Walks 2025, José Besselink, City of Rotterdam
• Bicycle oriented development: Putting the 15-minute city concept in policy practice, Nathan Hooghof, Province of Noord-Brabant
• Eindhoven City Centre 2040: Healthy, green, walkable, Erik van Hal, City of Eindhoven
• Shared micro-mobility – A catalyst for making proximity accessible to everyone, Nathan Ashley, VOI Technology

2B. Towards the digital transition

• Digitalization of public transportation services through standardisation of data processing and management, Iñigo Larraondo, IDOM
• C2C, C2X and C2N – Time for digital solutions linking public traffic management with private routing services, Carsten Schürmann, TCP International & Marlene Picha, Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart
• Smart Steering: Directing traffic in a smart way, Yvonne van Velthoven-Aarts, Province of Noord-Brabant
• NEVFMA: Combining real-time air quality and traffic data in Oxfordshire, Carles Illera, Aimsun Ltd

2C. Managing city-changing infrastructures

• International rail as part of regional sustainable development and urbanization, Arnout Smit, Green Metropolitan Region Arnhem-Nijmegen
• Governance and collaboration to ensure high impact sustainability in and during major infrastructure projects, Markus Aarflot, City of Gothenburg
• Metrobus – An innovative electric public transport system serving the metropolitan area of Bologna, Alessandro Delpiano, Città Metropolitana di Bologna

2D. Hydrogen beyond the hype

• Île-de-France Mobilités’ hydrogen strategy, Florent Savy & Uche Osazuwa, Île-de-France Mobilités
• Hydrogen beyond the hype: The integral approach of hydrogen in the city of Emmen – Boosting sustainable mobility, Remke Palsma & Melinda Loonstra, City of Emmen
• Hydrogen’s growing role for sustainable cities, Pawel Seremak, Vätgas Sverige (Hydrogen Sweden)
• EMT Madrid’s path towards green H2, Sergio Fernández Balaguer, EMT Madrid
• The paradox of hydrogen in mobility, Annemiek Luimes & Lutske Lindeman, City of Rotterdam

2E. Capacity to get Road Safety rolling

• Road safety coaching for local authorities – For a high-quality local road safety policy, Ine Herten, VSV & Kaat De Koninck, Province of Antwerp
• Can mentor and mentee relationships drive cycling policy change?, Sanne Vanderstraeten, Mobiel 21 & Henrik Lundorff Kristensen, Municipality of Copenhagen
• ISA mandated in the EU, job done now?, Gert Blom, City of Helmond
• Public support for the generalisation of the 30 km/h speed limit in urban zones – An international perspective, Wouter Van den Berghe, Vias Institute

2F. The recipe for MaaS

• Stakeholder perceptions of Maas/MOD: Deployment issues, utility and likeliness of success, Dave Roat, Cubic Transportation Systems
• Evolving from passenger information to MaaS, Aurélien Cottet, Instant System
• MobiCascais – An innovative and sustainable mobility solution, Paulo Nuno Marques Augusto, Cascais Próxima E.M. S.A
• Turning MaaS Visions into Tangible Realities: Trafi for Cities, Damian Bown, TRAFI
• Creating a seamless mobility experience with a MaaS app: Moovizy 2, Laurent Glorieux, CityWay

2G. The science of the citizen

• We-Count empowered by Telraam: Enabling citizens to initiate a policy-making process with fully automated traffic data collection, Kris Vanherle, Transport & Mobility Leuven
• Integration of city-wide and neigbourhood-level sustainable mobility planning: Possibilities, challenges and limitations, Michael Koucky, Koucky & Partners
• Citizen participation as a tool in urban street planning, Maria Brodde Makri, City of Malmo
• Together towards a sustainable, liveable region, combining citizen science, policy development and participation to achieve a healthy urban environment, Eric van Dijk, Province of Utrecht

