The first episode takes a look at temporary measures in urban and traffic planning with guests Dr Julia Jarass from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Katharina Götting (RIFS Potsdam). Julia Jarass presents the results of the real-world laboratory "Autofreie Sommerstraße Barbarossa", which was carried out in Berlin-Schöneberg in 2021. Katharina Götting reports on the effects of pop-up bike infrastructure, which she studied with her team in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Real-world experiments have become popular in urban planning and mobility research. But what contribution can they make to a sustainable and equitable transport transition? A new study shows where real-world labs fall short.
Real-world experiments have become popular in urban planning and mobility research. But what contribution can they make to a sustainable and equitable transport transition? A new study shows where real-world labs fall short.
The online seminars of the project "Straßen für Menschen" (Streets for People) start the next round, this time around the topic of traffic experiments. On five dates in November and December, there will be inputs, discussions and best practice examples on a wide variety of topics from the field of traffic experiments.
Organised by the EXPERI research group, the symposium “The Transport Transition: Rethinking Urban Space" opened on 6 October 2022 at Place of Participation – a pop-up venue on Kurfürstendamm – attended by almost 100 guests and the EXPERI team.
The online seminars of the project "Straßen für Menschen" (Streets for People) start the next round, this time around the topic of traffic experiments. On five dates in November and December, there will be inputs, discussions and best practice examples on a wide variety of topics from the field of traffic experiments.
Im August 2021 wurde ein Teil der Barbarossastraße in Berlin Schöneberg komplett autofrei. Konkret bedeutet das, dass es in diesem Zeitraum keinen motorisierten Verkehr im Bereich zwischen der Goltzstraße und der Kyffhäuser Straße gab und die Straße somit zum Zufußgehen, Radfahren, Spielen und zum Aufenthalt genutzt werden konnte. Das DLR Institut für Verkehrsforschung hat die Sommerstraße Barbarossa wissenschaftlich begleitet und vor sowie nach dem Projekt in Kooperation mit dem Projekt Kiezerfahren eine Haushaltsbefragung durchgeführt. Insgesamt wurden 1700 Haushalte in den angrenzenden Wohnblöcken gebeten, schriftlich oder online an den Befragungen teilzunehmen. Insgesamt haben 193 Personen an der Befragung teilgenommen (eine Rücklaufquote von 11 %).
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.