2023

Traffic Forecasts – Opportunities and Limitations

Many of you are likely familiar with the saying, "Predictions are difficult, especially when they concern the future."

The 2023 FSV Planning Seminar is dedicated to the challenge of creating traffic forecasts. The seminar will present and explain the state-of-the-art methods and the data and information that can be utilized in this process.
What challenges arise when creating forecasts?
How do we deal with uncertainties?
What are the limitations of making predictions?

In the first session, we will discuss common methods for creating traffic forecasts.
The second session will focus on case studies involving different spatial scales. How does the "altitude" (level of abstraction) influence the methods, the scope, the forecast period, or the level of detail in the results?
The final session will address thematic case studies, focusing on specific projects, the implementation of measures, or strategies.

As usual, this two-half-day event will consist of a mix of keynote presentations, reflective workshops, and group discussions. This year, it will once again be held in cooperation with the Endowed Professorship for Digitalization and Automation in the Transport and Mobility System at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). There will be ample time for exchanging ideas both within the official program and informally outside of it.

The event is organized in cooperation between the Austrian Research Association for Road-Rail-Traffic (FSV) and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU).

VENUE: Bad Schallerbach (Upper Austria)

5th Federal Congress on Municipal Traffic Safety on Thursday, October 19, 2023

For the fifth time, the Austrian Research Association for Road-Rail-Traffic (FSV), in cooperation with BOKU, the Association of Cities, and Vitronic, is organizing the Federal Congress on Municipal Traffic Safety in Vienna. As in previous years, the event will be moderated by Wolfgang J. Berger.

The goal is to inform as many people interested in traffic safety as possible about current developments. Representatives from municipalities and cities, as well as planners and government officials, are invited to attend. Students with a particular interest in traffic and traffic safety are also warmly encouraged to participate—with a 50% discount as part of the initiative to support young professionals!

Link to the program/registration:
http://www.fsv.at/veranstaltungen/seminardetail.aspx?IDTermin=b86bdf5d-a560-4722-8d64-055333256b99

Kickoff Seminar "Development of a Traffic Concept" in Parndorf

On October 13, 2023, the seminar "Development of a Traffic Concept" began, focusing on the municipality of Parndorf as the subject of study during the current winter semester.

The students were warmly welcomed by Mayor Wolfgang Kovacs and other members of the municipal council and had the opportunity to ask their questions. Under the guidance of Juliane Stark and Michael Meschik, a total of 13 students will work in two teams to develop proposals for traffic measures.

The presentation of the results is planned for January 2024 in the form of a poster exhibition.

As a Member, Prof. Dr. Astrid Gühnemann Welcomed the Scientific Advisory Board of the BMDV in Vienna

This year's excursion took the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) to Vienna from September 11 to 14, 2023.

As a member of the advisory board, Prof. Dr. Astrid Gühnemann from the Institute for Transport Studies participated in the excursion and contributed to the organization by establishing contacts for an engaging program.

The excursion included visits to ASFINAG, the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology, the City of Vienna's municipal administration, ÖBB, the Rail Tec Arsenal Climate Wind Tunnel in Vienna, and Wiener Linien for professional exchanges.

VCÖ Mobility Award 2023: "Shaping the Future Now!"

In 2023, the VCÖ Mobility Award is held under the motto "Shaping the Future Now!" Among 409 submitted projects, research works, concepts, and ideas, the project "Accessible Rollability of Road Surfaces" (Project Link) was nominated by an independent expert jury as a Top 5 project in the category "Science, Research, Ideas, and Concepts" for the online public voting.

Vote for our project "Accessible Rollability of Road Surfaces" in the online voting until July 23, 2023!

Link to the voting: https://vcoe.at/voting-wissenschaft-forschung-ideen-und-konzepte

The final report of the project is freely available online (Download Report). If you have further questions about the results, please contact the project team at the Institute for Transport Studies (mailto: paul.pfaffenbichler(at)boku.ac.at).

The project "Accessible Rollability of Road Surfaces" was funded by the Municipal Department 28 – Road Administration and Construction of the City of Vienna.

Children's University 2023: Two Workshops Offered by the Institute for Transport Studies

"At 80 through the streets?" gave children aged 10 to 12 insights into the experiences of an 80-year-old person in road traffic.
The workshop also provided an understanding of what it might feel like to navigate in a wheelchair or with a white cane. Using an app, the children were able to collect their own impressions of what they find positive and negative as pedestrians in road traffic.

In the workshop "What drives you?" children aged 7 to 9 explored what it means to travel sustainably and learned how to read bus schedules and route information at a bus stop.

We are already looking forward to Children's University 2024!