2H. Managing the curb

• Free the city – How to reprogramme the streets to create liveable cities, Martijn Pater, Coding the Curbs & Willem van Heijningen, City of Amsterdam
• Flexible curb side management and mixed use of urban space in the Physical Internet, Paola Cossu, FIT Consulting & Giuliano Mingardo, Erasmus University Rotterdam & Phillipe Rapin, Urban Radar
• SPRO: Barcelona’s urban freight distribution platform, Carles Conill & Jordi Jové, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
• Delivering for Dublin!, Colm Ennis, Dublin City Council
• Supporting city authorities with an air quality monitoring programme throughout Europe, Dominique Mamcarz, DPDgroup

3A. Bike a bit longer

• Strategic promotion of cycling at the regional level – The case of Baden-Württemberg, Alicia Kolmans, Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg
• Regional cycling connectivity: Ljubljana urban region’s projects and prospects for safe and active travel, Klemen Gostič, Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban Region
• Cycling in Greater Copenhagen – The first international and interregional action plan for cycling, Signe Helledi, Cycle Superhighways, Capital region of Denmark
• Grab, the Roman Cycle Route, Francesco Iacorossi, Roma Servizi per la Mobilità
• Sunroute-Eurovelo 7: The new backbone to improve territorial development and local regeneration towards an ecological cycle network, Catia Chiusaroli, Metropolitan City of Bologna
• Promoting the use of the (e)bicycle for commuters in the Region Arnhem Nijmegen, Klaas-Jan Gräfe, Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen
• A plan for sustainable mobility: the Apulian Regional Plan for Cycle Mobility, Letizia Musaio Somma, ASSET Apulia Region

3B. Leveraging data to improve transport planning and management

• PROBEDATA – Preliminary study on the use of GPS-based PROBEDATA for estimation of speeds, link flows and route selection, Joakim Ahlberg, Ramböll Sweden AB
• Cooperative research to make big data useful for cities: Wolfsburg and Teralytics, Nick Cohn, Teralytics
• Insights in changing local mobility patterns: Mobility Monitor The Hague, Peter van der Mede, DAT.mobility
• Will you walk with me? Designing a data-strategy for the pedestrian, André de Wit, City of Rotterdam
• Review and rationalisation of mobility related surveying and data collection activities in Budapest, Diana Kimmer, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport
• Data-driven traffic management in Ghent: TMaaS and Big Data Platform, Sophie Gillaerts & Tessa Bruneel, Mobility Company City of Ghent
• Developments and use cases for Data sharing in an on-demand urban mobility environment, Tim Wiegels, FREE NOW

3C. Beyond ‘pure’ parking – Park here for modal shift

• Park4SUMP – Integration of parking policies in SUMPs, Linda Calmarsson, City of Umea
• How to use parking measures for shared mobility demand management, Gustav Friis & Steffen Arnbo Nielsen, City of Aarhus
• The COBRACE facilitator: Towards a reduction in the supply of parking at destination, François Sabbatini, Bruxelles Environnement
• Improving parking policies across the EU through the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: An opportunity not to be missed, Fabian Küster, European Cyclists’ Federation
• The French parking revolution: Current hot topics and challenges, Olivier Asselin, Lille Métropole
• Modern parking: Combining regulation for climate goals and digitalisation for efficiency in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Wolf Engelbach, Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg

3D. MaaS: from theory to practice

• Madrid Mobility 360: Innovating MaaS, Juan Corro Beseler, EMT Madrid
• ZüriMobil – More than an app, Susanne Grün, Stadt Zürich – Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich & Geert Vanbeveren, Siemens Mobility GmbH
• Experiences from implementing MaaS-services in new and existing residential areas, Lennart Persson & Sara Boije af Gennäs, Trivector
• MaaS in Belgium: Opportunities and pitfalls for carsharing, Bram Seeuws, Autodelen.net
• MaaS 2.0: Redesigning governance frameworks for sustainable MaaS, Aman Chitkara, WBCSD

3E. Going beyond crash data

• CycleRAP: Improving safety for bicycling and light mobility through crash risk modeling, Shanna Lucchesi, iRAP
• Use of safety performance indicator “Safe Roads and Safe Cycling Infrastructure” in Dutch risk assessment approach, Eric de Kievit, CROW
• New safety data for micro-mobility – Results from London e-scooter trial conducted by Dott and See.Sense, Irene McAleese, See.Sense
• Intelligent sensing with AI: Understanding & improving mobility and traffic safety with objective sensor data – Three real-world examples from Gothenburg, Amritpal Singh, VISCANDO AB
• AI-Driven Intersection safety diagnostics and proven countermeasures using retroreflective materials – A Case Study in Austin, TX, USA, Gernot Sauter, 3M

