The demand for bicycles is greater than ever: In the pandemic, many people discovered cycling as a means of transport. It's good for you as well as the climate - and it makes you happy. Why is that? Sophia Becker in conversation with flow magazine.
In an interview with Christina Camier from TU Berlin, Sophia Becker answers questions on how climate-friendly mobility can be shaped in Germany.
As part of CLIMATE:LAB #2, Sophia Becker presented the research group EXPERI in a pitch on 20 April 2021.
Here are the slides for the presentation at KONRAD21 as a pdf-file and a detailed list of recommended readings on the topics of transformation, change, transport transition, pop-up bike lanes and their effects, and psychological resources for sustainability.
Deutschlandweit haben 42 (Fuß- und) Radentscheide mittlerweile 906.216 Unterschriften gesammelt, die allermeisten davon auf kommunaler Ebene. Viele weitere Initiativen werden derzeit gegründet. Überall in Deutschland sind Menschen nicht mehr bereit,...
It was one year ago that the first pop-up bike lane was established in Berlin at Hallesches Ufer. Many more followed - especially in the district Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Air quality measurements on Kottbusser Damm show that cyclists are now exposed to less air pollution in the form of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) than before the pop-up bike lanes were set up - regardless of the pandemic.
Especially in cities, public space is a scarce resource and different user groups claim this space. In the inner city of Berlin, less than half of the households have a car and the majority of daily trips (82%) are made by walking, cycling, or usage of public transport (source: SrV 2013). Therefore, the question arises how public space can be designed in the context of the transport transition to benefit as many people as possible and to promote active mobility.
The Tagesspiegel reports on the results of the temporary city square in Berlin-Charlottenburg, which was set up as part of a real-life experiment conducted by EXPERI.
Julia Jarass reports in detail at the DLR Institute of Transport Research on the results of the real-life experiment in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, where an intersection was temporarily transformed into a city square.
Cornelia Meyer from Business Insider deals with the question of whether a car can be replaced by a cargo bike in a recent article. Sophia Becker gives her opinion as a transport expert.