3F. Urban Freight: Zooming in on Zero

The SURF project: Develop a vision and pathway for Zero-Emission Zones for freight
Findings and results of projects in small and medium-sized cities:

• City of Karditsa – Alexia Spyridonidou
• City of Aarhus – Louise Overvad Jensen
• City of Ravenna – Giuseppe Luppino, ITL
• City of Lucca – Andrea Lorenzini, MemEx srl

3G. Integrating shared mobility

• eHUBS: Smart, shared, green mobility hubs, Diederik Basta, City of Amsterdam
• RESTART – A co-creation process for future multimodal mobility hubs in Lisbon, Sofia Taborda, EMEL
• Conquer the street: Citizen co-creation in shared mobility and redesigning the street, Suzanne Ryvers, Autodelen.net
• How we use machine learning to manage public space well, Sebastian Schlebusch, Dott

3H. SUMPs, one piece of the urban planning policy puzzle?

• Developing transition pathways towards sustainable mobility in European cities, Paul Curtis, Vectos-SLR
• Climate Mobility Plans: SUMPs towards climate-friendly mobility development in Baden-Württemberg, Christoph Erdmenger, Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg
• Mobility planning after the pandemic – A new approach to SUMP review in Budapest, Tünde Hajnal & László Sándor Kerényi, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport
• Integrated green urban planning, Terry Albronda & Sjouke van der Vlugt, City of Groningen

4A. (Re)Designing streets

• Transforming public spaces with citizen involvement – Examples from Budapest, Andor Háznagy, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport
• Gorillas, street chats and parklets: Using public space as forum for dialogue and action to rethink public space, Dries Janssens, Mobiel 21
• Promoting soft mobility in the Mediterranean for more sustainable mobility systems, Christos Gioldasis, CIVINET CY-EL
• Ensuring cycling’s contribution to a lasting green recovery, Jill Warren, European Cyclists’ Federation
• Vic – Active mobility for a healthy city, Marta Rofin Serrà & Joana Rodriguez, Vic City Council

4B. Vehicle automation

• Getting cities ready for self-driving minibuses, Marcel Unterberg, City of Helmond
• Shared autonomous vehicles in the future fossil independent transport system, Fredrik Larsson, City of Gothenburg & Lennart Persson, Trivector
• Modelling the integration of AV-based solutions into the public transport system in the Stuttgart region, Nadine Müller, Verband Region Stuttgart
• The ARTiculation of autonomous vehicles – Experiences from a 1,5 year Danish pilot, Torben Quickert, City of Bremen & Maria Vestergaard, Aalborg Municipality
• The Levitate Connected and Automated Transport Systems Policy Support Tool, Apostolos Ziakopoulos, National Technical University of Athens
• A holistic impact evaluation framework for autonomous vehicles and drone demonstrations: The case study of Oxfordshire, Maria Kamargianni & Yuerong Zhang, University College London

4C. Innovations in Urban Vehicle Access Regulations

• Urban vehicle access regulations in the CIVITAS-ReVeAL project: A tool to help cities select and implement appropriate UVAR measures, Koos Fransen, Ghent University
• CIVITAS-ReVeAL: Building blocks for sustainable urban mobility transformations through scenario building, Jente Versigghel, Ghent University
• CIVITAS-ReVeAL: Brainport Smart District use case, Matthieu Graindorge, City of Helmond
• Low Emission Zone – Barcelona Ring Road: From innovative model to extension to more than 150 cities, Marc Iglesias & Carles Conill, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
• Dynamic Access Control (DAC) to promote sustainable last-mile delivery in the city, Domien Stubbe, VIL
• A city’s perspective on geofencing as a tool for traffic management and planning, Malin Stoldt, City of Gothenburg & Robin Billsjö, City of Stockholm
• UVARBOX: A European initiative to better inform road users about UVARs on their way, Manon Coyne, POLIS

4D. It’s electrifying!

• Upscaling on- and off-street charging in Stockholm, Eva Sunnerstedt, City of Stockholm
• MEISTER New E-Mobility Services for environmentally-friendly mobility in urban residential areas, Christian Seidel, VMZ
• Batteries of shared BEVs as facilitator for smart & bidirectional charging as solution for grid balancing issues, Bruno Flinois, CLEM’
• CleanMobileEnergy: Local sustainable energy for electric and shared mobility, Peter Swart, City of Arnhem
• Electrifying public transport: West Sweden’s e-bus fleets, Anders Ekman, Transdev Sverige AB, Hanna Björk, Västtrafik AB & Marie Carlsson, Volvo Buses
• “Electric” mood: Present and future at EMT Madrid, Sergio Fernández Balaguer, EMT Madrid
• Moving towards carbon neutrality – Transport Authority for the Amsterdam Region, Kelly Pronk, Vervoerregio Amsterdam

4E. Macro-managing micromobility

• Is the bicycle finished? Are electric scooters and power-assisted bikes the new urban mobility kings?, Ceri Woolsgrove, European Cyclists’ Federation
• From venture capital to public interest: Micromobility regulation that works for everyone, Marla Westervelt, Coalition for Reimagined Mobility
• Measurable modal shift, David Mothander, BOLT
• Unlocking the potential of active and micromobility in Budapest – Changing the playing field in favour of sustainable mobility, Adam Bodor, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport
• From 4 to 2 wheels: The impact of e-scooters on car reduction and behaviour change in Norfolk, Albert Gragera, BaxCompany
• Give citizens control over shared micro mobility!, Paul-Adrien Cormerais, Pony
• Piloting Computer Vision for Micro Mobility, Pauline Aymonier, TIER Mobility

4F. Sharing data for shared mobility

• A Consensus Approach to Implementing Shared Mobility Rules of the Road in Gothenburg, Alexander Pazuchanics, VIANOVA & Shahriar Gorjifar, City of Gothenburg
• Towards a safe, clean, inclusive and efficient mobility system – Amsterdam Conditions Mobility & Digitalization, Daan van der Tas & Tom Groot, City of Amsterdam
• Safety, Access, & Sustainability: Use Cases for Data Sharing Using MDS, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Open Mobility Foundation
• Improving new mobility safety and efficiency with real time and standardized data, Nicolas Tremblay, Bluesystems
• Regaining control of the public ground with shared data and microtransactions, Harald Saevareid, Nivel AS & Bård Carlsen, City of Bergen
• Data sharing for micromobility – what have we learned and what’s the way forward?, Kristian Agerbo, VOI Technology
• Intercity MaaS with the TOMP-API, Tjalle Groen, Mpact & Edwin van der Belt, DAT.Mobility

4G. Future scenarios for urban freight: Data, modelling and simulation

• Developing urban freight policy: Experience from Rotterdam, Jos Streng, City of Rotterdam
• DPDgroup: What do cities do with the data we provide them with, Dominique Mamcarz, DPDgroup
• An interconnected system-of-systems for goods consolidation and information sharing: The case of Gothenburg, Cecilia Elb, VOLVO Group
• Combining Last Mile delivery solutions in Madrid: LEAD project, Carlos Mateo, EMT Madrid
• Paris Region – Independent Third Party Logistics Data Sharing with Urban Radar, Philippe Rapin, Urban Radar
• The Digital Platform for City Logistics, Laura Tavernier, Rebel

4H. Moving the smart city

Full session presentations here

 

Closing Plenary Session: No one left behind: Embracing Equality, Enhancing Equity

• Karel Martens, Chair Graduate Program for Urban and Regional Planning & Director Fair Transport Lab, Technion, Israel
• David Dessers, Deputy mayor for mobility, City of Leuven 
• View the recording of the closing plenary session here. 

Site Visit # 3 – Sustainable mobility in the city centre of Gothenburg

• How to redesign streets future proof, Natascha Agricola, City of Groningen
• Sustainable Mobility in the City Centre of Gothenburg, Gunnar Palm, City of Gothenburg